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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
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Solidarity pours in for brutally attacked JNU students and teachers
There have been protests in all corners of the country condemning the attack by right-wing outfits and the complicity of the police and the administration
‘Killing Dissent’ – How the government has been silencing opposing ideas and voices
From scare tactics to brute force, the government has done all it can to quell dissenting voices in India
M’trs home minister to review FIR: ‘Free Kashmir’ poster
Image Courtesy:indiatoday.inMUMBAI: Political winds change the way law enforcement...
Jharkhand drops sedition charges against 3,000 anti-CAA protestors
Dhanbad police later revoked the charges on the instruction of its police chief as CM Hemant Soren reassured people that their voices will not be stifled.
India does not need CAA, NPR, NRC: Constitutional Conduct Group, ex-106 civil servants
A group of civil servants, the Constitutional Conduct Group, has expressed grave reservations about the recent enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and the exercise to conduct the National Population Register. They have addressed a detailed letter to all fellow citizens of India pointing out why India does not need the CAA, the NPR and the NRIC and insisting that the Government of India repeal the relevant legislation and withdraw related administrative orders.
Disclose name of Bangladeshi legislator from Cong or face legal action: Saikia, Assam
Cong leader of opposition, Debabrata Saikia challenges BJP’s Himanta Biswa Sharma
Sadaf Jafar speaks to Sabrang India about her nightmarish experience in jail
The social activist was brutally beaten up and subject to communal abuse by police authorities
JNU VC Jagadesh Kumar makes 1st visit to Univ after Jan 5 Attack
Image Courtesy: indianexpress.comAccording to the official twitter handle of...
Modi’s Assam visit cancelled as slogans of ‘Go back Modi’ threaten to greet him at Games
The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) too has warned Modi of facing massive protests if he visits Assam; reportedly his trip has been cancelled; Anti-CAA slogans were also raised during the India-Sri Lanka T20 match in Guwahati on Sunday
Rajya Sabha MP writes heartfelt letter to JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh
Calling her ‘a great daughter of India’ he asked her to be courageous and fearless
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Face must be visible, then hijab, burqa, dupatta or attire of choice permitted to TET candidates: MCSE
This clarification from the Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) came days after the council’s directive for the June 28 examination; the initial instructions stated that candidates will not be allowed to wear items such as dupattas, burqas, masks and caps inside examination centres which triggered a debate among teachers and various social groups
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Lucknow: Caste hierarchies & contract labour exploitation among sanitation workers
Sanitation accused their supervisor of coercion, wage manipulation and caste-based abuse, alleging that workers are being pressured to surrender a recently approved ₹2,000 wage increase while being denied entitled leave. The allegations reflect the broader vulnerabilities faced by sanitation workers in Uttar Pradesh, which has recorded the highest number of sewer and septic tank deaths in India since 2017
Rights
From Protest to Petition: Maharashtra’s Public Safety Act in the dock
After months of state-wide protests, thousands of objections and sustained civil society opposition, Maharashtra's controversial security law now faces a constitutional challenge before the Bombay High Court
Communal Organisations
51st Anniversary of Emergency in India: While the RSS supported the Emergency, it now ruthlessly presides over an ‘undeclared Emergency’
The RSS shakha, well documented for its recounting of a manipulated history has, over past decades laid claims to being part of the wider democratic struggle against the Emergency; archival documents from independent sources, civil servants and writers, as also its own archive clearly document otherwise.
Minorities
When the State Valued a Desecrated Grave at Rs 100: The Mathura cemetery controversy
The reported desecration of graves in a century-old Muslim cemetery in Mathura raises troubling questions about dignity, religious freedom and state accountability
India
To Karnataka’s Anti-SIR Movement: A note of caution and concern
While efforts have been afoot in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh by civil rights groups and people’s movements to ensure inclusion of the maximum number of eligible voters under the ongoing, expanded, SIR process. The author argues how these efforts may come to naught, given the structural issues involved: a compromised ECI, rushed timelines and the unlawful and rigid document-test for citizenship. In fact, robust efforts in Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu where similar efforts were made also came to naught.
Minorities
After Akbar Ali Mondal’s Killing, Pani Sol’s Hawkers Ask: How Will We Survive?
Ground Report I In Pani Sol, one of Bengal's largest villages of hawkers, Akbar Ali Mondal's killing has left thousands of Muslim traders fearful about earning a living and supporting their families