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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi High Court

Messaging application WhatsApp on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the company would leave India if it was compelled to break encryption of messages and calls under the 2021 Information Technology Rules.

SC rejects pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips

Supreme Court of India on Friday rejected the pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records.

“We seek a govt that does not discriminate based on religion,” say voters of Nagaon in Assam

"Since independence, no Miya representative has been sent to parliament. This time, Muslim voters want to elect an AIUDF candidate," Mufti Abdul Karim, a supporter of the AIUDF, expressed hope while discussing the minority Muslim support for AIUDF.

Lok Sabha elections phase 2: All that you need to know

The 2024 general elections in India, often dubbed as the largest show of electoral democracy, enter into the second phase on Friday.

In post-delimitation Assam, why division of Muslim votes can diminish their electoral prospects

“Ensure that not a single vote goes to the Congress and no Bodo votes get wasted to the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) as the Bodo-identity has an existential threat from it”, an invigorated All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA from Dalgaon assembly constituency, Majibur Rahman, asked the mixed crowd of Bodos and Muslims supporting Durga Das Boro of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) party in Udalguri just before filing the nomination papers on 3 April 2024.

Sharjeel Imam: JNU student groups condemn “the witch hunting of dissenting voices”

The student groups demanded that all charges including 'draconian' UAPA against Sharjeel must be revoked immediately.

UP police interrogate student activist’s family over AMU protest against CAA

The Uttar Pradesh police visited and interrogated the family of student activist and former student of Aligarh Muslim University, Sharjeel Usmani on Saturday.
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The fear of your threats can’t devour us, Modi: Poem by deceased IAS aspirant’s sister

Suleiman’s sister Sana Zahid, 22, a final year BSC student wrote a poem soon after Suleiman's death. The poem was originally written in Urdu and translated by Kamayani Sharma, an independent writer and columnist based in New Delhi.

Rohith’s mother Radhika Vemula to join Shaheen Bagh protest on Republic Day

On Republic Day, Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika Vemula will join the protest at Shaheen Bagh, ongoing 24x7 sit-in by Muslim women to protest Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Protesters in Shah Jamal brave ban and threats, UP Police files unnamed FIR

After many failed attempts to remove the anti-CAA protesters at Shah Jamal Eid Gah in Aligarh on Thursday, Uttar Pradesh Police register FIR against at least 150 unnamed people.

Journalist Shaheen released in Aligarh after being detained by UP police while reporting CAA protest

Journalist Shaheen Abdulla, who was detained while reporting anti-CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh's Shajmahal, was later released in Aligarh. 'Released just now,' Shaheen told Maktoob over phone. "When I was...
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‘Intifada Inquilab’ Students of AMU paint slogans on varsity roads

Students of AMU painted graffiti on the road inside the varsity. Slogans like 'Intifada Inkilab' were painted on the road by protesting students.

SC Hearing on CAA LIVE Updates: No stay on CAA, top court gives Centre one month to reply

The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to stay the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) until it heard the Centre’s response. A three-judge bench headed by CJI S A Bobde, which was...
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Women protest outside SC hours before Supreme Court hear pleas related to CAA

Ahead of the hearing of pleas challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), more than fifty women gathered outside the Supreme Court late Tuesday to stage protest against the 'anti-Muslim' and 'unconstitutional' Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Reasons why Akhil Gogoi is still in jail

Reasons why Akhil Gogoi is in jail since 12 December 2019 for allegedly waging war against India and being a Maoist: JNU student and student activist from Assam Nirban Ray writes:
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Anti-CAA protesters block airport in Kerala

The marchers holding banner 'Stand against Muslim ethnic cleansing,' called CAA and NRC as Islamophobic.

U.P Police steal blankets of women CAA protesters

"Blanket thief, U.P. police" was trending on Twitter on Sunday after women holding a sit-in against the CAA in Lucknow accused the UP police of snatching away their blankets and food items in the night.
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