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While the top court declared Shaheen Bagh unacceptable, the verdict said it appreciated the right to peacefully protest. But “it can be (held) at designated places only”

The Supreme Court on Wednesday in its verdict on the Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protests observed that public places and roads cannot be occupied indefinitely by protesters, and authorities must ensure that such spaces are cleared.

The end of the monsoon usually sees men and women from the district heading to other parts of Maharashtra and the neighbouring states in search of work. But this year, the situation is grim and the chances of their heading to the bigger cities for jobs is bleak

Delhi Police has all along been claiming the hands of ‘outsiders’ in Delhi riots that shook the capital in February this year. Even Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has repeated the same on several occasions. But a new fact-finding report establishes the fact that the riots that claimed 53 lives and left hundreds wounded were a job of ‘locals’.

Generally the verdict is being seen as another indictment of India’s sluggish and chaotic criminal justice system. Many fear it has been damaged beyond repair by decades of brazen political interference, underfunding and weak capacity

THERE is a pervasive mythology among well-meaning middle-class folks that tries to explain social strife and rape in action-reaction format. It was inevitable for the police officer in Pakistan to blame the woman who was recently abused by two men at gunpoint on a highway near Lahore.

The night cremation of the Hathras gang rape victim by the Uttar Pradesh police allegedly in forced absence of her parents has triggered a nationwide outrage with people demanding resignation of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath even as his government has constituted a special investigation team to probe the heinous crime.

The CBI Special Court on Wednesday acquitted all 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case for the lack of sufficient evidence. Those acquitted in the case include former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, former Union Ministers Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti, former UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh and Mahant Nritya Gopal Das. Special CBI Judge S.K. Yadav, in his verdict, said that the demolition was not a planned incident but a spontaneous act.

Amnesty International on Tuesday announced it has halted all operations in India and let go all its staff after its bank accounts were frozen on September 10. A statement issued by the organisation said it was “compelled” to let go of people and pause all ongoing campaigns and research work. Amnesty said the freezing of accounts is a part of witch-hunt by the Indian government over its critical human rights work.

Opposition parites on Monday held protests against agri laws in various states – Tamil Nadu, Goa, Telangana, Delhi and Karnataka. Opposition parties led by DMK on Monday held protests in Tamil Nadu against the three agriculture-related laws and urged the central government to scrap the same.

The sad story of a pregnant woman having to stand up to the staff at a government hospital, who refused to help her deliver her baby which her relatives and friends had to do, once again brings the spotlight on the trauma that the poor have to undergo at public hospitals

A day before the Special CBI Court Judge, S.K. Yadav, pronounces his judgement in the 28-year-old Babri demolition case, the entire nation is keeping its fingers crossed. Although the verdict in favour or against the high-profile accused is not going to make much of a difference in their political career as they are already retired or have been retired, people are waiting for it with interest.

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday suspended air travel to and from India, Brazil and Argentina. The decision was taken in view of the COVID-19 pandemic According to the country’s civil aviation authority, people with travel history to any of the mentioned countries 14 days prior to their arrival to the Kingdom, have also been barred.

Bilkis gave hope and strength to activists and student leaders who were being thrown behind bars for standing up for the unpopular truth in a democracy that was sliding into authoritarianism, and inspired peaceful copycat protests across the country.

According to the charge-sheet, Shifa-Ur-Rehman and others collected funds predominantly in cash and also in bank accounts and funded the sustenance of various sit-in protest sites by providing logistics and daily wages to lady protesters.

After the pounding, Suhail had slipped into a coma at the police station itself. Mansoor brought him home where Suhail’s condition worsened and was rushed to hospital where doctors said he was nearly dead due to brain haemorrhage

A six-member fact-finding team of a human rights organisation was visiting Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Wednesday. The purpose of the visit was to know the truth behind arrest of nine Muslim villagers by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 19 on claims that they are Pakistan-linked Al-Qaeda operatives and they were planning terror attacks throughout the country.

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