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Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis
On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise
Gujarat gov’t counsel explores different interpretation of conversion by marriage
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Zee proposes “Afghanistan Tour Package” for “Tukde-tukde gang”
The insensitive article published on the DNA news website says that Indian liberals who allegedly support Taliban should go to Afghanistan
Will Taliban takeover of Afghanistan be used to attack Indian Muslims?
Anti-Muslim sentiments grow stronger on social media with questions like “Why are Indian muslims not condemning Taliban’s actions in Afghanistan?”
SC/ST scholarship denied to students in Bihar for three years!
The number of beneficiaries had started dwindling since 2016, due to a cap imposed on fees. But in past 3 years, the state did not receive any applications due to “technical issues” with the portal
The wide terms of the IT Rules 2021 have a chilling effect on freedom of speech: Bom HC
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Indian diaspora unfurls ‘Resign Modi’ banner in London on August 15
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Highly objectionable, denigrates Muslims: Dwarka residents condemn ADRF letter against Haj House
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False history for a nation is like a false memory for an individual: Prof. Irfan Habib
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Application against survey withdrawn from lower court as same appeal cannot be filed in two courts
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