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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

Thousands of Transgenders left out the NRC, petition filed in the SC

Assam's NRC has been a difficult process for countless...

“No other Country sends People to Gas Chamber”: SC on Sewer Deaths

In their scathing observations, the top court said though...

Official data paucity: Assessing public education system impossible without independent NGO surveys

Excerpts from section on primary and secondary education, forming...

‘Rural Jobs Guarantee Scheme Has Social Value, Even When No One Is Doing Any Work’

Mumbai: In conflict-affected areas, rural social insurance programmes such...

Kashmiris Also Want to Live: Yousuf Tarigami

'We are not asking for a paradise. We just...

Assam gov’t launches online portal to file appeals before Foreigners Tribunals

 The Home and Political department of the Assam government...

Meghalaya Activist battling illegal mining wins Hrant Dink Award

Had narrowly escaped death a year back while investigating...

UN urges India to stop forced evictions of Adivasis & Forest dwellers

A clearly worded communication sent by UN human rights...

Over 7 lakh Hindus among those excluded from the NRC, leaked data suggests

The exclusion of Gorkhas and other tribes raise doubts...

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