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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

175 arrested, over 1400 detained: Assam gov’t says ‘All is Well’

Under ‘normalcy’ in Assam, here’s a look at the changing political situation, the arrests and the ongoing protests in response to CAA

A pervasive spread of fear and insecurity is what this Government banks upon: Prabhat Patnaik

Speaking to students and attendees at the 13th Dr....

Jamia Millia Islamia VC supports the students, condemns horrifying Police violence

In a video released by Jamia Milia Islamia University,...

Delhi police actions barbaric: Jamia

The govt is using the police to vilify Jamia students protest and further militarise the campus

Kashmir still struggling after 120 days under siege: APDP report

A report by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) sheds light on multiple instances of human rights violations in the region, challenging the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) narrative that ‘everything is normal in Kashmir’.

Terror on campus: Police tear gas, lathi-charge Jamia students protesting CAA

Baton-wielding personnel allegedly forcibly enter campus, break library windows, lob tear gas shells and parade protesting students with their hands up!

Protests intensify in Assam, prominent BJP leaders resign, ULFA declares fight against CAB

14th Dec: Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB)...

Preparation for a genocide under way in India: Dr. Gregory Stanton

Internationally acclaimed expert raises concerns about possible mass extermination of Muslims while briefing US Congress on situation in Kashmir and Assam.

BJP members resign from their posts; oppose CAA 2019

Police brutality still on as they open fire at peaceful protestors in many places

Hostels become detention camps: Army lays siege at colleges in Assam

The people of Assam are being stripped off their human rights, one bullet at a time.

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From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira

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The university has agreed to implement the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, and conduct elections under Lyngdoh Committee guidelines

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Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.

In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.

Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses

A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims

SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?

Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?

2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death

The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish