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Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA
Safety & Social Audits Key to Women’s Safety: NHRC symposium recommendations
NHRC's National Symposium on Women's Safety at Work & Public Spaces concludes with suggestions for holistic approach, strengthened law implementation, safety audits of cities, and gender sensitization to ensure women's safety in work and public spaces
New Assam Muslim Marriages & Divorces Bill: Reform or politics?
The 2024 legislation, implemented after repeal of 1935 law governing Muslim marriages, mandates stricter registration procedures for Muslim marriages, raising fears of retroactive effects and bureaucratic hurdles
Haryana: Farmers, Workers Blow Poll Bugle With Hisar Mahapanchayat
The mahapanchayat called for defeating the BJP for not fulfilling promises on MSP, minimum wages.
Supreme Court seeks Assam government’s response on plan to deport over 200 declared foreigners detained in transit camp
Court demands joint effort from Union Home Ministry and state to address deportation process of 211 declared foreign nationals held in Assam
Assam government introduces stricter Aadhaar rules amid concerns over population discrepancies, increases chances of bureaucracy in the process
Starting October 1, Aadhaar applicants must submit NRC application numbers and obtain no-objection certificates before applying; proposed changes spark concerns of increasing opaqueness of the process
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Families torn asunder: 28 Bengali Muslims taken from homes, detained as “Declared Foreigners” in Assam
Heart-wrenching scenes from Barpeta as detainees are sent to Asia's largest detention camp, Matia, leaving families in despair
Assembly Polls: SKM to Campaign for BJP’s Defeat in Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir
The constituent organisations of the farmers’ collective will run door-to-door campaigns, highlighting the non-fulfilment of promises over MSP, withdrawal of cases.
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Rights
Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival
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India
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India
Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.
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India
Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims
India
SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?
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2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
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