Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
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
Scribe booked for alleged defamatory content against PM Modi and CM Adityanath
BJP MP Shashank Shekhar Singh had complained against the journalist at the Aashiana police station
Mumbai Police: Social media admins will be held responsible for objectionable content
The Mumbai Police has issued an order in this regard asking admins to moderate content on groups, those found violating norms will be booked
Remembering Jyotiba Phule, on His 189th Birth Anniversary, April 11
First Published on: January 13, 2016 Remembering Jyotiba Phule, on...
Letter from joint memorandum of organizations condemning hate and communalization amid Covid-19
The representatives of the organizations have recorded testimonies of various Muslims who have been allegedly racially attacked in Jaipur and Jodhpur
Covid-19: No escape for cyber crooks as police tightens net to control fake news
Police from various states are acting quickly to curb fake news, hate speech and misinformation on social media
Maharashtra Cyber Police issues advisory for WhatsApp users and admins to curb fake news
The advisory issued in a bid to curtail hate speech and other misinformation says that whoever violates rules will be punished under relevant sections of the law
Sonia Gandhi’s letter puts many official expenditures under the public scanner
Most of these massive expenditures can be now seen as being too lavish and indulgent in the current economic situation
Plea in SC seeking strict action for communalizing of Tablighi Jamat incident by news media
The petition has asked the court to direct the government to take appropriate action against fake news and communalization
No real relief for NDTV as it receives fresh notice in alleged money laundering case
This notice comes right after SC quashed the last notice by IT Dept, for being time barred
All who spread fake news and incite communal hate will face strict action: Jharkhand DGP
As an increasing number of social media posts targeting minorities surface, police officials and state heads say those who instigate hate won’t be spared
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
Rule of Law
Anticipatory Bail Denied to Nida Khan in TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court flags “systematic plan” and stresses custodial interrogation
While emphasising gravity and custodial interrogation, Sessions Court order leans heavily on narrative of “organised influence”—raising concerns over evidentiary thresholds, criminalisation of religious interaction, and expansion of bail-stage reasoning
Rule of Law
“Reasonable Apprehension of Bias Is Enough”: Telangana High Court orders CBCID probe into SI’s death, reasserts constitutional demand for investigative neutrality
In a sharply reasoned ruling, the Court holds that when police investigate their own, fairness cannot merely exist—it must be demonstrable, credible, and constitutionally defensible
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void
Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour
Media
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
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP
A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions
Minorities
Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 16-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30
Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30