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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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Siddique Kappan to finally walk out of Jail!
Imprisoned for over two years now, he had gotten bail in charges filed under both UAPA and PMLA
Protests on attack on JNU students: Mumbai police withdraws case against 36 protesters
Earlier this month, January 2023, the additional chief metropolitan magistrate allowed an application filed on behalf of the state government seeking to withdraw the plea and disposed of the case.
Asia’ biggest permanent “detention camp”, Matia Transit Camp, opens in Assam
Until now, the detainees were lodged in temporary jails, now, this permanent camp will house individuals that have been ‘declared foreigners’ never mind that they have not yet had a chance to defend themselves
Gauhati HC orders the Assam Govt to rehabilitate the remaining families rendered homeless in eviction drives
100 families remaining out of the 700 evicted will now get a chance to present their case and substantiate their claims for resettlement
‘Vice’ Journalist Angad Singh Blacklisted, Showed India in ‘Negative Manner’: Centre to Delhi HC
According to the Union government, Singh's documentary, 'India Burning', portrayed India in a "negative manner". He was deported from Delhi to New York in August last year.
Why and How the Homes of Tughlaqabad’s Workers Should be Protected from Demolition
Thousands of people in Tughlaqabad, Delhi, will become homeless...
Karnataka DCD reverses the order on ban of contraceptives to minors, claims no such order was ever issued
Bhagoji T Khanapure has now stated that a notice to pharmacists have been issued for counselling minors that buy condoms, oral contraceptives
Undesirable but prevalent inequalities in India
Indian society is ridden with inequality, while the Constitution explicitly warns against such a concentration of wealth
Celebrating the Republic @ 74!
Image: AFPAt a recent press conference held in Delhi...
Can the Union Govt be the sole Gatekeeper of news?
MeitY has invited feedback on the draft proposal, deadline January 25 by when it seeks to make PIB the sole fact checking agency
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