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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
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First Covid, now floods; NRC work still on hold in Assam
Given the twin blows, the process of issuing rejection slips has been delayed even further in the state
GN Saibaba denied bail to see his dying mother
Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has rejects temporary bail to the former DU prof, now a serving a life sentence
Corona warriors adorn walls of Mahim Jn
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Prof Hany Babu is NIA’s 12th arrest in Bhima Koregaon case
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Nat woman denied cremation at ‘upper’ caste funeral ground in UP
Family was forced to remove the body from the pyre, and local officials appeared to support caste-based segregation “to maintain peace and tranquility”
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The 80-year-old undertrail poet, a Covid-19 patient, has been in hospital for 12 days, and his family is yet to get any official update
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A look at how or if, the seemingly opaque conditions in Indian prisons are being monitored by authorities, and with what degree of transparency and accountability
33rd person released from Assam Detention Camp due to CJP’s efforts
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Declared foreigner while serving a 10-year sentence for an unrelated matter, Jabed Ali also spent 2 years in detention camp
GN Saibaba gets medical care, khichdi, is safe from Covid: Maharashtra govt
The state has opposed GN Saibaba’s bail plea saying he gets adequate medical care, food, and is safe in his cell
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