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Jantar Mantar shut to protest, CJP leaders sent to jail, Delhi police invoke ‘breach of peace’

Denotification of the protest site precedes preventive action against Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who attempted to enter the barricaded area and unfurl the Tricolour

Inflation and Oil: What ails India’s economy?

Will 2020 prove to be a better year for India’s economy?

Filmmaker Ronny Sen attacked with dagger for anti CAA protest

  Kolkata-based filmmaker Ronny Sen, known for his internationally acclaimed...

CAA transfer petition: SC issues notice, will hear on January 22

The apex court had taken prima facie stand that high courts be allowed to adjudicate upon the cases challenging validity of CAA

The Supreme Court & the power to transfer cases: CAA 2019

As the SC today decides whether petitions against CAA should be transferred to it, let us have a look at its constitutional provisions on such transfers and its repercussions on rights based jurisprudence

Solidarity pours in for brutally attacked JNU students and teachers

There have been protests in all corners of the country condemning the attack by right-wing outfits and the complicity of the police and the administration

‘Killing Dissent’ – How the government has been silencing opposing ideas and voices

From scare tactics to brute force, the government has done all it can to quell dissenting voices in India

M’trs home minister to review FIR: ‘Free Kashmir’ poster

Image Courtesy:indiatoday.inMUMBAI: Political winds change the way law enforcement...

Jharkhand drops sedition charges against 3,000 anti-CAA protestors

Dhanbad police later revoked the charges on the instruction of its police chief as CM Hemant Soren reassured people that their voices will not be stifled.

India does not need CAA, NPR, NRC: Constitutional Conduct Group, ex-106 civil servants

A group of civil servants, the Constitutional Conduct Group, has expressed grave reservations about the recent enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and the exercise to conduct the National Population Register. They have addressed a detailed letter to all fellow citizens of India pointing out why India does not need the CAA, the NPR and the NRIC and insisting that the Government of India repeal the relevant legislation and withdraw related administrative orders.

Disclose name of Bangladeshi legislator from Cong or face legal action: Saikia, Assam

Cong leader of opposition, Debabrata Saikia challenges BJP’s Himanta Biswa Sharma

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