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Three years after Darshan Solanki, Sahil Wakode’s death shows IIT Bombay still has no answer on caste, power and student deaths

The second-year student died hours after a mid-semester examination; his family alleges caste-based harassment, while the professor named in the FIR continues as faculty despite being removed as Dean

State failed to contain terrorism, wreaked vengeance on innocent masses: India’s Kashmir War

A report published in 1990, sheds light on the on-ground situation in Kashmir before, during and immediately after the Kashmiri Pandit exodus

UP Police harassing journalist Ashish Dixit?

The local journalist alleged that the police have filed fake FIRs against him due to his work as a journalist in the area

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

Government clarified to the K’taka HC that Government Order of February 5, won’t apply to private or minority colleges

Case registered against Saiyada Khatoon, newly elected MLA of Domariyaganj

However, it is not yet known if any case has been registered against ex-MLA Raghavendra Pratap Singh of the BJP who is a serial hate offender

CJP Impact: Hate offender Deepak Sharma’s account suspended by Twitter

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?

While most predict that the BJP will comfortably retain control over UP and Uttarakhand, the silence factor has either been ignored or misinterpreted (perhaps deliberately)

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