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This Regime Is Anti-Fun; Humour Can Strip Its Legitimacy | Saurav Das | Teesta Setalvad

What happens when young people refuse to simply watch?Teesta Setalvad speaks with Saurav Das about youth activism, intergenerational solidarity, “School Thik Karo”, social audits of government schools, police accountability...

EGI, DUJ bat for Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

A Gujarat court had issued an arrest warrant against the journalist in connection with a defamation case filed by Adani Group

Festivals: Occasions for spreading communal harmony in India

India's Tryst With Destiny has been overwrought with the legacy of violent bloodshed and communal disharmony of Partition, leaving behind scars which we have neither been able to completely comprehend, nor heal, to this day.

Adani defamation case: Guj court issues arrest warrant against Paranjaoy Guha Thakurta

The 2017 case relates to an article in The Wire about changes to SEZ rules to favour Adani

Manipur journalists released; charges dropped

Police will continue investigating author of the article

Jharkhand scholarship scam: District welfare official suspended

This is the first punitive step taken by the state against an official, after it launched an investigation into the illegal diversion of scholarship fund

Delhi’s pre-Mughal mosques wallow in neglect

Like the other structures, the mosques of the pre-Mughal era lie forlorn and in benign neglect with little to no upkeep

FMP condemns misuse of draconian laws to target Manipur journalists

The journalists were booked under UAPA and sedition laws

Republic TV and Times Now reportage prima facie contemptuous: Bombay High Court

In the SSR media trial case, the court issued directions to be followed by the media while reporting but refrained from taking coercive action against the channels

Woman journalist assaulted in Assam

Journalists’ association demands justice, action against accused: a movie producer and an actor

Manipur journalists booked under UAPA, sedition law

Duo arrested for articles expressing “sympathy and support for ideologies and activities of armed revolutionary groups”

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