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42nd Anniversary of 1984 Sikh genocide: Amnesia of the Indian state and society
For almost last 3 decades now, on every anniversary of the 1984 genocide of Sikhs in India, this author has been reminding the Nation how Indian State and judiciary...
UP college students booked for Sedition for demanding union elections
Principal N D Pandey, accused them of chanting "indecent and anti-national slogans like Le ke rahenge azadi"
From Babri Mosque to Ram Temple: A historical perspective
Can the State focus more on facilities for the poor and marginalised, and delving in the past as a cover for revivalism be shunned?
J&K journalists allege soldiers assaulted them during a show
Army claims that media violated Covid-19 protocol and approached actor Amisha Patel the chief guest
Centre to fund 60% of scholarship for Scheduled Caste students
The revised scheme is to benefit four crore SC students directly as the money will now be transferred to their bank accounts
After teachers gheraoed, Jadavpur University VC, threatens to quit
Students and teachers have been clashing over overhauling JU Management System software used to publish results online, that is stated to be faulty
Goswami’s Republic Bharat pulled up for hate speech agnst Pakistan: UK regulator
Ofcom has imposed a fine of 20,000 pounds on UK operator of Republic Bharat with reference to a show that promoted intolerance against Pakistan
Delay in scholarships leave Dalit students in hot water
The underprivileged students often end up deferring their admission in universities abroad because of delay in award letter from the Government
AIFRTE slams Centre for suggesting scrapping reservation in IIT faculty recruitment
The move was also condemned by IIT Bombay’s Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle for its casteist ignorance
Will a vile electronic media pay for vilification of the Tablighi Jamaat?
In this second part of a to-part series SabrangIndia traces how media coverage reinvigorated Islamophobia
93rd anniversary of Kakori martyrs
Remembering their egalitarian secular ideology and joint martyrdoms can be a bulwark against the Hindutva onslaught
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