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The cost of a wrongful deportation
The return of four West Bengal residents after Supreme Court intervention highlights the constitutional consequences of deporting individuals before verifying their citizenship
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Five J&K leaders released
All belong to Nationalist Conference and the People’s Democratic...
UP sees the worst of Police Brutality
The CAA-NPR-NRC triple whammy has jolted the social and political conscience in the country. As the protests kept spreading, the government started getting wary of the public sentiment which is holding on to the secularity and rejecting a law that discriminates on religious lines and aims to eliminate or marginalise the Muslim community.
Delhi Police detain more than 300 anti-CAA protestors outside UP Bhawan
The Jamia Coordination Committee releases a press statement condemning police action
Anti-CAA protest attracts 25,000 in Malvani, Malad
Thousands also gather at Dadar at protest called by the VBA
“Are you going to ban each and every protest?” K’taka HC raps govt
The High Court bench led by the Chief Justice will look into the legality of the prohibitory orders issued by the state and expressed dismay over the manner in which protests in bangalore were handled.
Bengaluru to hold NPR in two phases
Officials continue to emphasize that there is no link between the NPR and the NRC
NIA raids human rights defender Akhil Gogoi’s home in Assam
The peasant movement leader has been at the forefront of anti-CAA protests in Assam
Is it okay for the PM to lie: Arundhuti Roy
THIS IS WITH REGARD to what I said while speaking...
Bollywood appeals against police excesses in UP
Actors request CM Yogi to not indulge in inciting speeches and call for fair trials for those arrested
AMU alumnus writes scathing letter to Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor
He said that had the VC not been an alumnus of the university, he would’ve filed a criminal case against him.
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