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12 people died in police custody in 2021: Assam CM

Over a span of seven months, more than 60 incidents of custodial violence were reported last year

Haryana’s BJP gov’t passes ‘anti conversion’ law

The Opposition Congress staged a walkout, even as the state passed the law that includes penalties like imprisonment, fine over Rs 1 lakh

Why UN’s Islamophobia Resolution Troubles Moderate Muslims

It Is Important That UN Defines The Contours Of Islamophobia

Assam: Could exclusion from NRC could lead to cancellation of Aadhaar?

State government and AASU representatives agree that NRC and Aadhaar are separate, but it will be revoked for those who will be excluded from final NRC; the present NRC is not acceptable to them

Post Poll Watch: Muslim woman allegedly threatened with triple-talaq after voting for BJP

The woman, identified as Uzma, has claimed that her angry in-laws beat her and threw her out of the house

Congress to introduce private member bill seeking rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits 

The Kashmiri Pandit (Recourse, Restitution, Rehabilitation and Resettlement) Act, to be introduced by Congress MP Vivek Tankha in Rajya Sabha

BJP using The Kashmir Files to win Assembly elections: Sena MP Sanjay Raut

Raut accuses the movie of using half-truths to garner more favour for the ruling regime

ICJ: Russia must immediately suspend military operations against Ukraine

In a 13 against 2 vote, the ICJ directed Russia to stop attacks on its neighbouring country until a final decision is made

Uttar Pradesh: Doctor Kafeel Khan will contest MLC elections on April 9

The paediatrician, author and activist is the Samajwadi Party’s MLC candidate from the Devariya-Kushinagar seat

Fr Stan Swamy’s custodial death a ‘stain forever’: UN Group

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention asked govt of India to conduct an effective investigation into the circumstances that led to Fr Swamy’s death

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Malegaon 2006 Blast Case: Bombay High Court rejects NIA’s ‘alternate narrative’, holds prosecution built on contradictions and inadmissible evidence

Holding that “diagonally opposite” narratives by investigative agencies cannot sustain a trial, the Court finds the NIA’s case rooted in retracted statements, hearsay material, and a legally impermissible reinvestigation—bringing the prosecution to a “dead end”

Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists

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Through detailed reliance on fear, timing, intelligence inputs, and administrative response, the Court stretches “public order” to justify preventive detention—raising difficult questions about liberty, evidence, and constitutional limits

From FIRs to “Corporate Jihad”: How the TCS Nashik case was transformed from an investigation into a communal narrative

As police probe serious claims of harassment, a parallel story of conspiracy and conversion dominates public discourse