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2024: Love Jihad – A Socio-Political Weapon: Caste, Endogamy, and Hindutva’s Grip on gender and social boundaries in India

This article examines how "Love Jihad" reinforces caste hierarchies, Hindutva politics, and patriarchal control in India’s 2024 socio-political landscape

Dalit sisters gang raped by three men in Ayodhya

The victims, one of whom is a minor, have been sent for a medical examination, the police said.

75 Years of Independence: 50% Reservation for Women in Politics Still a Far Cry

What’s stopping the Modi government, which claims to be women-friendly, from gifting Women’s Reservation Bill in the 75th year of Independence to women?

UP: Dalit woman sexually harassed in Muzaffarnagar, seven held

Representative ImageMuzaffarnagar: A 30-year-old Dalit woman was sexually harassed by...

India ranks 135 out of 146 countries in WEF Gender Gap Index

Ranks below Saudi Arabia, but ahead of Pakistan and Afghanistan that are the bottom of the pile

Female students forced to take off undergarments in Kerala?

The girls were appearing for NEET exams and one of them has now lodged a police complaint; various authorities shirk responsibility

Mumbai Court grants bail to three students in the Bulli Bai app case

A Mumbai court while granting bail to three students in the Bulli Bai app case, which targeted Muslim women by arranging for their "auction", held that their "immature age and understanding" was misused by other accused with "deeper understanding".

Unnatural in Indian culture that father-in-law would rape daughter-in-law: Allahabad HC

Court granted anticipatory bail to rape accused after making an observation based on the culture of the land, but not the allegations of the survivor

Orissa HC grants family pension to transwoman after parents’ demise

HC directed the competent authority to sanction family pension to the Petitioner in stipulated period of time

Sanitary napkin distribution stopped in Delhi gov’t schools, HC expresses disappointment

Court holds that cancellation of tender is not sufficient reason to discontinue the facility; issues notice to Delhi government

Kerala court convicts husband in Vismaya Dowry death case

The death of Vismaya had triggered a strong protest in Kerala against dowry and domestic violence

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2024: Love Jihad – A Socio-Political Weapon: Caste, Endogamy, and Hindutva’s Grip on gender and social boundaries in India

This article examines how "Love Jihad" reinforces caste hierarchies, Hindutva politics, and patriarchal control in India’s 2024 socio-political landscape