Hathras: The curious case of courtroom CCTV footage
By Nidhi Suresh
March 5, 2021 was a special day for Asha’s brother. For the first time since his sister’s death he was going to...
Not Just Sedition, Supreme Court Should Take Up Misuse of UAPA and NSA Too
By Suhit K Sen
The Supreme Court is currently examining possibilities in connection with the country’s sedition law, specifically Section 124A of the Indian Penal...
NHRC registers case against Narsinghanand Saraswati
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has registered a case against Narsinghanand Saraswati for his hate speech against Islam made in April this year....
UP Population Bill Violates Basic Rights of Women, Says Memorandum Submitted to President
A group of women, women’s organisation, academics, health and legal rights activities, health networks have submitted a memorandum to the President of India opposing...
Bakri-Id: The debate on animal sacrifice should not be weaponised to create further hate
By Alok Hisarwala & Krishnaunni Hari
In the weeks preceding the festival of Id-ul-Adha (or Bakri-Id), “everyone is an animal activist”, tweeted writer Rana Safvi. And on schedule on...
As Pegasus Snoop Is Revealed, India Allows Surveillance State With No Legal Safeguards
Bengaluru: As India’s government uses Israeli technology to illegally monitor cellphones, other modes of surveillance, such as facial-recognition systems, are spreading without a protective law and...
How Uttar Pradesh’s population bill is failing marginalised groups and vulnerable individuals?
By ADIL SAIFUDHEEN
In this year, there has been a political momentum to enact and promulgate legal measures for population growth in India. Though in...
Farm labour lynched to death in West Bengal’s Malda
A 36 year old farm labour, Sheikh Ghishu succumbed to injuries after being brutally assaulted by a mob under Ratua police station of Malda...
She Said She Married for Love. Her Parents Called It Coercion.
By Sameer Yasir, Emily Schmall and Iqbal Kirmani
SRINAGAR, Kashmir — Manmeet Kour Bali had to defend her marriage in court.
A Sikh by birth, Ms. Bali converted to Islam...
J&K: Two BJP Leaders Arrested for Staging ‘Terror Attack’
Two functionaries of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well as two of their personal security guards have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's...
American Scholars of India Confront a Rise in Threats
By Arun Venugopal
Audrey Truschke is a historian of South Asia at Rutgers University and a vocal critic of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
Assam “Population Army” To Help Curb Birth Rate In Muslim-Majority Areas
By Ratnadip Choudhury
Guwahati:
Assam will have a 'population Army' to distribute contraceptives and create awareness about population control in Muslim-dominated areas of the state, Chief Minister Himanta...
Two dalit women attacked for entering into field of upper caste men in Uttar...
By Harveer Dabas
BIJNOR: Two dalit women, aged 65 and 34 years, were attacked allegedly by two men of their village in UP’s Bijnor district...
