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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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Oppose CAB 2019, it goes against founding principles of Indian Constitution: IIM Bangalore
Over seventy faculty members and students of Bangalore’s prestigious...
A Legislative Bill for Faith-based Citizenship: How India Has Reached This Point of Disaster?
On Wednesday, December 4 2019, the Union cabinet gave...
900 scientists & scholars oppose CAB, 2019
Scientists from many of the country's leading research institutions,have strongly protested the Modi govt's proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill.
The true cost of hailing the CAB
As the nation debates, dissects and protests yet another attempt by a divisive regime to tear asunder our pluralistic, composite culture, and the last vestiges of our socio-cultural diversity, let us take an in-depth look into the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB).
NRC-NPR an assault on India’s poorest citizens : Teesta Setalvad
CJP secretary Teesta Setalvad addresses a press conference with...
Lakhs of people protest CAB, 2019 in Assam
Protest by cotton College Student's UnionGuwahati, December 6, 2019:...
CAB reaction: Security tightened in BJP, RSS and AGP offices, not in vulnerable Assamese-Bengali areas
Representation Image / PTIGuwahati, December 6, 2019: Amidst...
NRC related panic claims another life in Bengal
Folk singer, found hanging in Jalpaiguri. Family suspects he...
Anti-CAB protests intensify in Assam
The bill to amend the Citizenship Act will be tabled in the Lok Sabha on December 9 and will be taken up for debate, the next day. The ruling government had already declared that the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) will be passed by the Parliament by December 10.
CAB meets with staunch criticism, opposition in RS determined
The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019 –though not yet tabled in Parliament—has met with a staunch opposition from parties across the spectrum. It is slated to be tabled next week
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Rule of Law
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Culture
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India
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Education
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Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Lucknow: Caste hierarchies & contract labour exploitation among sanitation workers
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Rights
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