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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

Bombay HC grants anticipatory bail to 8 anti CAA-NRC protestors

The court noted that there was no evidence to prove their guilt

Punjab arhtiyas resolve to shut mandis to protest I-T raids

Farmer leaders acknowledge the immense support by arhtiyas and promise to gherao I-T offices

India crosses 1 crore Covid-19 cases, suspends flights from UK 

24,337 new cases, 25,709 recoveries, 333 deaths  have been reported in the last 24 hours!

Gopesh Das: A victim of institutional murder

As his wife rotted behind bars in a detention camp, Das died alone of a broken heart and crushed hopes of her release

Adani buys ad space in Punjab paper to advocate for farm laws

Amid intensifying protests, Adani Group decides to put up an advertisement in Punjab Kesari, a local newspaper, to distinguish ‘truth’ from ‘lies’

Allahabad HC grants Faisal Khan bail

Court bars peace activist from using social media till end of trial

Annadaatas plan a week of demonstrations to intensify agitation

After paying respects to the many farmers who died during nationwide protests, farmer leaders talked about future dharnas, gheraos and thali bajao plans.

Shradhanjali Diwas: Farmers pay homage to martyred brethren

Farmers promise to intensify struggle, observe indefinite hunger strikes and condemn the central government for its insensitive behaviour towards India’s peasants

Jantar Mantar: Farmers’ movement has reunited people of Haryana and Punjab

India’s revolutionary farmers have inspired Punjab politicians Jasbir Singh Gill, Kulbir Singh Zira and their colleagues to protest at Jantar Mantar. They have been sleeping on the footpath for two weeks!

Farmers’ leaders at Jaipur-Delhi highway promise growing strength over next few days

Leaders assure that the Modi-regime will fail to dissuade India’s farmers in their opposition to the three anti-farmer laws

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Odisha: 18 months, 54 incidents of communal hate crimes, 7 mob lynchings

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Varanasi, UP: No to war, we want peace

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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