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Why Assam Prohibits Murals Of Akhil Gogoi & Keeps Him In Jail

A year after his arrest on terrorism charges for spearheading widespread protests against India’s new citizenship law, a veteran 44-year-old peasant-rights activist faces four criminal charges and remains in jail without trial or bail. Here’s why the State has singled him out for retribution MAKE…

13/12/2020 - 3:25pm

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Criticism Of Govt Is Not Sedition: A Journalist’s Story

Uttarakhand journalist Umesh Kumar Sharma spent a month in jail after the police accused him of sedition for a sting operation that supposedly showed the chief minister taking a bribe. It took High Court intervention to free him SHAILESH SHRIVASTAVA & AMIT PANDEY/101 REPORTERS Lucknow: Quashing s…

08/12/2020 - 8:55am

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Why 2 Law Students Appointed Themselves Guardians Of The Supreme Court

What motivated two law students to file separate criminal contempt-of-court petitions against a comedian and a stick-comic illustrator for tweeting criticism of the Supreme Court? A recent high-profile contempt case and desire to protect the judiciary from “criticism” and “negativity” KARAN TRIPA…

08/12/2020 - 8:54am

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Assamese Serial on Syncretic Culture Banned for 60 Days After Rightist Groups Cry 'Love Jihad'

'Begum Jaan' is about a Hindu woman being rescued by a Muslim man.

21/09/2020 - 6:53pm

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‘I Was Slapped, Bullied By Police For A Story On Cyberbullying’

On 18 September 2020, we carried a story about some Twitter users in Kashmir being intimidated by police, who said they were only questioned in a cyberbullying case. Our reporter was called the next day by police of the cyber wing, slapped twice and intimidated over five hours. His account AUQIB …

21/09/2020 - 6:46pm

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Inside Facebook’s BJP bond: Key Tie-ups With Modi Govt, Its Special Interests

After revelations that a senior executive prevented Facebook from taking down hate-speech linked to India’s ruling party, our investigation reveals further partisan action in favour of BJP-allied customers and widening commercial ties with the government. KUNAL PUROHIT Mumbai: Facebook is being …

27/08/2020 - 10:16am

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Starcrossed Stargazers: Pinjra Tod’s Devangana Kalita And Natasha Narwal

Star-gazers. Agitators. Poetry lovers. Natasha Narwal & Devangana Kalita from students collective PinjraTod were arrested after the Delhi riots and now face charges under 33 sections of the law, including sedition, murder and terrorism. Given bail but jailed again, they have been in prison witho…

06/08/2020 - 8:51am

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Attempt to Cap Gas Well at Baghjan Fails, OIL Says Reasons Being Examined: OIL

Well number 5 at Baghjan has been spewing gas uncontrollably for the last 66 days since May 27 and it caught fire on June 9, killing two of OIL's firefighters at the site.

02/08/2020 - 1:12pm

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Baghjan gas well blowout destroyed 60-70 hectares of land, ecology: Report | Deccan Herald

The oil spill due to the blowout in OIL's gas well at Baghjan in Assam's Tinsukia district destroyed about 60-70 hectares of biodiversity-rich land, which is one of the important refuges for several endangered and range-restricted species. This was stated in a report by Dehradun-based Wildlife I…

02/08/2020 - 1:08pm

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Why Hemant Soren Is Fighting Modi’s Coal Auctions In Supreme Court

41 coal auctions were cleared by New Delhi during the pandemic, most in forest & tribal areas. Chief Minister Hemant Soren of Jharkhand, a majority tribal state, talks to us about mining, migrant workers and hunger in his villages. CHITRANGADA CHOUDHURY New Delhi: Hemant Soren, the 44-year-old le…

29/07/2020 - 8:59pm