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When Speech Becomes an Act of Terrorism
Terms like “freedom of speech,” “freedom of expression,” “Article 19” or even a simple “free” do not even find a mention in the Supreme Court’s January 5 judgement in...
Uttar Pradesh: Young man dies on return from police questioning, family alleges torture
According to the family the man was allegedly detained by local police who suspected him to be involved in a case of loot, but was tortured in custody, and once released died last night
Kashmir: Four killed in Hyderpora gunfight
IGP Kashmir says civilian was "militant associate", family denies charge
Lakhimpur Kheri killings: Sessions Court rejects bail plea of Ashish Mishra, two others
Citing Lakhimpur violence as a “serious matter” the sessions court rejects the bail plea of Mishra and two other accused
SC Collegium recommends elevation of first openly gay judge to Delhi HC
Saurabh Kirpal has been recommended and deferred four time prior to this, purportedly on the flimsy grounds that his partner is a foreign national
Journalists Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha granted bail
They were detained in Assam on Sunday after a case was filed against them by the Tripura police for "spreading communal disharmony"
Term extension of ED, CBI chiefs: Centre playing puppet-master?
Move being condemned as yet another example of the regime's ploy to further undermine autonomy of investigative agencies
Air pollution: Is Delhi heading towards “pollution control” lockdown?
SC pulls up the state government, asks for a plan of action; Delhi orders work from home policy, ban on construction sites, no schools for a week
Lakhimpur Kheri case: SC directs UP gov’t to “upgrade” SIT with non-native higher-grade officers
The state government agreed to probe monitoring by a retired High Court judge
Nativist Drama
The chain of incidents in the firing case of December 12, also lays bare the hypocrisy and fraud of many who try to pass off as true-blue nationalists but exploit public sentiment to cozy up to those who wield power for personal gain
CBI authenticated Tehelka sting tapes, but SIT ignored them: Zakia Jafri to SC
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The tapes had right-wing leaders boasting having bombs and brutally killing people; were used to secure convictions in Naroda Patiya massacre case
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