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Law fraternity rallies behind student protesters, condemns Delhi police crackdown

Over 650 lawyers, SCBA, SCAORA and bar associations demand accountability as Delhi HC preserves evidence of July 20 action

KUWJ seeks interim bail for Siddique Kappan to meet his ailing mother

The application has also requested the Registrar General to list the matter early as Kappan’s 90-year-old mother is very ill

Rihanna, Greta Thunberg support Indian farmers; MEA cries foul

Ministry of External Affairs issues statement on comments by global icons’ solidarity with indian farmers, adds its own hashtags #IndiaTogether and #IndiaAgainstPropaganda

Journalist Mandeep Punia granted bail by Delhi Court

Puniya has to furnish a bail bond of Rs.25,000, and a surety of the same amount, along with other bail conditions

Solidarity is the biggest need for Indian journalists today

Journalists targeted under serious charges; is this just a bad dream, or has the emergency been declared again?

FIR against senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan 

A complaint against the editor of news website The Wire, was lodged at Rampur’s Civil Lines police station for his social media post

Journalist Mandeep Punia sent to jail for 14 days 

Crackdown on journalists covering the massive farmers protest continues, especially vulnerable are freelance reporters, and independent media groups

Why Gandhian message of ‘Swadeshi’ is still relevant today

In this yearning for alternative thinking, the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi have been a constant attraction and a source of thought for present day changes

The identity of assassins of Mahatma Gandhi as disclosed by Sardar Patel

Let us compare the RSS claim of innocence in Gandhiji's assassination with the views of the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel on the perpetrators of this crime.

Guj HC suspends warrant against Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

A Kutch court had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant in connection with a 2017 defamation case related to an article about the Adani Group

Nine booked for illegal religious conversion in Indore

The complainant alleged that she was taken to a community hall by her parents for forcible conversion, against her will

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A deleted tweet, an NSA order, and the shadow of past crackdowns

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Mumbai stands with students, but the state pushes back

From Shivaji Park to Chaityabhoomi, solidarity protests continue as criminal cases, restrictions and allegations of surveillance intensify