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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
Do farmers’ demands benefit India’s hungry population?
Subsequent press releases by farmers organisations have highlighted India’s performance in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report 2020 to strengthen their argument for a legal right to MSP. But is there a direct connection between farmers’ demands and the hunger issue?
Shree Brar’s arrest after Kisan Anthem video generates political heat
Patiala police recently arrested the Punjabi singer on charges of promoting gun culture in a song he had released in November
Cases of H5N8 strain of Avian Flu reported from 8 states
Kerala worst affected, large flock of migratory birds dies in Himachal Pradesh
Gauhati HC rejects Akhil Gogoi’s bail plea
The peasant rights leader was arrested for protesting CAA-NRC-NPR and has languishing behind bars in multiple cases filed by a vindictive regime
Uttar Pradesh police confront farmer leaders headed towards Delhi
Video clips of posse of policemen intercepting farmer leaders on tractors, at two points, have gone viral on social media
Farmer’s tractor march: Over 10,000 vehicles flood KMP highway!
The tractor march proceeded smoothly along the expressway with no police altercation although neighbouring areas complained of police interference
Thousands of tractors set off along the KMP highway!
Four batches of farmers mobilise thousands of tractors to meet at various points along the highway, in a "rehearsal" for Republic Day.
Why farmers are anti-Adani
Farmers groups fear that proximity to the highest echelons of power and favourable policies enable the Adani group to hoard and export food grains, a claim vehemently denied by the Adani group
Why is the UP gov’t looking for tractor owning farmers, issuing notices to activists?
Gandhian activist dubbed "gunda" for supporting farmers' movement
BJP’s anti-farmer tirade motivated by Modi’s desire to implement farm Acts: AIKSCC
Farmers organisations criticise the Centre’s non-serious attitude and marvel at the government “finally” understanding farmers’ demand for repeal of the three farm laws.
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Union government revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under NSA after nearly six months!
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Allahabad High Court orders 24/7 armed protection for Bareilly Muslim man allegedly prevented from offering namaz at home
Summoning the district magistrate and SSP of Bareilly, the Allahabad High Court said any violence against the petitioner or his property would be presumed to have occurred at the instance of the State, as the case raises serious concerns over interference with religious prayers inside private property
Rights
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
Communalism
Odisha: 18 months, 54 incidents of communal hate crimes, 7 mob lynchings
Admitting to a spiral in communally driven hate crimes in eastern state of Odisha since June 2024 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a majoritarian outfit came to power, Odisha’s chief minister, Charan Majhi said on Monday, March 9 that 54 such incidents and seven mob lynchings were recorded in that state; this was in a written reply to the State Assembly
India
Varanasi, UP: No to war, we want peace
A vibrant protest and silent hunger strike (maun upwas) was undertaken by citizens of Varanasi protesting US-Israel’s unprovoked war on Iran; the protest took place at the symbolic Ambedkar Park on Saturday, March 7, under the banner of Sanjha Sanskriti Manch
India
Why Cricket should remain above religious nationalism
The sight of the captain of the victorious Indian T-20 team, Surya Kumar Yadav, jubilantly accompanying ICC Chairman Jay Shah to a temple in Ahmedabad has drawn sharp comments on social media.
India
A history that teaches, a historian that shared, in Memoriam: Professor K.N. Panikkar
On March 9, 2026, a Monday, noted historian and alumni of the indomitable Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), K.N.Panikkar, passed away at a hospital in Thiruvanthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala. Born on April 26, 1936, KN as he was fondly known by fellow academics and activists alike, was one of the pioneers of the Marxist school of historiography
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US-Israel War on Iran sees spirals in Hate against Muslim Americans: CSOH
The Centre for the Study of Organised Hate has analysed how Islamophobic discourse has spiralled post February 28 when the US-Israel launched an attack on Iran