Altogether 195 doubtful citizens are still lodged in the six detention centres, now renamed transit camps, in Assam, the Assembly was informed. In a written reply during the ongoing Autumn session, C...

Members of the Bodo National Students’ Union (BoNSU) performed the traditional Bagurumba dance at a police station, here, while they were in detention.  Some 300 members of the group were ...

Book: India’s Undeclared Emergency: Constitutionalism And The Politics Of Resistance Author: Arvind Narrain Publisher: Context Price: Rs. 699 Before Amazon decided to shut down Westland Boo...

Book name: The Berlin Shadow: Escaping the ghosts of the kindertransport Author: Jonathan Lichtenstein Publisher: Scribner Price: Rs 599 At the age of 12, Hans Lichtenstein had escaped from Berlin...

Jesuit priest Stan Swamy’s custody death was a “failure” on the part of India’s government and would “forever remain a stain” on the country’s human rights re...

Political leaders including three former chief ministers were detained ahead of a march by the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) to protest against the recommendations of the Delimit...

Two Canadians imprisoned in China since 2018 were free and on their way home, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada announced on Friday night. The release of the two men, Michael Kovrig and Michael...

Gangadhar Pramanik, the 33-year-old from Bankura who returned to his village on Wednesday after spending three years at a detention centre in Assam’s Goalpara, may be a free man now, but he know...

Gangadhar Pramanik returned to his home in Bengal on Wednesday from a detention camp in Assam, carrying with him a harrowing sneak preview of the probable fate that awaits countless people when citize...

When Taliban troops seized control of the Afghan capital two weeks ago, the invading units made a beeline for two critical targets: the headquarters of the National Security Directorate and the Minist...