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July 2026: A dissent that was brutally put down, a crackdown after the protest ended

Police and RAF conduct was brutal, FIRs have been filed despite assurances, protesters arrested, and Muslim families, especially, have faced scrutiny

Close to 500 families or more, all Muslim, evicted: Assam

GUWAHATI: As many as 426 Muslim families, totaling 1800...

Express yourself without fear: Faculty to IIT Kanpur students

They wrote in support of students reciting Faiz’s poem “Hum Dekhenge” during anti-CAA protest

Pak Hindu girl permitted to give Board exams by Rajasthan Govt.

She was earlier denied permission for allegedly not submitting her eligibility certificate

No benches, no drinking water for 400 students of BMC-run school

However, parents prefer the Jarimari Municipal Urdu School for its proximity and efforts taken by teachers

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’.

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