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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
Census data not for preparing NRC: Home Ministry
This will be the first digital Census, where people will be able to upload their own information via computers and mobile phone apps
No accurate data about illegal foreign nationals: Home Ministry
Ministry says existing laws enough, no refugee policy required
Supreme Court orders release of Mohammed Zubair on interim bail in all UP Police FIRs
The Court moves his cases from UP to Delhi police and scraps SIT
India ranks 135 out of 146 countries in WEF Gender Gap Index
Ranks below Saudi Arabia, but ahead of Pakistan and Afghanistan that are the bottom of the pile
Assam: Five sub-groups identified as Indigenous Assamese Muslims
While state claims this is done to enable better healthcare, education, financial inclusion etc., Bengali-speaking Muslims have not been designated indigenous, further alienating the community
Zee News faces flak for allegedly airing Rahul Gandhi’s doctored byte
Congress moves NBDSA, channel sacks two employees
Free Teesta Setalvad: Indian intelligentsia bats for Teesta Setalvad
Highly respected lawyers, academics and journalists have strongly condemned her arrest
Haryana: DPS teacher named in teen’s suicide note to return to teach?
The deceased's mother claims that the Academic Head, who had been charged with abetment to suicide four months ago, is all set to return to her post after getting bail
Review order and withdraw observations against Teesta Setalvad and whistleblowers: CCG to SC
Group of former civil servants asks if constitutional right to approach courts can be treated in so cavalier and revengeful a fashion that the persons seeking justice are put behind bars?
Teesta Setalvad’s arrest shows how our rights are being trampled upon: Rights groups
Nearly a fortnight after her arrest, support for the 60-year-old grows stronger
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