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From Assam’s Soil to Detention and Back: The tragic death of Amzad Ali

Locked up in Matia detention camp despite generations-long roots in Assam, 49-year-old Amzad Ali dies of cancer as authorities ignore medical appeals; family finally lays him to rest in his native village

Jharkhand CM Soren orders probe into first alleged hunger death case in his tenure

Bhukhal Ghasi’s wife, Rekha, claimed that he had died due to hunger while district officials claimed otherwise

Six months of being hunted, not yet vanquished: Stan Swamy

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Motion against India’s divisive Citizenship Amendment Act moved in New Westminster

Following in the footsteps of Seattle City council, which...

Politically unaffiliated organisations supporting public causes can get foreign funding: SC

Landmark judgment on FCRA shot in the arm for many NGOs facing funding hurdles

UP govt caused “unwarranted interference in privacy”, says HC

Allahabad HC directed Lucknow administration to remove the banners and filed compliance report by March 16.

Man hailing from WB declared foreigner in Assam!

Gauhati HC upholds Tinsukia FT’s order, does not accept land documents as proof

Gauhati HC paves way for bail for Assam man declared foreigner

Mohammed Iddrish Ali had been lodged in the Jorhat detention camp after a foreigners’ tribunal declared him foreigner

Ban on social media lifted in Kashmir, key voices still missing

Still no news from Omar Abdullah, Mehboooba Mufti or any other Kashmiri leaders

Do Indian Courts have no power to intervene when lives are at stake?

The Chief Justice of India SA Bobde’s comments last...

The fine Art of Sitting on the Fence

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