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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
Over 11,000 cases registered against Police officers in 2020: Centre to Rajya Sabha
Uttar Pradesh Police tops the list with maximum number of cases registered against it by the NHRC
Over 400 detainees released under Public Safety Act in J&K: MHA
Out of 613 persons detained since August, 2019 430 have been released
ED questioning of NewsClick Founder continues, while staff’s electronic gadgets seized
Despite the sudden raids on the organisation’s office, the portal has stated it will continue to report voices of the oppressed people of India
At least 25,000 people gather for Punjab’s first Mahapanchayat
Farmer leaders promise the assembled farmers that the agitation will not rest until all three laws are repealed by the central government
Koo instead of Twitter: Is India becoming the next China?
After Twitter reinstated 250 accounts flagged by the Indian government, top officials are now promoting an Indian micro-blogging site
Primary goals were surveillance and incriminating document delivery: Arsenal Report
Digital forensics firm analysed an electronic copy of activist Rona Wilson’s laptop, findings suggest he might have been framed
Over 1.3 lakh illiterate, 1 lakh Dalit prisoners in India: Centre to RS
The MHA also informed Rajya Sabha that it circulated a Prison Manual to all States/UTs in 2016 for rehabilitation and education of inmates
No protesting farmer summoned by NIA: MHA to RS
However, some farm union leaders, journalists, organisations have alleged that they have been summoned by NIA for questioning
93 sedition cases registered, but only 2 convicted in 2019: MHA
In the Budget Session of 2021, the MoS in the Ministry of Home Affairs answered questions on sedition law
When the State conspires against its Citizens
It does not do so openly and publicly, for it will then be immediately held to account by the people. It has to do so in a furtive clandestine manner.
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