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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

Over 1 lakh names in new NRC Additional Exclusion list in Assam

An additional list of names of people excluded from...

On 44th Anniversary of the Emergency in India, How RSS Betrayed the Anti-emergency Struggle

National Emergency was imposed on the country by then...

Two Men Accompanying Tabrez Ansari, When He Was Lynched, Are Still Missing

In the latest lynching of 25-year-old Tabrez Ansari, Kharsawan...

Jharkhand’s 14th Lynching in Four Years, Country’s 266th

Planned spread of religious bigotry and hate has led...

New NRC order sign of vigorous verification or conspiracy to maximise exclusion?

Guwahati, June 24: All hopes for an inclusive, error...

More exclusions expected from Assam NRC, additional list out June 26

In a fresh body blow to people battling citizenship...

A Rs 56,000-Cr ‘Afforestation’ Fund Threatens India’s Indigenous Communities

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