From retention of seats by Mahua Moitra, Supriya Sule to the emergence of younger women, such as Iqra Hasan and Saroj, the 18th Lok Sabha saw many women succeeding
After BJP’s Mihir Kotecha lost in the Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s Somaiya has taken to blaming the loss on Muslims and has called Muslims from Mankhurd ‘Bangladeshi.’
The Assam chief minister spoke to the media at the BJP’s state office and says he blames people of a ‘specific religion’ in Nagaland, Manipur, and Meghalaya for the loss of the NDA alliance in these states.
SP Dalit leader who triumphed over BJP in Ayodhya a non-reserved constituency brought back memories of 1989 when a CPI candidate, Mitrasen Yadav had defied the polarised frenzy of the LK Advani-led rath yatra
In 2019, General Lok Sabha witnessed the lowest Muslim Representation at only 22 MPs, while the Muslim community is second largest population of India; this number goes up by one in 2024
The Karnataka Janaarogya Chaluvali (Karnataka People’s Health Movement/Struggle) has written a strong critique of the draft Karnataka Right to Health and Emergency Medical Services Bill 2025, questioning its rationale and orientation; the critique points how this draft has been mostly borrowed from the Rajasthan Right to Health Act (2022). Besides, says KJC, while some activists in Karnataka have been clamoring for a replication of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act, this demand has been made without investing too much thought into whether this is what Karnataka requires
Close to a dozen public intellectuals including Hiren Gohain, Harekrishna Deka, former DGP, Assam and author, Dr. Indrani Dutta, former Director, Omiyo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, among so many others, have in a letter petition to CJ, Gauhati High Court, Justice Vijay Bishnoi drawn attention of the Court to series of inciteful statements by Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister and urged suo moto cognisance
CJP-led memorandum to the Election Commission documents forged objections, misuse of Form 7, and violations of statutory safeguards meant to protect the right to vote
From Allahabad University to JNU, BHU and Delhi University, students are pushing back against the silencing of caste critique and the suspension of long-awaited equity safeguards
The deaths of Naman Agarwal and several others in recent days reveal a system where inquiries begin only after lives are lost; from IIT Bombay to BITS Goa, a spate of student deaths in just days exposes the hollowness of institutional safeguards and mental-health promises