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Water Cannons Instead of Answers: Bihar’s recruitment crisis and the state’s crackdown on protest

Weeks of agitation over recruitment and examination reforms culminated in clashes in Patna, amid disturbing allegations of excessive force, illegal detention and custodial abuse

He had no work in Hathras: Allahabad High Court denies bail to journalist Siddique Kappan

Police claim that the accused were travelling to the region to disturb the harmony at the location of the rape of a Dalit woman

Cannot evict persons with “Bulldozer” and leave them shelterless without any notice: Delhi HC

Court says reasonable period has to be given and temporary location to be provided

Right to free speech and expression includes the right to publish and circulate one’s opinions: Delhi HC

Court held that right to free speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) includes the right to comment on content created on social media or on television channels

Campaign against Agnipath scheme from Aug 7: Rakesh Tikait

Tikait also highlighted issues related to acquisition of land, power tariff and pending sugarcane dues among others

Free Teesta Setalvad: Voices of solidarity intensify

As the human rights defender moves Gujarat High Court for bail, protests and meetings continue in different cities

Western UP: Farmers Angry Over Delay From Govt on Fulfilling Poll Promises

The farmers have accused the government of betraying them by not fulfilling the promises of providing free electricity.

Rally for Teesta held on Udham Singh’s martyrdom day in Canada

On Sunday, July 31, the South Asian activists came...

Booker Winner Geetanjali Shree’s Event Cancelled in Agra After Complaint Against Her

"A man named Sandeep Kumar Pathak from Sadabad in Hathras district has filed the complaint against the writer. In the complaint, he has blamed Geetanjali Shree for alleged objectionable comments on Lord Shiva and mother Parvati," he said.

UP: No Govt Funds for Mid-day Meals for over 3 Months, Headmasters Forced to Raise Money

The Education Department has attributed the delay in payment to the non-release of the funds by the state Finance Department.

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Water Cannons Instead of Answers: Bihar’s recruitment crisis and the state’s crackdown on protest

Weeks of agitation over recruitment and examination reforms culminated in clashes in Patna, amid disturbing allegations of excessive force, illegal detention and custodial abuse

Amnesty Investigation finds unlawful and deadly force against CJP-led protesters in Delhi and Siwan

The investigation documents the use of pellet-firing shotguns, tear gas, batons and electric shock weapons against protesters, including children, and calls for an independent probe into police conduct

Address Discrimination & Hate Crimes India told: CERD, UN

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has sharply criticised the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, and raised concerns about the subjecting of Bengali-speaking Muslims to “systematic and structural racial discrimination”

Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP

Digvijay Bhati and Mohit Jatav allege they were beaten, tied up and humiliated inside police premises; the allegations come weeks after the Meerut police faced scrutiny over its crackdown on protests demanding justice for a Dalit woman

From the violence of 2024 to the Bakri Eid tensions of 2026, a fact-finding report examines Mira Road’s deepening communal fault lines

A two-part fact-finding report examines how political competition, hate speech, state action and outside mobilisation have repeatedly transformed local disputes into communal flashpoints in Mira Road

Forced pregnancy tests for Adivasi women students in Maharashtra’s hostels, Rahul Gandhi registers strong protest

The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha writes to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday, August 24 stating that Adivasi students have been on hunger strike for more than 10 days, a fact that came to light in live interviews with some of them at the Chattron kee Goonj programme in Pune last Saturday

ECI revises Maharashtra SIR schedule, final voter list to be published on November 4

The revised schedule moves the date of publication for the draft electoral roll to August 31 and gives voters until September 30 to file claims and objections; the final electoral roll will now be published on November 4

Bihar: Not just Delhi, Patna, Siwan too saw brute police violence against demonstrating students: PUCL

A fact-finding report of the Bihar police brutality against students who were demonstrating peacefully in Patna, Siwan and Sitamarhi reveals that severe beating by lathis, including aiming blows at the private part of women students was a key and shocking feature of the (misconduct) of the Bihar police