Thursday, March 28, 2024

Features

“Lost all hope of ever living in clean habitat,” say residents of Delhi’s Rangpuri Pahari

Batto sits on her haunches, overlooking the flooded home made out of old worn-out bricks. The 72-year-old, who goes by her first name, laments the plight her family has to...

Interview: Kashmiri historian Hafsa Kanjwal accuses India of memoricide, repression

Human rights groups and United Nations experts have repeatedly warned against India's crackdown on the civil liberties of...

“Worse human rights violation than murder”: How an aspiring wildlife photographer was tortured to death in Kerala university

The torture to death case of JS Sidharthan, a second year student inside the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University’s men’s hostel has become a center point of news in Kerala. 

I don’t want to die, so I decided to fight: Dr Ritu Singh 

I have decided to fight because I am fully aware of their evil plans. I decided not to surrender to them and fight till justice is served.  I don’t want to die, I want to fight for survival.

Family of Kashmiri man deceived into joining Russian army appeal for assistance in bringing him home

"Take me back home," Azad Yousuf repeated over a video call on WhatsApp to his brother. The 31-year-old...

They were afraid that I will demand justice for my son: Mother of CAA protest martyr in UP

"The administration knows that if I win, I will demand justice for my dead son," Akbari Khatoon said to Maktoob.

146 killings in 5 years: Yogi Adityanath’s ‘encounter squad’

According to the data and several studies, Uttar Pradesh leads the country in custodial deaths and extrajudicial killings. Muslims, Dalits and people from Other Backward Communities were on the receiving end of Yogi's state terror.
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Underpaid, Overworked; Anganwadi workers await fair treatment

While flipping through pages of the record register, Sangeeta Shrivastava (37), an Anganwadi worker in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh mentions the poor quality of food being distributed in...

I was born into the movement: Anti-caste activist Sankul Sonawane

18-year-old Sankul Sonawane had no other choice but to fight it out against the casteism he was born into. Sonwane is among the new generation of Dalits who are...
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Hijab becomes litmus test for Indian secularism debate

The Genocide Watch recently predicted a brewing genocide in India. One such sign could be seen in Karnataka’s Udupi district where for the last month, a Government College has...

Nuh: Schools without teachers

It cannot be dismissed as a coincidence that a Muslim-majority district in the National Capital Region is undergoing abysmal underdevelopment in most human development indices.
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Yogi’s report card: Five years of crumbling health infrastructure

The image of parents running from pillar to post with their children in their arms, looking for beds and pleading with doctors to save their children reflected the grim reality of Uttar Pradesh's health infrastructure.

Sharjeel Imam completes two years in prison

28 January 2022 will mark the two years of incarceration of Sharjeel Imam, a research student at Jawaharlal Nehru University and one of the country's rights defenders who were targeted by the Hindu nationalist BJP government for their disagreements and dissents.
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90 days in jail, for cheering cricket

After the Indian cricket team lost in the T20 World Cup match to Pakistan last October,  three Kashmiri students in Agra were arrested under sedition for celebrating the win of the Pakistan cricket team. The trio is still in UP jail.

Tamil Nadu: 9 cops booked for custodial torture of law student

Nine police officers, including the inspector of Chennai’s Kodungaiyur police station, are booked on Thursday for custodial torture of a 21-year-old law student, following public outrage. Last week, Abdul Rahim,...
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When words failed rape survivor in court, letters of love come to Kerala nuns

When words failed sisters in court, people had sent their words in solidarity to sisters. Hand written letters have been pouring out in social media with love and hope.

What is happening to Muslims in Nargund?

On 17 January, 19-year-old Sameer Shahpur, from Nargund, Gadag district of Karnataka, picked his friend Shamsheer Khan on his way to return home, hesitant to travel alone due to...
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