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Sumit Sarkar: Engaged scholarship, ways of historical thinking, an enduring legacy
Scholar of modern India with a path breaking approach to research and his discipline, historian Sumit Sarkar transformed how modern Indian history was understood, bringing ordinary people and their experiences to the centre of historical scholarship
Deliberate attempt to communalise Assam assembly elections?
Doctored video of AIUDF Chief Badruddin Ajmal shows him making communal statements, goes viral in poll-bound state
No proposal to release 2011 caste-based census data: MHA to RS
In the Budget session, the Centre informed that Socio Economic and Caste census 2011 is finalised sans caste data
Is the MHA still looking for ‘bomb factories’ in Bengal?
Union Home Ministry, had responded to an RTI, stating no information was viable on Amit Shah’s claim
Muzaffarnagar riots: Case closed against BJP MLA accused of circulating inflammatory video
The closure report was filed by SIT and the complainant, a cop, was killed in a mob attack in 2018
Kerala HC grants protection from coercive action to LiveLaw under new IT Rules
The legal news portal has challenged the validity of the IT Rules stating that it does not fall under reasonable restrictions of the Constitution
Delhi court stays search warrant for Adv. Mehmood Pracha’s office raid
Pracha’s office was raided the second time since December 2020, and this time it was done in his absence
Nearly 2,000 people arrested under UAPA in 2019: MHA tells Lok Sabha
The year 2019 saw as many as 1948 arrests out of 1226 UAPA cases registered across all states and union territories (UT)
Haryana: Manohar Lal Khattar-led govt survives no-confidence motion
55 MLAs voted against the motion while 32 MLAs voted in favour of it, JJP had issued a whip to its MLAs to remain present in the House and support the government's stand
Advocate Mehmood Pracha’s office raided again!
Pracha, who is also the lawyer of many accused in the Delhi violence of February 2020, has moved court against the search claiming that it is an intimidation tactic
BJP MP Tirath Singh Rawat named Uttarakhand’s new Chief Minister
He has one year to prepare for state elections due in 2022, in 2017, BJP came to power winning 57 out of 70 seats
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Sumit Sarkar: Engaged scholarship, ways of historical thinking, an enduring legacy
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Gender and Sexuality
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