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SRFTI Under Siege: ALIFA Demands VC’s Removal, Independent Inquiry into Campus Violence

13th Nov, 2026: All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) expresses immense concern at the disturbing developments on the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI-Kolkata) campus since late September. We note...

CJP helps Amala Das get released on bail from Assam Detention Camp

Bitter-sweet conclusion to Bengali Hindu woman’s ordeal, as release comes five months after husband Gopesh’s institutional murder

A team that never was a hope provider for the poor

Mohan Bhagwat, Jaggi Vasudev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to “create hope” amidst Coronavirus pandemic

New virus variant a formidable enemy, we enabled its spread: Dr Shahid Jameel

The virologist who recently quit as the head of INSACOG had warned about negligence and apathy allowed the virus to spread and also raised concerns about undercounting of Covid deaths

Our Constitution does not permit such liberal use of NSA: Justice Govind Mathur

The retired judge and former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court spoke about a range of issues from role of judiciary to post retirement appointments of judges to curtailment of civil liberties

CJP approaches Maharashtra Gov’t for release of BK-15

Friends and family have complained about lack of communication and shared harrowing accounts of deteriorating health of people who are essentially political prisoners

Nearly 500 districts record soaring Covid positivity rate, Centre draws up three tier structure

As many as 479 out of 718 districts have reported a positivity rate above 10 percent, with Madhya Pradesh in the lead

Virologist Shahid Jameel quits INSACOG; offers no reason, but gov’t pressure suspected

The veteran scientist known to have openly criticised the central government for their poor management of the Covid-crisis in India, especially during the second wave of infection, said he had no obligation to give a reason for quitting.

Uttar Pradesh: Bodies in the river, more buried in the sands, tell tales of Govt apathy

More shallow graves continue to reveal themselves along the Ganga, after rains reveal more rushed burials

Mark India as “country of particular concern”: USCIRF

US Commission on International Religious Freedom’s 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom, says India is a CPC once again

Covid-19: Shortage of vaccines begins to pinch

Meanwhile, Union Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan says Central Government is extending all possible support to the companies making the vaccines

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