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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
Not fair to label those with mental illness as ‘weak’
Filmmaker and journalist Rukmini Sen revisits her mother's Bipolar Disorder in wake of the controversy surrounding Sushant Singh Rajput
Van Gujjar tribe plans annual tree plantation drive to keep forests green
This will be celebrated as a festival every year for a week as a practice of giving back to nature
NIA raids Prof Hany Babu’s house; DUTA asks govt to stop witch-hunt
The house was raided for 4 hours as his wife and minor daughter were present in the house
Gram Sabha Resolution to aid defence of forest rights
A Delhi based research group has prepared sample resolutions with all legal provisions which can be used by Gram Sabhas to fight against forest rights violations
Citizens groups condemn divisive advertisement by Peace Party
Talking of Nizam-e-Mustafa in a secular India, maliciously fuels hate campaigns, say secular citizens
Thakurs deny Dalit woman cremation, police initiate probe
The woman’s body was forced to be taken off the pyre as members of Thakur community objected
Boy who ran away from home, declared ‘foreigner’ in Assam
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Amit Basu had run away from home after being reprimanded by his father for alcohol consumption, now he is in Silchar detention camp
Jharkhand Adivasis brutally beaten up by CRPF men: Fact Finding Report
They were later paid paltry sums and were asked to not press charges against CRPF
No Eid-ul-Adha prayers at AMU, other states list Dos and Dont’s
Some allow 50 worshipers in mosques, others ban animal sacrifice in public, some others want ‘drone surveillance’
Chennai Police delete all Youtube videos of a rights group after complaint from BJP ally
The complaint was against one video and the police have arrested four people concerned with the channel, including the owner
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August 11, 2026: A decade plus of students challenging a regime that seeks to control thought & ideas
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