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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
Saffronisation of education is okay, but hijabs are out?
During an event, the Vice-President of India Venkaiyah Naidu said there is nothing wrong with saffron but did not provide similar support during the hijab row
Is Bennett University violating students’ right to protest?
Dubbing protests as "anti-national", the private institution run by the same group that owns the Times of India, asked students and parents to sign an undertaking that they will not participate in protests
Beyond formal education: Haq Hai to help school dropouts
Keen to address issues of dropouts and worsening grades, Haq Hai calls for community-based programme to educate children
Hate floods in the wake of ‘The Kashmir Files’
Right-wing makes the most of the movie’s impact and calls upon Indian Hindus to “open their eyes”
Karnataka: Two Private Pre-University colleges allow students to wear Hijab
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Case registered against Saiyada Khatoon, newly elected MLA of Domariyaganj
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CJP Impact: Hate offender Deepak Sharma’s account suspended by Twitter
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CJP was one of the first to flag his profile to the NHRC in 2018; Sharma continues to have a Facebook page
Assembly Election Exit Polls: Will media pundits be proved wrong again?
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Chhattisgarh: Journalist held for writing satire copy against gov’t
Raipur based journalist Nilesh Sharma was arrested for purportedly trying to drive “a wedge between ministers”
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Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis
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