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JNU Students Lathi-charged, Injured, first detained during protest over V-C remarks, UGC Equity guidelines, now Jailed

Fourteen of hundreds of protesting students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were sent to Tihar Jail on Friday, February 27 after a late night brutal lathi charge by the Delhi police on February 26, attacking a student protest and long march aimed to march towards the Ministry of Education; protesters were demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor (VC) JNU Ms Pandit who had made derogative remarks against Dalits and Blacks recently

One Country, Many New Years

As we enter the year 2020, let us explore the unique New Year traditions across different parts of India and appreciate the strength of our diversity.

BJP trends CCA instead of CAA leaving Twitterati in splits

The party’s IT Cell used the hashtag #IndiaSupportsCCA which trended on no. 1 with more than 40k tweets

‘Godi’ media digital polls don’t get validation; deleted

Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation too deletes a poll after people do not vote in CAA’s favour

‘Bloody Sunday 2019’- PUDR releases report on Jamia police brutalities

A fact finding team of the People’s Union of Democratic Rights gives a view of what happened on Dec 13 and 15 at JMIU during the anti-CAA protests

Gauhati HC checks legality of ED summons to Assam newspaper

The petitioner stated that the ED was trying to stop the true facts of the Assam agitation against CAA from being disseminated to the public

‘Zee TV misleads people’, journalist resigns over channel’s coverage of Jamia protest

Nasir Azmi was the head of video content at Zee Media. In a poor defence, the company has, post facto, claimed that he was an ‘under performer’.

AMU admin complicity in police brutality on campus: AMUSU

Report by students’ union also alleges collusion between university authorities and security forces with the regime’s full blessings.

No post mortem report, media coverage for the dead in Meerut

Five people had been arbitrarily shot by the police in the wake of anti-CAA clashes in UP

Christmas is a Seven-Point Star

A reflection for Christmas 2019 and the times to follow

Student expelled from college for anti-CAA post on social media

Authoritarianism reaches a new low

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