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Maharashtra: Three Tables that ask whether Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA will tilt the 2024 balance

Will the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA)’s predictable decision to go it alone again in 2024 tilt the balance for or against the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) or the NDA? Three Tables that probe the figures and present an analysis. This special analysis by the Sabrangindia Team gives lays bare the figures. How will this impact the outcome?

Karnataka: While Congress lead increases, a neck to neck fight challenges party workers & organisation

With ten days to go for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka, while the state's voter preference is leaning towards the Congress, there are serious challenges in the run up to the polls reveals a Final Phase Survey conducted by Eedina.com. The survey estimates that the Congress will get more than 13-18 seats and the BJP-JD(S) alliance will get closer to 10-13 seats.

As courts grant permission for Ram Navami processions, they strictly caution administration to ensure no arms displayed, no DJs, no untoward incidents take place

As Calcutta and Bombay HCs grants permission for Ram Navami rallies, it balances the issue of freedom of expression and public safety; Bombay HC notes that action should be taken against speakers in case of breach of the law and order

Unseasonal rains and hailstorms ruin acres of crops in Maharashtra, cause agrarian distress in Vidharba & Marathwada

After months of acute drought, unseasonal rains and hailstorms have wreaked havoc with crops in Vidharba and Marathwada. Regional print media and some independent channels are dotted with accounts of the death of a woman labourer and the acute agrarian distress in Maharashtra’s Vidharba and Marathwada region causing massive damage to crops in both regions. Vidharbha votes on April 19 and 26.

By quashing the FIR against an interfaith couple accused of “conversion”, the Allahabad High Court restores jurisprudence on a constitutional path, upholds freedom of...

The petitioners had married under Special Marriage Act, 1954 and were booked under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including criminal conspiracy and kidnapping, along with provisions of the anti-conversion law of the state

Report says 30 Muslim sports coaches and trainers fired without reason in Gujarat

A report by The Wire notes 30 coaches and trainers, belonging to the Muslim community, to have had their contracts terminated by their employers in the last two months.

What’s Bill Gates up to? Have ‘irregularities’ found in funding HPV vaccine trials faded?

After having read the 72nd report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on alleged irregularities in the conduct of studies using HPV vaccines by PATH...

Meet Ambedkarite journalists using social media to bring us stories from the margins, foregrounding both their hurdles & achievements

Carving a space for themselves outside corporate media houses, independent Dalit journalists are making their voice heard, showcasing both successes and challenges of digital media; these conversations unveil an insidious and discriminatory censorship by platforms like YouTube on content that showcases caste discrimination

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