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Union government revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under NSA after nearly six months!
Move comes days before Supreme Court hearing in habeas corpus petition filed by his wife; Ladakh activist had been detained following September 2025 protests over statehood and Sixth Schedule protections
Will Kisan mahapanchayat signal a political movement in UP, Haryana?
Arrested farmers should be released before talks are resumed demands Rakesh Tikait as over 50,000 farmers attend Kandela khap mahapanchayat
Gov’t will not compensate families of farmers who died during protests: MHA
The Ministry of Home Affairs even justified the use of tear gas and water cannons on protesting farmers
CAA rules yet to be framed, NRC in Assam yet to be notified, says MHA
The government was faced with questions about NRC in Assam and CAA on the second day of budget session
Electricity workers and farmers unite for Feb 3 protests
Concerned about the possible enactment of the Electricity Bill, peasants and workers will come together on Wednesday to decry the anti-people policies of the central government.
Journalist Mandeep Punia granted bail by Delhi Court
Puniya has to furnish a bail bond of Rs.25,000, and a surety of the same amount, along with other bail conditions
Delhi riots: Court directs FIR registration for mosque arson
During the 2020 pogrom, Madina Mosque in Shiv Vihar was allegedly burnt and desecrated
Delhi HC dismisses PIL seeking release of over 200 “illegally detained” farmers
However, the court directed Delhi Police to conduct thorough investigation into the FIRs lodged, in a time-bound fashion
Solidarity is the biggest need for Indian journalists today
Journalists targeted under serious charges; is this just a bad dream, or has the emergency been declared again?
Budget 2021-22 disappointing: Farmers’ Unions
Farmers and trade unions say the Centre continues to peddle lies and brazen privatisation while betraying people’s demands
PIL in Delhi HC seeks release of over 200 ‘illegally detained’ farmers
The PIL filed by a law student states that Delhi Police did not follow procedure established by law after detaining such persons thus it amounts to illegal detention
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Allahabad High Court orders 24/7 armed protection for Bareilly Muslim man allegedly prevented from offering namaz at home
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35 civil society groups oppose Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion law, warn of threat to women’s autonomy and constitutional freedoms
Coalition, which also included CJP who is the lead petitioner on challenge to anti-conversion laws in SC, demands draft bill be made public, calls for consultations and legislative scrutiny; says existing criminal law already addresses coercion
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Odisha: 18 months, 54 incidents of communal hate crimes, 7 mob lynchings
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India
Varanasi, UP: No to war, we want peace
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Why Cricket should remain above religious nationalism
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A history that teaches, a historian that shared, in Memoriam: Professor K.N. Panikkar
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