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Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists
Court finds tweets “sexually coloured,” prima facie intended to outrage modesty; directs police probe into X account and devices
No Central Funds, Aligarh Muslim University’s Second Campus in West Bengal Faces Uncertain Future
The fund crunch is severe and has affected even day to day activities of the institute.
ABVP’s strong arm tactics have received a soft touch from law enforcement & the Indian state: 2014-2022
As we near the end of 2022, we see how over the past year especially, as before, the immunity enjoyed by the ABVP continues continuing a pattern set in 2014 and fine-tuned in 2016
Conference on Left Movement cancelled after ‘call from senior official in Edu (MHRD) ministry: IIT Bombay
In a move that signals autocratic censorship, sources told The Wire that the decision was announced past midnight, just a day before the scheduled event. In the email, organisers noted they were 'forced' to cancel it.
Parliament: Close to 33% Faculty Posts Lying Vacant in 45 Central Universities
A total of 6,180 posts for professors, associate professors and assistant professors are lying vacant in Central universities out of the total sanctioned posts of 18,956, says Centre.
State has no business to know if a person has changed religion: Deepak Gupta former SC Judge
This is the full transcript of the interview of former Supreme Court judge Justice Deepak Gupta with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, on the sensitive subject of India’s anti-conversion laws.
Union scraps Maulana Azad Scholarships for Research Scholars from Minority Communities
Smriti Irani, Minister of Minority Affairs, told Parliament that the decision was made since the fellowship “overlapped” with other programs
Our birth right to agitate!: Rama Ambedkar
The Dalit Unity convention began with the inaugural speech of Ms. Rama Ambedkar Teltumbde, the grand-daughter of Dr BR Ambedkar
M.P. police: author of book on Collective Violence & Criminal Justice’ arrested from Pune
Following a diktat from MP’s home minister Narottam Mishra, the writer was arrested from a hospital
Madhya Pradesh: Home minister Narottam Mishra orders arrest of author, threatens to revoke PHD
In an all-time low for the human rights and law and order matrix in the country, home minister, Madhya Pradesh, ‘orders’ arrest of author and publishers of a book, Collective Violence and Criminal Justice System; that too on the basis of a complaint by the ABVP
NBDSA: Complaint filed against Times Now for ‘Madrassa Jihad’ show
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The complaint was filed by CJP raising concerns over sensationalizing a UP government survey of Madrassa and turning that data into a communal debate
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