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August 11, 2026: A decade plus of students challenging a regime that seeks to control thought & ideas
The pushback to the Modi 1.0 regime came within months of it being sworn into office, and it emerged from the student of the Central University, Hyderabad & JNU among others, that had been creations of independent India’s intellectual and organisational fashioning; while Gen Z’s 2026 protests are a breath of fresh air to the battle weary, India’s students in universities have never been silent
Our father, Sanjiv Bhatt is paying the price for being, honest, upright, courageous: Aakashi & Shantanu
Sanjiv Bhatt has now spent over two years, and three months in jail, for a 30 year old case, his children wrote an open letter on his birthday December 21
M’tra Farmers set off in Vehicle Jatha from Nashik to Delhi
As the nationwide protest surges ahead, the AIKS-led Maharashtra Farmers' Vehicle Jatha to Delhi begins from Nashik with a Rousing Send-off
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
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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
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