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Kerala: Church justifies screening of Adult film ‘The Kerala Story’ for minors; reignites Islamophobic bogey ‘Love Jihad’

Protests surrounding the Hindutva propaganda movie, 'The Kerala Story', resurfaced after the movie was screened by a church, which also organized a class on one of its Islamophobic themes,...

34 crore blood money: Thousands join fundraiser to save Kerala man from death row in Saudi

Thousands have joined a Mother in Kerala’s Kozhikode in a last bid to save her son from being...

Analysing dip in Academic Freedom Index: Who takes the deepest plunge?

Dr. Shirin Akhter, Dr. Vijender Singh Chauhan The recent revelation on the Academic Freedom Index (AFI) shows that academic...

Election 2024: Samajwadi Party’s internal chaos might open a window for AIMIM in UP’s Meerut

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a joint rally alongside the NDA's new partner, Jayant Chaudhary’s...

Representation, reservation, caste census: Ashoka University students’ battle for social justice

Slogans of “Brhamanwaad, Baniyawaad Murdabad”, echoed at the Ashoka University (AU) campus on March 22 as a part...

Photos: Forest dwellers displaced by Nagarhole Tiger Reserve fight for their ancestral land

For decades, evicted forest dwellers from India's Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, near the Karnataka-Kerala border, are fighting to reclaim their ancestral land. The Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, which was declared as...

Siddique Kappan Q&A: Press Freedom, state violence, current politics of India

Siddique Kappan, a 43-year-old Malayali journalist and Delhi unit secretary of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) was arrested near Mathura toll plaza on October 05, 2020, with...
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Kashmir’s houseboats: A dwindling legacy of cultural heritage

Despite its rich cultural heritage, the houseboat tradition in Kashmir is under threat. The government has been accused of ignoring the issues faced by these skilled artisans, leaving them...

Tughlakabad demolition: 100s of residents left homeless, hopeless

Standing on the piles of rubble in Chhuriya Mohalla of Tughlakabad village in New Delhi, in chaos and panic, a group of children can be seen looking for their...
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Conversations from Kashmir at Students’ Biennale

Platforms like the Students’ Biennale are enabling young Kashmiri artists to make necessary proclamations in self-sustaining and self-curatorial ways.

Delhi: Overnight demolition of Sufi shrine leaves caretaker, regular visitors in dismay

On 26 April 2023, the grave of Syed Nanhe Miyan Chishti, a spiritual figure, located at the end corner of the Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts at New...
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Democratic voices continue to face persecution in Punjab

In the post-Amritpal episode, there are two regimes whose functioning is needed to be studied in dealing with the people of Punjab, specifically the ongoing harassment of political activists...

Muslim businessman completes 3 years in prison under Delhi pogrom UAPA case

On 25 June 2020, Saima Khan, 27, reached New Delhi's Chanakyapuri Police Station after she was summoned in connection with her the arrest of her father, Mohammed Saleem Khan. When she saw two men sitting on the floor with old clothes and handcuffs, Saima thought they were "prisoners".
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Whatever political party in govt, only change in hardware, software same: Justice Chelameswar on surveillance

Former Supreme Court judge J Chelameswar on Friday observed that all political parties in power "never bothered" to make the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) "stable or statutory or...

Mosque set on fire in Bihar town during Ram Navami procession

Sana Akbar and Meer Faisal On March 31, Friday, a procession of a Hindu group celebrating Ram Navami vandalised a mosque and set it on fire in Biharsharif, a town...
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Bihar: Muslims blame BJP MLA for ruckus during Ram Navami procession

A police case has been registered against 200 unidentified people in Bihar's Munger after a Ram Navami procession turned unruly while entering the Hazratganj Mohalla area on Thursday, 30...

Families of jailed Muslim activists break down at Iftar meet

"He told me he will be home before Ramadan," said Nargis Saifi, wife of jailed human rights activist Khalid Saifi jailed under India's terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act...
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