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Assam: Gauhati HC quashes NSA detention of activist Pranab Doley
Doley was arrested in July this year for a protest against a hotel project near Kaziranga, and had been booked under the nefarious National Security Act (NSA) after a court granted him bail; Forum for Social Harmony, AMSU-AIKMS and BAA accuse the Assam government of criminalising land rights activism
Thousands condemn Delhi Police interrogation of Prof. Apoorvanand
The noted DU professor and activist was questioned by Special Branch as a part of investigations into the NE Delhi riots
Prashant Bhushan contempt case: Plea seeks permission to lead evidence
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SC issues notice to NHRC, Centre; asks if state Commissions are functioning
This notice has been issued in an application filed by Abhishek Manu Singhvi seeking revival of the monumental DK Basu case in the light of rising custodial deaths
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Ayodhya Bhumi Pujan provided retrospective legitimisation for Babri Masjid destruction said Sitaram Yechury, Gen Secy, CPI(M)
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The Court granted anticipatory bail to the journalist who reported on policemen taking bribe and causing accident due to rash driving
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GN Saibaba denied permission to attend post funeral ceremonies of dead mother
Jail Superintendent Anup Kumar Kumre tells the media, permission was refused because the former DU Professor is a “different kind of inmate”
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