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India: Left at the forefront, opposition & people protests US-Israel attacks on Iran

Widespread demonstrations and protests broke out all over India at the US and Israel’s strikes against Iran, actions that clearly violated international law; Iran and the US were in the midst of negotiations and dialogue when the US-led by President Donald Trump launched strikes on Saturday February 28

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We are trying to discourage Article 32 petitions: Chief Justice of India

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government in the matter pertaining to journalist Siddique Kappan’s release

Secularism in action: Diyas lit at Nizamuddin dargah on Diwali

Trustee Ajmal Nizami explains the annual tradition of lighting diyas in celebration of Diwali and its success amid the coronavirus pandemic

Charges against Faisal Khan are wholly misplaced: Hindu Voices for Peace

Release Faisal Khan who offered namaz in temple, as well as those who recited Hanuman Chalisa in mosque, requests a group which has eminent Hindu monks as members

Magistrate reprimanded for issuing arrest warrant despite HC’s anticipatory bail order

The Rajasthan HC held that the Magistrate’s action was in clear violation of the High Court’s orders and directions

Hathras case: Mathura court rejects bail plea of two CFI members and driver

The court observed that the allegations under UAPA, IPC and sedition laws against the accused are grave in nature

Anti CAA protests: Allahabad court protects two accused of sedition from arrest

The Division Bench however did not agree to quash the FIR against the two

Amnesty International raises concern about France’s counter-terror measures

In light of France’s recent fame as a defender of free-speech, human rights organisation Amnesty International questions the country’s enforcement of free-speech laws towards its Muslim citizens.

Andhra Pradesh BJP man hails Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as a “patriot”

Nagothu Ramesh Naidu a State Secretary of the party unit, deleted the tweet when faced with online backlash, blamed ‘someone’ for posting it

Prisoners too have human rights: Allahabad HC

The court noted the unhygienic living conditions and infrastructural issues in the District Jail

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India: Left at the forefront, opposition & people protests US-Israel attacks on Iran

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The Erosion of Equal Protection: Constitutional attrition and State apathy in targeted attacks on Kashmiri vendors across the states

Systemic 2025 and early 2026 vigilantism and attacks against Kashmiri sellers, fuelled by religious profiling and hateful propaganda, dismantles the constitutional "bedrock" of Articles 19(1)(d) and (g), by substituting "reasonable restrictions" with mob-enforced exoduses, these acts subvert state authority and corrode public morality

Temple Leases, Food Morality: Rajasthan’s new Panchayat order

The recent decision by the BJP-led government in Rajasthan of granting land parcels to temples, moreover those controlled by Brahmins and Banias, and further making it “mandatory” for meat shops to obtain NOCs from the local Panchayat, privileges caste elites and food choices while also being fundamentally exclusionary

66 Deaths in 13 Months: Uproar in Chhattisgarh Assembly by opposition over prison conditions and custodial accountability

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Bail Granted, Freedom Denied: Madhya Pradesh High Court upholds detention of Bangladeshi woman citing “international scenario”

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Alleged Pattern of Denigration: High Court seeks response from Himanta Biswa Sarma on PIL against his alleged hate speeches

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