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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
“You’re asking us to conduct a re-trial. We can’t test the veracity of the statement at the stage of bail”: Delhi HC on Umar...
Court asks the petitioner to conclude his submissions on Monday
Bhima Koregaon: Accused Sagar Gorkhe goes on hunger strike against jail authorities
Accused alleges harassment by jail authorities and denial of basic facilities, Co-accused Gautam Navlakha seeks special court’s permission to use a mosquito net
Jammu & Kashmir: A grieving widow’s angry words, make admin act
Nearly two weeks after Rahul Bhat was shot by terrorists, Lt Gov meets family
AMSU’s Mrinal Shome released, but another leader detained
Police have offered no explanation for either detainment
Using children to chant communal hate slogans fosters hate
A video showing the small boy raising hate slogans in a PFI rally in Alappuzha, Kerala, has raised serious concerns
Protests were against unjust law, protesting is not a terrorist activity: Umar Khalid
The activist tell the court that the protests were not an act against the sovereign; hearing to continue tomorrow
Delhi: Hindu College associate professor Rattan Lal granted bail
Students and professors rallied around the historian and professor, who was granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and one surety of the same amount
Not a crime to criticize PM, words like ‘inqulab’, krantikari’ not an incitement to violence: Umar Khalid
The political dissenter argues many such words are used by activists and politicians publicly in a democracy for constructive criticism of the government
“Ineligible” people told to return ration cards in UP
Ration cards are the new methods of inclusion and exclusion into food security, as the UP government issues “guidelines” to declare people“ineligible”
UP: Is Aabid Shekh being penalised for dissent?
The activist faces baseless accusations of planning to disrupt peace in Varanasi; rights organisations backing him have called the incident a stifling of free speech
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Address Discrimination & Hate Crimes India told: CERD, UN
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Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP
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Forced pregnancy tests for Adivasi women students in Maharashtra’s hostels, Rahul Gandhi registers strong protest
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India
ECI revises Maharashtra SIR schedule, final voter list to be published on November 4
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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