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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
Bhima Koregaon case: Stan Swamy’s bail plea rejected
83-year-old tribal rights activist Fr S`tan had sought interim bail on health grounds, however the special court rejected the plea
25 anti-CAA protesters face externment!
If Uddhav Thackeray is anti-fascism and pro-democracy, why are police initiating chaper proceedings against students and activists who were a part of peaceful protests?
Umar Khalid alleges forced solitary confinement by jail authorities
The activist alleged that his request for adequate security had been distorted to extreme proportions by jail authorities who confined him to a cell
GN Saibaba still denied parole, medicine, books, letters from family: AS Vasantha
Saibaba, is yet to get a letter and news printouts his wife Vasantha sent on Oct 1, but she has convinced him to not go on hunger strike for now a she fears for his health
Apolitical is a luxury few can afford: Rahee and Sarah
Politically-aware online artists talk about pressing issues in today’s world and an individual’s role in addressing these problems
Democracy dies when it’s streets fall silent: Activists on the right to protest
Arundhati Roy, Bezwada Wilson, NiveditaMenon, Nadeem Khan, Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav, call for debate on policing, protests, role of mainstream media
Why no MSP for crops other than paddy and wheat: AIKS to Punjab government
The left farmers organisation questions the wisdom in restricting MSP to only two crops while praising the state for their stand against the central government.
Allahabad HC grants bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia
Kanojia was arrested on August 18 after an FIR was filed against him in Lucknow for allegedly “morphing” a social media post made by the member of an outfit called the Hindu Army, and then tweeting it; three months later he gets bail.
Accused of providing shelter to Tabhligi Jamaat members without permission, Jharkhand HC grants pre arrest bail to two mosque coordinators
The Single Bench noted that he was inclined to grant anticipatory bail privilege to the two petitioners under section 438 of Cr.PC on conditions that they should cooperate with the investigation of the case.
Activists, Opposition parties demand release of Bhima Koregaon accused
Condemn inhuman treatment of elderly accused like Fr. Stan Swamy, Varavara Rao and others
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