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The apex court took note of the fact that the bail application has not been heard by the High Court since 17 September and said the matter raises questions regarding the prisoner’s human rights File Image of Varavara Rao The… Continue Reading →
SHIV VISWANATHAN My father was a brilliant metallurgist who worked for the Tatas. We lived in Jamshedpur and would go for long walks. He loved the forests around the city. I remember one evening as we walked, the Tata ‘mountains’… Continue Reading →
They can put you behind bars, saathi. But they will never break you, write Araria activists Tanmay and Kalyani.TANMAY, KALYANIPublished: 25 Oct 2020, 08:20 AM Dear friends languishing in jail for simply speaking truth to power, We are Kalyani (pronouns: she/her)… Continue Reading →
-October 22, The Nagpur Central Jail Authorities have accepted former Delhi University Professor GN Saibaba’s demands after his family declared that he will go on a hunger strike due to denial of medicines sent by family members along with books,… Continue Reading →
Jyoti Jagtap sang against Hindutva, casteism, inequality. In September, unafraid and resolute, she became the third member of a cultural troupe to be arrested in the Bhima-Koregaon case and its youngest accused. Like 15 others, she faces charges of sedition… Continue Reading →
Pendyala Hemalatha’s petition said the writer and poet should be granted bail, citing various health issues that he is facing. A file image of Varavara Rao. New Delhi: The wife of Telugu poet and writer Varavara Rao, arrested in connection with… Continue Reading →
Attack on Birsa Munda’s legacy, says demonstrators Animesh Bisoee | Jamshedpur | Published 13.10.20, 01:43 AM Over 60 representatives of public organisations and tribal activists staged a hunger strike near tribal icon Birsa Munda’s memorial in Ranchi on Monday to protest against the arrest… Continue Reading →
The two-member commission is probing January 1, 2018, caste clashes at Bhima Koregaon near Pune and its previous extension ended on April 8 amid the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown The Maharashtra home department has granted a final extension to the Bhima Koregaon… Continue Reading →
co-authored by Nikita Sonavane,Ameya Bokil As India has climbed to the second spot in overall numbers of persons infected by COVID-19 across the world, the healthcare situation is deteriorating rapidly, especially in prisons. On 23 March, the Supreme Court ordered… Continue Reading →
The hearing of Sudha Bharadwaj’s Special Leave Petition for medical bail in the Supreme Court on Thursday did not yield any relief for her, giving a big jolt to the immense faith vested by Bharadwaj’s friends and family members in… Continue Reading →