'The Congress government in Chhattisgarh has lodged an FIR against tribal rights activist Soni Sori and Bastar-based academic and researcher Bela Bhatia under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code. The FIR was lodged on September 16 at Kirandul police station of Dantewada district. The activists say the purpose of the FIR is to counter their support for villagers who have been suspicious of the circumstances under which the September 13 encounter with alleged Maoists took place...'
'Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi’s appointment as a high court chief justice continues to spur debate with the Supreme Court giving in to the Modi government’s insistence that he not be sent to Madhya Pradesh as the collegium had initially decided: the judge has instead been recommended for the position of chief justice of the Tripura high court. Justice Kureshi is currently the senior most judge in the Gujarat high court. As a high court judge, he had in 2010 sent Amit Shah to police custody in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.
'On Thursday the 19th, BJP MP and Union minister Babul Supriyo was attending an event in Jadavpur University, organised by the ABVP when he was shown black flags and asked to leave by agitating students to which he allegedly responded with threats and physical assaults.Later, the workers with the ABVP and the BJP started a fire and vandalised University premises. A magazine loaded with bullets was found near the university entrance. On Friday evening, thousands of students of Jadavpur University joined a massive anti-ABVP protest rally calling out the violence perpetrated by hooligans.'
'The entire debate around outsiders and foreigners has been based on the long held belief that Bangladeshi infiltrators are threatening the demography and culture of Assam. But now, as per a community wise break-up of the over 19 lakh people excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), nearly a third of the people left out of the list are actually non-Bengali people, many of whom belong to indigenous tribes and ethnic groups. Shockingly thousands of Karbis, Rabhas, Sonowal Kacharis and even Ahoms have been excluded from the final NRC!
'Communal clashes broke out at Jokaha of West Champaran following manoeuvred incitement by majoritarian antisocial elements. However, the arbitrary arrests, torture and indifference that followed the vicious cycle solely targeted minorities... NewsClick presents a ground report from the region. “As our procession entered the Mazar (mausoleum ground), stones began to be hurled at us …we didn’t know from where it was coming…the peaceful gathering turned into chaos…,” recalls Zumdin Miyan, 60, who has been booked for ‘rioting’ and similar offences.
'कर्नाटक के ग्रामीण विकास व पंचायती राज मंत्री केएस ईश्वरप्पा ने रविवार (15 सितंबर) को ऐसा बयान दिया, जिस पर विवाद हो सकता है। उन्होंने कहा कि देशभक्त मुसलमान बीजेपी को वोट देंगे, जबकि पाकिस्तान समर्थक मुस्लिम ऐसा करने से हिचकिचाएंगे। इस दौरान बीजेपी के वरिष्ठ नेता ने यह भी घोषणा की कि उनकी पार्टी के नेतृत्व वाली सरकार राज्य में गौकशी पर प्रतिबंध लगाएगी। बता दें कि ईश्वरप्पा पहले भी विवादों में रह चुके हैं। लोकसभा चुनाव से पहले उन्होंने कहा था कि बीजेपी की तरफ से मुसलमानों को टिकट नहीं दिया जाएगा...'
'The Ahmedabad education department has issued a circular to all “government-grant-in-aid and self-financed secondary and higher secondary schools to arrange special lectures, debate, essay and elocution competitions and group discussions on the subject of Article 370 and Article 35A during the school assembly on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17.”... Not taking any risk with the suggested debate, the said “circular” takes care to lay down what is to be said in the “debate”.
'Thousands held dharnas (protest sit-in) and burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at different places in Punjab on Sunday after being stopped by the state police from going to Chandigarh for their scheduled rally in solidarity with Kashmiris, who have been under a clampdown for over 40 days. At least 30 activists, including ten women, from different farmers’ and students’ unions, were also arrested in Mohali as the Congress government of chief minister Amarinder Singh thwarted all attempts to hold a protest march...'
'Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, currently a member of the Lok Sabha, has been detained under the Public Safety Act. The PSA allows detention for up to two years without a trial. The decision to slap the PSA on the NC leader came Sunday night, on the eve of the hearing of MDMK leader Vaiko’s habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court, where the absence of any papers justifying his incarceration since August 5 would have been a major embarrassment for the Centre.
'Addressing a gathering organised by Hindu extremis outfit, Sri Ram Sene in Bengaluru on September 15, K S Eshwarappa, Minister Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in Karnataka said, “Hindus of this nation are not ‘Napunsakas’ (impotent). We have been fighting for Ram Mandir for decades now. Babri Masjid was demolished and a Ram Lalla Mandir has been built in its place.
