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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

BJP’s Overdrive on CAA, 2019 Busted

Point by Point Rebuttal of BJP’s CAA Booklet

Census 2021 asks what cereal do you eat, whether you own a smartphone

The house-listing phase of Census 2021 shall begin in April 2020 along with the National Population Register (NPR)

Sadaf Jafar’s phone hacked; importance evidence deleted

She alleges that the UP administration carried out the hacking of her phone

Mandi House Protests in support of JNU

The Delhi Police quelled the protest which was then shifted to Rashtrapati Bhavan

Delhi Police names Left-wing students as suspects in JNU violence

Also names JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh as suspect; says notices will be served

ABVP loses top posts in Varanasi’s Sanskrit University student union elections

This comes as a big blow to ABVP that clutches on to its Hindutva-ness and the Sanskrit language is very close knit with its ideology.

“Don’t give citizenship on basis of religion”: Bangalore Archbishop to Govt.

“No harm in backtracking for the good of the country”, he urged, asking the Central Govt. to consider its decision

Filmmaker Ronny Sen attacked with dagger for anti CAA protest

  Kolkata-based filmmaker Ronny Sen, known for his internationally acclaimed...

CAA transfer petition: SC issues notice, will hear on January 22

The apex court had taken prima facie stand that high courts be allowed to adjudicate upon the cases challenging validity of CAA

The Supreme Court & the power to transfer cases: CAA 2019

As the SC today decides whether petitions against CAA should be transferred to it, let us have a look at its constitutional provisions on such transfers and its repercussions on rights based jurisprudence

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Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30

UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts

At least ten districts of Uttar Pradesh have witnessed widespread women led protests against the hasty, untested installation of pre-paid smart metres that women claim have been programmed to run fast to “inflate” electricity bills

As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly

While the incident reportedly took place on April 26, it took sectional media and social media coverage for the Bareilly police to finally admit that the beating to death of Maulana Tausif Raza Manzari was a targeted attack, not an accident on May 1; his wife provided details of a call to her from the dead cleric where he narrated he was under attack

Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor

Holding that a woman’s choice is paramount under Article 21, the SC affirms that constitutional courts must prioritise dignity, mental health, and bodily autonomy over statutory limits under the MTP framework