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‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune

Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra government to explain recruitment backlog and restore trust; two of three protest sites remain occupied, with Rohit Pawar-led agitation refusing to move

Intense harshness of the state action to crush the voices of dissent in UP: People’s Tribunal

An investigation into multiple instances of police excesses committed against people peacefully protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) across Uttar Pradesh throws up horrifying revelations about how the regime is going about implementing it ugly communal agenda.

Rohith Vemula March: The Caste Turn for Student Delhites?

First published on February 23, 2016Rohith Vemula gives them...

Calling Smriti Irani’s Bluff: Twisted Truths in Parliament

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Rihai Manch President finally walks out of jail

He was granted bail on Wednesday after being arrested by the UP police and sent to an unidentified location

Muzaffarnagar arrests go kaput: 19 get bail due to lack of evidence

Police unable to prove grievous crimes like rioting and attempt to murder against CAA protestors

She hit me so much that the helmet broke”: Pawan Rao Ambedkar on UP police

The activist who was released on bail last week, wasn’t even a part of the protest but was brutally attacked by the Lucknow cops

“As if Jama Masjid is in Pak”, Delhi Judge rebukes cops in Bhim Army Case

"You are behaving as if Jama Masjid is Pakistan. Even if it was Pakistan, you can go there and protest. Pakistan was a part of undivided India," a judge told Delhi Police.

Delhi HC dismisses PIL to reopen road near Shaheen Bagh

Arterial road connecting Delhi with NOIDA had been shut since December 15 in wake of anti-CAA protests

The policeman, the patsy and the true tale of terror

What does the arrest of Dy SP Davinder Singh mean for the Afzal Guru case as well as the wider narrative surrounding terror attacks in India?

Gov’t employee not devoid of right to free speech: Tripura HC

Court also observed that mere presence of a government employee at a political rally is not proof of participation

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‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune

Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra government to explain recruitment backlog and restore trust; two of three protest sites remain occupied, with Rohit Pawar-led agitation refusing to move

Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

Students who marched from Nashik are denied Azad Maidan protest, prevented from leaving Tilak Bhavan and forcefully transported out of the city

Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote

Public assembly demands the scrapping of SIR, accountability of the Election Commission and urgent safeguards against wrongful exclusion from electoral rolls

Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy

Majoritarianism that plagues India and many other democracies is the perversion of Dr. Ambedkar’s idea of democracy. While Dr. Ambedkar’s definition of democracy lays stress on effective and proportionate representation and safeguarding minority rights, majoritarianism is the dominance of a particular religious community, caste group, or racial group over the rest of the population.

From Nashik to Mumbai: Adivasi students’ protest meets police detentions

Weeks of agitation over tribal hostels and schools culminate in alleged detention of protesters ahead of planned Azad Maidan march

‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

Karnataka: SIR Interrogated

A report, The SIR Investigation Report—A Narrative of Betrayal and Tears was released by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee today; the report documents the (mal) implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka

‘Solidarity Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai activists protest alleged police harassment over Palestine event

Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine members gather at Azad Maidan after police search activist Harshada’s home in connection with a kite-flying programme for Palestinian children