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After NEET protests ended, the battle moved online: Women protesters face threats, doxing and criminalisation
From demands for accountability over a paper leak to attacks on protesters’ identities, the aftermath of the movement raises questions about dissent, gendered harassment and the State’s response to democratic protest
Bihar Adivasis revive the call for ‘Jal-Jungle -Zameen’
The Adivasis of Adhaora, Kaimur have been leading this struggle for decades, but the lockdown has exacerbated the government’s efforts to evict these tribes
Punjab and Haryana HC comes to the rescue of lesbian couple
The girls had been living together and facing threats from their families
Dalit boy allegedly thrashed, forced to eat excreta by upper caste Hindu man
The incident took place in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district on Tuesday
Uttarakhand to confer ownership right to women working in husband’s fields
Until now ownership right to land was conferred by birth only to the sons, the amendment seeks to include daughters as well for inheriting father’s property
Tribal’s death prompts protest in MP, family alleges harassment by forest department
It was alleged by the family that a forest officer had demanded Rs. 1 lakh from the deceased to free his tractor
Bulandshahr violence accused expelled from post in PM Scheme after protests
Shikhar Agarwal was seen in pictures with BJP leaders at an event where he was awarded the post of the District General Secretary of the PMJKYJA Scheme
Three suspected Bangladeshi cattle-smugglers lynched in Assam
Second such incident in Karimganj, near the Bangladesh border, since June 1 this year
Man accused of killing Bulandshahr cop, gets plum role to run PM’s welfare campaign
Insp Subodh Kumar Singh was killed in mob violence, on December 3, 2018. Key accused Shikar Agarwal now appointed campaign ‘Mahamantri”
Terrorised by trolls, comedians apologise for hurting religious sentiments
Many comedians reported that their numbers and addresses had been leaked and that they were getting threats to life and that of their families too
‘Nepali’ man tonsured, forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ by Vishwa Hindu Sena
The video surfaced after Nepalese PM KP Oli stoked a controversy saying that the ‘real Ayodhya’ was in Nepal
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