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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

TMC invites comedian Vir Das to Kolkata after Bengaluru show cancelled

Das' monologue "I come from two Indias" had stirred a row a year ago when he was criticised for allegedly defaming the country.

Over 80% Pellet Victims in Kashmir Have Lost Vision: Study

The study has strongly advised against the use of pellet guns on civilians to avoid ophthalmic trauma.

NPR database declared as ‘Critical Information Infrastructure’; needs to be updated soon: MHA

The MHA’s Annual Report states that NPR needs to be updated, however, still does not mention a specific time period for conducting the exercise

Police complaint against Vir Das’s show in Bengaluru by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti

Earlier, a show by another stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui was cancelled in Bengaluru, as police claimed the organisers had not taken permission

It’s Welfare & Social Justice under the Indian Constitution, not “freebies”

Social justice read welfare is embedded in the constitutional vision and it's travesty to term such measures as "freebies"

The Tree of Life affirmed by Pope Francis in Bahrain

Image: AP/Alessandra TarantinoNovember 3, 2022, was a special day. On that day, Pope Francis...

Should any person saying “Murdabad” be behind bars, asks senior advocate Mihir Desai critiquing recent judgements denying bail

The misinterpretation of terms like ‘comrade’ even in the judiciary makes it hard for advocates of personal liberty says the advocate speaking on recent judicial orders staying acquittal of professor GN Saibaba and refusing bail to Umar Khalid and Jyoti Jagtap

One more migration, last Kashmiri Pandit woman in terror-hit village, migrates

Her departure, reported on October 28, comes after all other seven Pandit families living in the village quietly migrated to Jammu following the recent targeted killings in the valley

Targeted killings, govt neglect compels migration of Kashmiri Pandit families from Valley

Attacks on life and property and a climate of insecurity and fear have now pushed another 9 families to flea says the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS)

Migrant labour Bengali couple wrongfully detained as ‘Bangladeshi’ in Karnataka

News of the detention of a migrant labour couple, Palash Adhikary & Shukla Adhikary with their one and a half year old child, from the Tele village of Jourgram panchayat under Jamalpur Police station in East Burdwan, West Bengal for being wrongfully dubbed Bangladeshi has let loose a storm of protest

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The Citizenship Proof Paradox: Calcutta HC holds Aadhaar, Voter ID and PAN cannot prove citizenship, burden on detainee

The Court’s refusal to treat voter IDs, PAN cards, bank records and ancestral documents as proof of nationality highlights the widening gap between documentary recognition by the State and legal recognition of citizenship

Khargone riots case collapses: Four years after Ram Navami violence, MP court acquits 11 accused, finds prosecution failed to establish guilt

A sessions court points to hostile witnesses, unexplained delays, lack of identification procedures and forensic inconsistencies; accused, all of whom who were Muslim, spent up to 827 days in jail

SIR Maharashtra: CEO details schedules for publication & verification of draft and final electoral rolls

Maharashtra, with 9,78,54,049 has electors which is the base figure for the re-examination of electoral rolls under the ongoing SIR; now the CEO Maharashtra has outlined a schedule detailing deadlines for enumeration, draft publication, claims and objections, verification, final electoral roll publication and post-publication correction procedures

Rajya Sabha passes Vande Mataram bill as NCRB data reveals high pendency, low convictions

While Parliament broadens the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, crime records show only 60 convictions from over 1,100 arrests between 2014 and 2024

The Supreme Court’s Uneasy Middle Path on Protest Policing

The July 28 interim order preserves evidence and contemplates an SIT, but leaves unresolved who should investigate when the police themselves stand accused