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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
Farmers and workers gear up for November 26 protest!
Organisations report that the struggle may intensify and extend to the local village-level in an effort to repeal anti-farmer and anti-workers laws
Adivasi Union to stand with peasants of country during nationwide protests
AIUFWP chips in to the growing support of nationwide peasant unrest planned for the Constitution Day
We need to respect humanity: Bombay HC to ED on Anand Grover
Court asks ED not to insist on appearance of the senior advocate till December 14
Why are Delhi police calling Umar Khalid’s atheism a ‘pretence’?
In the NE Delhi riot chargesheet police alleged that Khalid’s ‘plans’ were ‘based on concept of Ummah, with total decimation of secular, national identities’
Anti CAA protests: Madras HC quashes FIR against two
The court noted that the protests were peaceful and the FIR against them did not disclose any act of violence
Law against ‘Love Jihad’ or controlling our ‘individuality’
Crossing religion and caste barriers is a form of dissent
Farmers, workers, trade unions prepare for nationwide unrest on November 26
As India’s peasantry forms a united front, workers and trade unions hold press conferences to warn people of what is to come on November 26.
At least 30 farmer leaders in Haryana arrested!
Arrests take place two days before the commencement of the nationwide farmers protest, in the dead of night. Farmers Unions promise protest march on Constitution Day
No coercive action under section 118A of the Kerala Police Act: State gov’t to HC
The Kerala HC recorded the submission of the Government that no adverse action shall be taken based on the new ordinance
Inequality has gotten sharpened in India: Teesta Setalvad
SabrangIndia co-founder Teesta Setalvad recently participated in a discussion on “Pandemic and Democracy” as a part of an Italian Film Festival dedicated to Human Rights issues
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