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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
Delhi Riots: No ‘incriminating clinching evidence’, court grants bail
The court noted that the evidence on record was not from the day of the riots
Kerala HC quashes protest related case against former MLA
The court observed that even though the protest caused obstruction to vehicles, it did not turn disorderly. Can the Shaheen Bagh protest be looked at from the same lens?
HC grants bail to accused in minor’s rape, imposes strict conditions
The High Court of Himachal Pradesh, while granting bail asked the minor girl to approach the court or police if she was stalked by the accused
No bail for Varavara Rao yet, but HC orders medical exam
This is the second petition filed by Rao’s wife since his bail plea had not been listed despite a SC order
Delhi Riots: HC stays trial of accused booked under UAPA
The Delhi Police had challenged the trial court order asking it to supply hard copies of the chargesheet to all accused
All In the Name of the Prophets
Would Prophet Mohammed have approved of the beheading of a journalist for the preservation of his honour?
Covid-19 spike: Delhi records over 8,593 Coronavirus cases in 24 hrs!
Overall, India now has 86,36, 011 Covid-19 cases
Dalit youth thrashed in UP village, NHRC transfers CJP complaint to UPHRC
He was then arrested on false charges after his 'upper caste' assailants claimed that the Dalit boy had beaten them up. But the pictures and the caste dynamics clearly have a different story to tell
Delhi HC extends Covid Bail for thirty more days
The HC considered the High-Powered Committee’s suggestion regarding the inconvenience to jail authorities
Bihar farmers lose out on 2020’s maize crop boom
Despite hunger strikes and appeals to the local officials, Bihar farmers received no compensation for the lockdown-induced poor performance of the maize crop
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