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Historic Victory at Panjab University, but Federalism Remains at Stake

At a time when the BJP is forcefully implementing the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to advance a neoliberal, imperialist agenda of centralisation, privatisation, and saffronisation—branding all dissent as...

Torn Pages, Broken Bones – The Violent Suppression of Teachers’ Voices

W.Bengal school teachers who were not involved in bribery fight to retain jobs.

Two Questions ‘anti-national’, says ABVP UP professor barred for life from setting exam papers

Vigilante justice UP style had a professor, Seema Panwar debarred from examination work for life after the ABVP “objected” to the two questions on RSS, its parent organisation, in a political science paper, at the Chaudhary Charan Singh University reports Omar Rashid for The Wire

Dissent Under Siege: Police action, suspensions, and the shrinking democratic space at TISS

Dalit scholar’s suspension for participating in protest, police detentions, and a court-backed curb on campus activism signal deepening threats to academic freedom and democratic expression in Indian universities

KIIT Suicide Case: Nepalese student’s harassment complaint ignored for 11 months before tragic suicide

In a startling revelation, Odisha’s Higher Education Minister Suryavanshi Suraj disclosed that Prakriti Lamsal, a 20-year-old Nepalese student who took her life at KIIT University in February 2025, had filed a sexual harassment complaint on March 12, 2024, NHRC also ordered an on-spot inquiry into the death

‘Free speech under threat’: again, Jamia student moves court against ‘highhanded’ suspension

For the past few months, since November 2024, repression and police force have been used to intimidate students of the Jamia Milia Islamia

Rejecting NEP embodies Tamil Nadu’s fight for federal autonomy

Tamil Nadu fiercely opposes the National Education Policy, calling it an attack on federalism and a vehicle for Hindi imposition, undermining linguistic diversity and regional autonomy.

Tragedy at KIIT: The death of Prakriti Lamsal and the University’s controversial response

A Nepali student’s suicide sparks outrage as allegations of harassment, institutional negligence, and forced evictions expose KIIT’s failures

Academic Freedoms at Risk: Federalism and autonomy challenged by UGC’s VC appointment guidelines

The new UGC draft regulations that centralize vice-chancellor appointments have raised concerns about the principles of federalism that grant states the rights and control to oversee education. Concerns regarding the future of higher education in India and prompted discussions about academic autonomy, and political control have also been voiced.

Public Education is Not a Priority in Union Budget 2025-26

The entire approach of the Union government involves a neglect of public education.

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Religious Nationalism Minus Anti-Colonialism: The RSS Between 1925 and 1950

The RSS from its seeding and growth as an organisation in the first 25 years of its existence not only stayed completely aloof from the vibrant freedom struggle against British colonial rule, but was concerned from its inception in weaving and re-constructing a conceived nation of :Hindus” influences by casteist doctrine, admiring of European fascism and even –post 1967—celebrating Israel’s “aggressive Zionist militarism”: confirming the organisation's ideological alignment with exclusionary, militant ethnic nationalism as a valid path to realizing “historical destiny”

When the Rule of the Bulldozer Outpaces the Rule of Law: One year after this landmark judgment

In November 2024, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that no home can be destroyed without notice, hearing, and legal process. Yet across various states, the past year has shown how that standard is often treated as optional

Sangh Scares Off Santa: A Christmas of Fear

A sustained hate campaign drives this violence, portraying Christians as threats to Hindu culture. Anti-Christian propaganda has caused a 500% surge in attacks over the decade.

Not Merry, Not Free: What the attacks on Christmas say about India’s shrinking pluralism

Vandalised decorations, disrupted worship, assaulted women and targeted children—Christmas 2025 exposes how majoritarian vigilantism, legitimised by silence and conversion panic, is reshaping public life

Peaceful street protest in Mumbai condemns Christmas-time attacks on Christians across India

Organised by the Samvidhan Jagar Samiti and the Bombay Catholic Sabha, the peaceful gathering in Goregaon drew quiet public solidarity as passersby paused to read, reflect, and express support against rising hate and intimidation during the Christmas season

Protest outside Delhi HC gate over bail in Unnao rape case, survivor’s mother asks for maximum punishment

Protesters gathered near the court premises, raising slogans and expressing opposition to the bail order