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Through The Lens of Raghu Rai: An evening in Mumbai

A film screening at the open air venue –Press Club Mumbai terrace—brought alive the works and perspective of the legendary photographer, Raghu Rai

Bollywood’s clarion call against the CAA and police brutality on students

Moving over social media, celebrities ask people to join them in the protest against CAA

Anti-CAA protests intensify across India, security tightened

2,000 plus security personnel deployed at site of protest in Mumbai

Will Modi’s Pakistan stick to beat the Congress with, work in Jharkand?

Seventeen long years, 2002-2019, and Modi, chief minister, Gujarat or prime minister, India has never failed to use abusive references to Pakistan and Indian Muslims to divert, and unfortunately even win elections

Bollywood’s Conscience Speak: Celebs against anti- CAA violence at Jamia, AMU

Young and old, celebrities speak up in a collective voice against police brutality

Disproportionate and extraordinary use of force by police at AMU: Fact-finding team

In the wee hours of Monday morning, three lawyers entered the premises of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Here is what they found.

Aftermath of clashes at AMU

On December 15, two historically Muslim universities; Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMIU) and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) saw a crackdown against protesting students by police and security personnel. But the repercussions at AMU were graver, with students being forced to vacate their hostel rooms and go back home.

SC: No stay on CAA, issues notices to Centre to respond by mid-January

The Supreme Court held a hearing for around 60 petitions against the Citizenship Amendment Act, questioning, among other things, the constitutional validity of the law.

Did RBI help set the stage for CAA?

In 2018, the nation’s apex monetary institution gave property buying rights to non-Muslim minorities from countries mentioned in the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Detained AMSU leaders released unconditionally

They had been arbitrarily arrested by the Manipur police for unlawful assembly and criminal intimidation

Is the privatization of the fishing industry on the cards?

The apprehensions around the National Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill, 2019 explained

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