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The news from Indian-occupied Kashmir has been grim since 2019 when the BJP government ended the partial autonomy available to the state and split it into two union territories. In addition, the mass displacement of Kashmiris was encouraged and other groups permitted to purchase land in an area from which …

(The Wire) Our situation would be laughable if there weren’t lives at stake: two major political leaders, one heading the country and the other the capital, have played down the extent of the problem yet are openly preparing for a crisis.

(The Wire) Students say that the fact that those belonging to marginalised communities have been allotted single digit scores in the 2021 PhD viva exams across different centres points to a deeper rot.

(News Click) Experts believe that higher psychiatric disorders contribute to increased suicide rates in conflict zones, as mental health is often overlooked in focus on the physical aspects of trauma.

Abdul Bari Masoud In its latest analysis on prison occupancy, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) revealed that the last two years witnessed over 23 percent increase in Indian jails which have already overcrowded and have the most inhuman conditions. The report said over nine lakh more were arrested during …

(The Wire) The Indian state has chosen to encourage the rise of violent majoritarianism and the undermining of the secular constitutional order.

(The Wire) For ten days now, the family of Vinod Singh, a 40-year-old daily wager, has been protesting outside the Hisar civil hospital, refusing to take his body back until all accused are not arrested.

(The Wire) After the 'encounter' on November 15, the J&K lieutenant governor ordered a probe into the matter after families accused the police of killing innocent civilians.

(Clarion India) Lakhimpur Kheri killings: This is the one issue for which the saffron brigade can't accuse any rival political party or any other community or country. On no other issue in the last seven and half years the BJP rank and file seem to be so defensive as this one.

(Scroll.in) The pastor won a court stay on notices about religious conversion. A day later, he was arrested – based on a complaint by a man who denies making the statement.