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‘Justice for Zubeen Garg’: How the iconic singer’s death became a political flashpoint in Assam

Ingty Raj Gogoi, a 26-year-old businessman from eastern Assam’s Sivasagar, was overwhelmed by grief at the death of Zubeen Garg.

Newslaundry · Oct 14, 2025

Fans demand answers over Indian singer Zubeen Garg’s death in Singapore as police officer arrested

The sudden death of Assam’s best-known and beloved musician has sparked outrage, mass protests, and a high-profile investigation spanning Singapore and India

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2025

Popular Indian singer dies in diving accident in Singapore

Zubeen Garg’s career spanned film soundtracks, independent albums, acting, and live performances

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2025

SC declines to quash FIR against journalist Abhisar Sharma, grants interim protection

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain journalist Abhisar Sharma’s plea seeking to quash an FIR lodged by the Assam police over a video in which he accused the state government of indulging in “communal politics” and questioned its land allotment decisions, LiveLaw reported. 

Newslaundry · Aug 28, 2025

Abhisar Sharma moves SC against Assam FIR

Abhisar Sharma has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Assam police case against him and the constitutionality of section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita under which it was lodged, among other sections, LiveLaw reported. 

Newslaundry · Aug 27, 2025

Meet the complainants behind the Assam FIRs against journalists

In Assam, three recent FIRs have turned the spotlight on a pattern: journalists critical of the government hauled up under a new sedition-style law. There’s another trend – the complainants in at least two of the FIRs ostensibly had links to the BJP or the RSS student wing ABVP.

Newslaundry · Aug 22, 2025

Abhisar Sharma booked after video on Himanta’s communal statements

The Guwahati Crime Branch has registered an FIR against journalist and YouTuber Abhisar Sharma after a local resident’s complaint claiming that Sharma mocked the Assam and central governments in a video.

Newslaundry · Aug 22, 2025

The real story behind Assam’s 3,000-bigha land row

A video clip from a Gauhati High Court hearing has been raging across social media. It shows Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi, visibly astonished, reacting to the allotment of 3,000 bighas of land in Assam’s Dima Hasao district to a private cement company.

Newslaundry · Aug 19, 2025

If your food is policed, housing denied, identity questioned, is it freedom?

As India enters its 79th year, the questions of who the Republic belongs to and who belongs in the country stare its citizens in the face in multiple ways. The day has somehow come to be one of enforced vegetarianism, with several municipal bodies across the country ordering the closure…

Newslaundry · Aug 14, 2025

Injured elephant repeatedly visits Indian village for food and water

An elephant with a leg injury has been making daily visits to a village on the outskirts of Assam in northeast India, searching for food and water.

Euronews · Aug 12, 2025