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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

The Gujarat Floods & Devastation of 2017, Some Posers

After a severe drought and hot summer the long...

35 sedition cases registered in 2016: GOI in LS

PTI reports that the central government today told Parliament...

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Bhopal Gas Victims Hospital Faces Threat of Closure

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Synopsis & List of Dates in NBA Writ Petition, July 31, 2017

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Writ Petition by Citizens on Narmada Oustees Rehabilitation, July 31, 2017

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Forcible Displacement of Adivasis in Narmada basin: SC Intervenes

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HC Allows Plea to Challenge Yogi Adityanath Prosecution: Allahabad

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India’s Non Farm-loan Debts Could Settle All Distressed Farm Loans

Indian companies and individuals owed Rs 4.1 lakh crore...

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