Anti Caa Protests

After Delhi shooting and hate speeches, Jamia gunman Rambhakt Gopal in new row: What's it all about?

The shooter, who gained notoriety during the 2020 anti-CAA protests, uploaded videos of children being terrorised with a gun and captioned it 'Gau Raksha Dal, Mewat Road'

How a recent study shows inherent biases of Western media when it comes to reporting about India

A report by the Indian Institute for Mass Communication shows that media outlets such as Washington Post, The New York Times, BBC and others have grown exponentially in India by using divisive and negative words while reporting events in the country

Anti-CAA protests: Sharjeel Imam denies inciting violence with speech, says 'cannot be hammered' with sedition

During the hearing, advocate Tanveer Ahmed Mir, representing Imam, apprised Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat, that no part of his speech called for any kind of violence to be initiated

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma is conspiring to keep me behind bars, says Akhil Gogoi

Akhil Gogoi received a tumultuous welcome at his Selenghat village in Jorhat and had an emotional reunion with his octogenarian mother Priyada Gogoi whom he met after two years and gave credits for his fighting and uncompromising spirit

Out on two-day parole, MLA Akhil Gogoi leaves Guwahati for Jorhat to meet mother

Gogoi, who was arrested after anti-CAA protests broke out in Assam in December 2019, won the recent Assembly polls as an Independent candidate from Sivasagar

'State anxious to suppress dissent': Delhi HC grants bail to Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita in UAPA case

The court directed Narwal, Kalita and Tanha to surrender their passports and not to offer any inducement to prosecution witnesses

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'The pandemic has magnified pre-existing prejudices and problems'

This account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time.

Domestic silence amid nationwide protests an act of extreme privilege: Idea of the Indian family needs rewriting

Resistance is to be the proverbial thorn in your family’s back, the rebellious black sheep, the unsubmissive voice of reason and confrontation. It’s in actively disparaging age-old traditions to create newer, more equitable ones.

Kerala polls 2021: Pinarayi Vijayan, Rahul Gandhi target BJP as CAA takes centre-stage ahead of election

While Rahul said Congress won't allow the law to be implemented if voted to power in Kerala, Vijayan claimed that anyone who isn't preferred by BJP 'could end up in detention camps'

Assam Assembly election 2021, Chabua profile: CAA likely to play significant factor in town rocked by 2019 violence

The BJP will not be contesting from the Chabua seat in the upcoming Assembly election, but has given it to its ally, AGP, in their seat-sharing arrangement