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UN experts condemn India’s crackdown on youth-led protests, flag 7,000 detentions and alleged sexual abuse

In a strong rebuke of the Modi-led government’s handling of dissent, 24 UN human rights experts have called for an end to excessive force, blanket assembly bans and arbitrary detentions

A PhD thesis reignites debate on Govt control over IIMs

Subramanian Swamy asks why ‘upper caste’ tag for BJP in PhD thesis; Govt asks for a copy, IIM-A director pushes back

Freedom House report deems India to be ‘partly free’

Key reasons for the reduced score include; Delhi violence, invoking sedition charges against dissenters, plight of migrant workers during lockdown, and the acquittals in Babri Masjid demolition case.

Dalit RTI activist hacked to death in Gujarat

Assailants barged in with spear, iron pipes and sword; it is believed this attack was in response to a complaint filed in court against the Kshatriyas usurping his land

IT raids, govt’s desperate attempt to attack farmer supporters: SKM

Farmers said that instead of fulfilling farmers’ demands, the central government is attacking farmers and their supporters; Anurag Kashyap, Tapsee Pannu in regime's crosshairs

Delhi MCD by polls: AAP wins four seats, BJP none!

Deputy Chief Minister congratulated AAP winners stating that people of Delhi were fed up with BJP and will bring back Kejriwal’s “politics of honesty”

BJP begins to pay a political price as farmers’ struggle completes three months

In the week before the historic nationwide farmers’ struggle completed three months on February 26, the BJP had already begun to pay a heavy political price for its pro-corporate obstinacy

2020-2021: The historic farmers agitation and its significance

While opposing the brazenly pro-corporate policies of the present government, the further success of the farmers’ movement lies in co-operative farming, addressing issues of land ownership and distribution, fair wages, implementation of the FRA 2006 as well as the barriers caused by caste and gender

VC Kumar’s decisions have weakened the system of academic governance: JNUTA

Protesting the VC’s month-long continuation in office, JNU teachers called for a press conference on Monday to voice their grievances against the administration

March will witness mahapanchayats across India, says the SKM

After a week-long of protests, farmer leaders declared farmers’ will spread the message of the struggle across the country with the help of trade union workers.

Two former Kerala HC judges join BJP

Several Mahila Congress workers have also been inducted into the party

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UN experts condemn India’s crackdown on youth-led protests, flag 7,000 detentions and alleged sexual abuse

In a strong rebuke of the Modi-led government’s handling of dissent, 24 UN human rights experts have called for an end to excessive force, blanket assembly bans and arbitrary detentions

Who will collect India’s data? Modi-led government opens census to private individuals

The Centre’s amended Census Rules allow private teachers, members of societies and trusts, and other government-approved individuals to collect household information, without the notification setting out clear safeguards against political interference

Manipur SIR: Sabar Institute’s report records 1.59 lakh removals, two-thirds in hill constituencies

Using official ASD lists, this preliminary report examines 158,677 names removed from Manipur’s electoral rolls during the 2026 Special Intensive Revision across all 60 Assembly constituencies and 3,014 polling booths, analysing geography, gender, age and recorded reasons for these removals

JNU revokes rustication of five students after hunger strike, agrees to withdraw FIRs and review CPO manual

The 13-point charter also called for the restoration of GSCASH, the return of JNUEE and action on wider concerns over campus infrastructure and governance

India’s Electoral Crisis is fast becoming a civil-liberties crisis

The resistance to any form of democratic questioning, dissent or protest marks the Indian government’s response to widespread protests around #VoteChori

Jamia’s Missing Students’ Union: Two decades without elections, and a protest met with rustication

Students on Hunger-striking students allege physical assault and punitive disciplinary action; a seven-member committee has been formed, but the administration yet to commit to restoring elected representation

After ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protests, Neha Bora Moves Delhi HC against police notice; CJP leaders’ release remains unresolved

More than 100 protesters were detained in Delhi as police blocked the planned flag march, while demonstrations in Mumbai and Bengaluru took different courses

Books Under Siege: Bengal’s Left bookstalls, the Calcutta High Court’s intervention and the warning from Hitler’s Germany

The bulldozer retreated, and the court offered temporary relief. But who gets to decide which ideas can occupy Bengal’s public spaces?