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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

Landless Dalits, Hit Hardest By Disasters, Are Last To Get Relief

Brahmagiri, Puri District: There’s nowhere to go beyond Talamala....

Dejected But Not Defeated: Young Kashmiris Observe Eid in Delhi

Hundreds of young Kashmiri students, living in Delhi, alongside...

69 HR Activists and Organisations petition Modi on Jammu & Kashmir

In a strongly worded statement, that calls out the...

Scrutinising Legal Challenges to Abrogation of J & K Special Status

In an unprecedented move to fulfill its manifesto promises,...

Lift the Media Gag in J & K, Editor, Greater Kashmir petitions SC

In her writ petition, Anuradha Bhasinthe senior journalist and...

“Jaan de denge lekin zamin nahi denge” (we will give our lives but not the land): Sonbhadra

The Kaimur Region is the stuff that legends are...

Silence Reflects the Pain: Kashmiri Students Protest ar Jantar Mantar

Students belonging to Jammu and Kashmir organised a protest...

Modi Bin Tughlaq and the Bifurcation of Kashmir

Once upon a time. There was a Sultan in...

Kashmir ‘clampdown’ on journalists: It’s easier to move around without a press card

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent, nonprofit...

Rowlatt Act to UAPA: Change and Continuity

The recently concluded Parliament session was momentous. Several Bills...

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