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When Protest becomes a “Threat”: Inside the Supreme Court hearing on Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA detention
From alleged “Arab Spring inspiration” to missing exculpatory material, the case raises stark questions about preventive detention, free speech, and governance in India’s border regions
Student leaders demand reopening of colleges, deem online education inadequate
Student representatives from JNU, JMI, AMU come together on the call of the SIO to discuss the urgent need to reopen campuses
AIKS debunks GoI’s claims of highest ever rabi MSP hikes
Farmer leaders emphasised the need for a legal guarantee to MSP as per the C2+50 percent formula
Booked for Sedition at LGBTQ rally, two former TISS students get protection from arrest
They were apprehended for allegedly shouting slogans in support of JNU student Sharjeel Imam at an LGBTQ rally at Azad Maidan last year
Delhi Police can’t be trusted to investigate media leak: Asif Tanha’s counsel
In August 2020, Tanha’s alleged confessions made to the police were leaked to the news media which read out his statements where he allegedly confessed that he was involved in conspiracy of Delhi violence of February 2020
Delhi violence: What is happening in case involving the conspiracy FIR under UAPA?
Delays in hearings have occurred after the Delhi Police raised a maintainability issue of the bail plea filed by accused lawyer-activist Ishrat Jahan
Haryana: Lakhs of farmers gherao Karnal Mini Secretariat
Farmer leaders lead farmers on a 3.5 km march after state administration refused to accept farmers demands related to the Karnal lathi-charge
Bombay HC extends Varavara Rao’s time to surrender to custody until Sept 25
The NIA has opposed Rao’s plea seeking extension of his medical bail
WB activists and CSOs demand delinking of Census from NPR-NRC process
Individuals and groups in the north-east call for a focus on caste break-up rather than NPR-NRC process in the upcoming census
Bhima Koregaon: Rona Wilson gets interim bail to attend father’s funeral ritual
The NIA opposed his bail plea on grounds that the prayer could be done by Wilson’s brother and other family members
Haryana: Internet blackout to combat farmers protest?
State government snaps Internet services in five districts till Tuesday midnight “to maintain law and order”; Section 144 imposed in Karnal
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