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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

AMU alumnus writes scathing letter to Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor

He said that had the VC not been an alumnus of the university, he would’ve filed a criminal case against him.

Anti-CAA activists arrested in UP to spend New Year in jail

Their bail pleas will only be heard starting January 3, 2020

Do Dalits & Adivasis not suffer religious persecution, asks anti-CAA meet

“The Modi government has sought to camouflage its real...

Sandeep Pandey, VP Socialist Party (India) writes to UP CM

In his open letter, he questions the assurance of the BJP towards Muslims and the arrests of peaceful protestors and activists

New Year’s resolution: Defend the Constitution

More than 60 student organizations pledge to celebrate New Year’s by protesting the CAA & NRC

Over 16 deaths so far due to CAB-NRC panic in Bengal?

Since September this year, there have been reports coming from Bengal linking suicides and other deaths to the fear and panic of CAA-NRC among the working class.

BJP’s volte face in Bengal, says NRC matter of future

The party which has been staunchly advocating NRC, has now made a virtual u-turn, indicating that NRC may not be implemented in Bengal anytime soon.

Gujarat’s Nirma Univ ‘threatens’ protesters

Activists have shared screen shots of text messages the university purportedly sent to students and their parents with the media

West Bengal comes out in large numbers against the CAA and NRC

CM Mamata Banerjee has begun an official state-wide protest against the NRC

HRD Minister answers questions on NPR, unsure about difference between NPR and census

Union HRD Minister, Prakash Javadekar was put to the task of answering questions at a press conference held by Press Information Bureau about NPR, which was, earlier today, approved by the Union Cabinet.

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