Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP
Digvijay Bhati and Mohit Jatav allege they were beaten, tied up and humiliated inside police premises; the allegations come weeks after the Meerut police faced scrutiny over its crackdown on protests demanding justice for a Dalit woman
SC grant interim protection from coercive action to pvt employers for not paying full wages as per MHA order
The order has been challenged in various petitions and in combined hearing, the court has heard submissions of all parties, including the MHA, private employers as well as a representation from the workers; it has reserved its orders for June 12
SC issues directions to ensure migrants are transported within 15 days: Suo Motu action
The court has asked the police departments to keep a check on police excess and states to consider withdrawal of cases against migrants for flouting lockdown rules by moving back to home states when MHA had prohibited the same. The court issues special directions for Maharashtra alone and none to the Centre
For farmers deprivation of land can be traumatic, Telangana HC awarding compensation
The court invalidated the consent awards obtained under coercion from small farmers, awarded compensation for loss of land to an irrigation project, and in the absence of evidence in rebuttal, found that this may be a case of forceful dispossession of land.
Safoora Zargar denied bail under UAPA, on grounds for blocking a road
The court has held that the action of blocking a road during anti-CAA, NPR-NRIC protests brought the “city to its knees” and also led to violence
Goa Lokayukta slams Governor for ignoring order to take action against errant officers
The complaint was made by the Goa Foundation alleging that mining renewals were hastily approved despite of impending ordinance suggesting competitive bidding
Solicitor General misled SC by using fake news: WNCA
All India Working News Cameramen Association (WNCA), condemns Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta’s insult to Indian photo and video journalists documenting the migrant crisis
Bombay HC’s Nagpur bench refuses to dismiss petition seeking CAG audit of PM CARES, issues notice
The petitioner has sought details on the amount collected by the fund, being a citizen of India and a donor to the fund
SC stays Gautam Navlakha’s bail proceedings at Delhi HC; NIA says HC acted without jurisdiction
The Delhi HC had deemed NIA’s decision to move Navlakha from Delhi to Mumbai “hasty” especially when his bail proceedings were pending before the court
JNU student and activist, Devangana Kalita, granted bail in Daryaganj violence case
The Magistrate who had granted her bail in an earlier case as well, noted that she is not a habitual offender and there is no direct evidence against her
Karnataka HC takes cognizance of migrants’ huts burnt down in East Bengaluru
The incident was detailed in a letter written by an advocate which urged the court to send a strong message to rowdy elements of society
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
Education
Maharashtra’s schools are struggling to survive as students protest, infrastructure crumbles and Marathi-medium institutions disappear
From Adivasi students on hunger strike to Class 10 students demanding teachers, government schools without electricity and internet, and hundreds of schools facing the loss of grant-in-aid, Maharashtra’s education crisis is increasingly visible on the streets
Dalits
The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen
Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile
Children
Six-year-old detained during Patna teacher aspirants’ protest, parents allege police assault
Patna Police say the child was ‘rescued’ from a potentially dangerous crowd, while his parents allege that the family was taken to a police station, where they were assaulted and kept for nearly seven hours
Education
The ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ Isn’t a Gen Z Uprising. It’s a Rerun
The demand to “remove reservation” is one of the oldest, most recycled slogans in independent India’s political life, and it has failed, in more or less identical form, every single time it has been tried.
History
112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity
Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.
Communalism
Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India
From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions