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Rohith Vemula case: As students and family protested dubious closure report, CM, DJP promise reinvestigation

Protest erupted at the University of Hyderabad, after the Telangana Police closed the investigation in Rohith Vemula’s death with a report absolving then Secunderabad MP Bandaru Dattatreya, Member of Legislative Council N Ramachander Rao, Vice Chancellor Appa Rao, ABVP leaders, and Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani.

After Surat and Indore, Congress’s Puri candidate pulls out of poll race

Congress’s Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sucharita Mohanty on Saturday returned her poll party ticket citing the alleged denial of funding by the party.

Student collective alleges IIT-Bombay pushed former worker to suicide by denying gratuity, mourns his death

Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle, a student collective based at the Indian Institute of Technology- Bombay (IIT-Bombay), held...

Gujarat: Three cops booked for assaulting vendor in Vadodara

Three policemen have been booked for assaulting a roadside stall owner and dragging him with a police van...

Telangana DGP orders further probe after closure report into Rohith Vemula death case sparks outrage

Following outrage from family and the Dalit community after the Telangana police's closure report claimed that University of Hyderabad PhD scholar and Dalit leader Rohith Vemula, who died in January 2016, was not Dalit and dismissed casteism in the case, the state Director General of Police announced further investigations will be conducted.

Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse’s photo displayed during Ram Navami Shobha Yatra in Hyderabad

The Ram Navami procession, led by suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh - a serial hate-monger - in Hyderabad, had a portrait of Nathuram Vinayak Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, displayed during the yatra

Ram Navami rallies in several states turn violent, anti-Muslim

Stone pelting at mosques and dancing with swords to communally charged songs repeated on Thursday, 30 March, during Ram Navami processions leaving dozens injured. Although reports suggest the violence didn't...
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90 former civil servants condemn Union law minister’s ‘authoritarian remarks on retired judges’

A group of 90 former civil servants criticized Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's remarks about retired judges, stating that labelling public-spirited citizens as "anti-India" and threatening action against them gives off an authoritarian vibe.

Ram Navami rally in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, police say no permission given

A Ram Navami procession is taken out by Hindu groups in Delhi's Jahangirpuri without police permission. Reports suggest there is heavy police deployment to control the rally due to...
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UP: Muslim woman activist booked for offering Namaz at public place

Lucknow police have booked Muslim woman activist Uzma Praveen for offering prayers and posting its picture on social media.

SC to hear Abdullah Azam Khan’s plea to stay conviction which led to disqualification as MLA

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, agreed to take up the plea filed by Samajwadi Party’s Mohammed Abdullah Azam Khan, who has now been disqualified from Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly after he was convicted and sentenced to 2 year imprisonment in a 15-year-old case.
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“No other option”: MGNREGA workers protesting over a month against throttling scheme

For over a month, MGNREGA workers from across the country have joined a sit-in protest in New Delhi's Jantar Mantar against app-based attendance, and budget cuts among other issues.

3016 new COVID cases in India, highest in six months

India recorded a single-day rise of 3,016 new coronavirus cases, the highest in six months, while the active cases increased to 13,509.
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Delhi HC quashes summons against ‘The Wire’ on complaint of JNU professor

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday quashed summons issued by a lower court in a criminal defamation case filed against news website The Wire by Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Amrita Singh.

Hate speech will go away when politicians stop using religion in politics: SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the moment politics and religions are separated and politicians stop using religion in politics hate speeches will go away, The Indian Express reported. A...
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Four Muslim men sentenced to death in Jaipur bomb blast case acquitted by Rajasthan HC

In a significant development, Rajasthan High Court has acquitted four Muslim men, Sarvar Aazmi, Mohammad Saif, Saifur Rahman, and Salman, who were previously convicted and sentenced to death in connection with the Jaipur bomb blast case.

“Hindu Rashtra” banners in Khargone ahead of Ram Navami, officials say “2022 won’t repeat”

Tensions are brewing in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone as the festival of Ram Navami approaches close. After hardly recovering from the destruction it endured in 2022 during the violence and...
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