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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

Allahabad HC: NHRC directed to probe into AMU police excess

The High Court directed that the inquiry be completed within a month

Maha CM compares JNU violence to 26/11 terror attack

Saying the JNU incident was a 'blot on the country', he assured nothing like this would ever happen in Maharashtra

BJP leaders face a blockade in Karnataka with their pro CAA propaganda drive

BJP leaders were stopped from entering Chalavadikeri area in Hosapete, Karnataka as they had come there to increase awareness about CAA

After silencing protests by violence, UP starts implementing CAA

Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh unleashed the worst of police atrocities on its people; those who were protesting as well as those who were not. Yet, undeterred by public resentment, the state has started process for implementing CAA.

FIR on injured JNUSU President invites ire of many

Pictures of a blood-soaked Ghosh, had gone viral after she suffered a brutal head injury at the hands of masked goons.

Enactment of the CAA has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims

Structural Violence deepens roots of Communal violence in India: the enactment of the CAA has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims, who see the government’s meddling with citizenship laws as nothing short of an existential threat.

Huge rally of women in Malegaon against CAA, NRC

Image Courtesy: indianexpress.comMalegaon witnessed its second massive protest against...

NAPM expresses solidarity with JNU

In a statement, it condemns the inaction and abetment of the Delhi police and the government in helping facilitate the violence at JNU

Eerie calm at JNU, women students leave hostel

In light of the violence, many women students have left campus fearing for their safety

Come rain or cold, Assam protests go on

The artists community in Assam was joined by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) for a protest rally against CAA. The eastern India is indeed keeping the flame of protests burning. Bengal also simultaneously held protest marches with its Matua community and Gorakha Janmukti Morcha (Tamang) marching on.

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