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Rajya Sabha passes Vande Mataram bill as NCRB data reveals high pendency, low convictions

While Parliament broadens the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, crime records show only 60 convictions from over 1,100 arrests between 2014 and 2024

MP Forest Department allegedly burns down tribal family’s home

When residents contacted the forest ranger to report the violation, he threatened to burn more houses in the area!

Can’t keep accused in custody just to send message to society: Delhi HC

The court rejected Delhi police’s contention that releasing the accused on bail would send a wrong message to society. The court noted that the accused was among 2 people arrested for a crime committed by about 300 people.

Moody downgrades India’s rating to just above junk!

Big blow for PM Modi’s ‘Vikas Purush’ image

Muslim villagers in Bihar offer food to migrants on Mizoram-bound train in humanitarian gesture

Bihar was caught in a controversy after goons had attacked two north-east bound trains there last week

Unlock 1: Centre and States list lockdown exit strategy

The lockdown is in effect in containment zones till June 30, 2020

PM CARES not Public Authority says PMO, in response to RTI query

The applicant had asked for trust deed and other related documents, and now is set to go into appeal

Release Varavara Rao: Two former CICs to Maha CM

Plea to release aged, ailing poet on humanitarian grounds

Concerned citizenry of Kerala call the Rs. 20 lakh crore package a “colossal betrayal”

They demanded that the PM withdraw the anti-people package and work to increase purchasing power of the people

Food, hunger, and the love language of service

Many economically disadvantaged people, stranded migrant workers, and those walking/travelling to their home-towns are finding it difficult to obtain food. There has been a surge of local residents, NGOs, and informal organisations providing food to people in need

When will we learn our lessons from previous pandemics?

Some lessons from three epidemics of Modern India: 1896-97, 1918-20 & 2020

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Rajya Sabha passes Vande Mataram bill as NCRB data reveals high pendency, low convictions

While Parliament broadens the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, crime records show only 60 convictions from over 1,100 arrests between 2014 and 2024

The Supreme Court’s Uneasy Middle Path on Protest Policing

The July 28 interim order preserves evidence and contemplates an SIT, but leaves unresolved who should investigate when the police themselves stand accused

The Republic Speaks Back: How Student Power Reminded Authority of Its Limits

The author argues that varied protests and movements of the past dozen years --from the anti-CAA/NRC protests, to the farmers’ mass mobilisations to the recent Gen ‘Z’ upsurge --these movements may differ in their immediate demands, but they share a common democratic foundation: Citizens do not take to the streets because they have abandoned faith in the Republic. They do so because they believe the Republic can still be made to listen.

Maharashtra: After backlash, govt. moves to withdraw FIRs against student protesters but questions remain

Following weeks of pressure from student groups and opposition parties, the state has begun withdrawing police cases linked to the NEET protests, while assuring there will be no coercive action during the legal process

The country they called home, the identity they had to defend

An elderly couple’s journey through fear, evidence and the law ends with two Foreigners Tribunal victories aided by CJP’s legal aid team

From Feeding Students to Fighting in the Supreme Court: The story of Mohammad Junaid Malik

How a young law graduate who spent 35 days feeding student protesters became a petitioner before the Supreme Court, alleging illegal detention, intimidation and coercive action against his family

Governments begin rolling back cases against protesters, but questions over violence, arrests and accountability remain

Official notifications in Bihar and Assam mark the first implementation of commitments made to protest leaders, even as fresh arrests in West Bengal, allegations of police excesses and questions over protest violence keep the movement alive