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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

A 2020 Report of 10 Worst Victims of Apathy: India’s Migrant Workers

How the unplanned and sudden lockdown led to chaos, suffering and even death

AIKS calls out the Centre’s ignorance about the agri sector

While answering Modi’s question about the lack of APMCs in Kerala, the farmers organisation questioned the state of farmers in other BJP-led states.

J&K journalists allege soldiers assaulted them during a show

Army claims that media violated Covid-19 protocol and approached actor Amisha Patel the chief guest

Haryana farmers receive help from toll plaza workers who open gates 

BKU State President asserts that farmers continue peaceful protests to firmly decry the three farm laws forcibly passed by the central government.

Over 5,000 farmer supporters reach Delhi border, another 1,000 people reach Shahjahanpur border

Reinforcements head towards various protest points to strengthen the farmers’ movement further.

Noida and Punjab kisans gift ruling regime with sudden protests on Christmas Day

Farmers in Noida and various parts of Punjab intensify farmers’ struggle and disrupt BJP programmes to decry the three farm laws.

Centre is being obstinate by refusing to repeal the Agriculture acts: Sukhbir Singh Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal says the Govt must stop defaming farmers and giving the impression that they are being stubborn

Farmer leaders call for Dec 26 as ‘Dhikkar Diwas’ & a corporate boycott

The AIKSCC Working Group states that although the central government’s offer is with a closed mind and with conditions, farmers are still open to talks when the government is willing to listen to them.

Covid: Over 150 Army troops in Delhi for Republic Day test positive

Republic Day 2021 parade is still on, but may have more restrictions, meanwhile dry run of Covid-19 vaccine plan to be held on December 28 and 29 in 4 states

Plunging prices of agri produce, potatoes, maize etc expose untruths of Modi Govt

Repealing laws in the best interest of government and farmers says agro (agriculture) economist Prof Vikas Rawal even as farmers from Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Gujarat voice serious concerns about the falling prices of several crops

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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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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