Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
MP: Beautiful woman ‘distracts, rape may follow’ says Cong MLA, outrage follows
Intemperate and insensitive remarks by Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya on women, rape and women from Dalit and Adivasi communities have left the Congress shame-faced on the eve of LoP Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the state
Hijab Ban: Identity politics or body policing?
CJP secretary Teesta Setalvad and social scientist, Dr. Muniza Khan, discuss the question no one has asked yet
Madras HC commends TN gov’t for new Police rules, glossary for referring to LGBTQIA+ persons
Court hails how this will ensure that media, press and the society will address such people in a more dignified and respectable manner
Opinion: A salute to Muslim sisters from Karnataka
The hijab controversy could be a deliberate attempt by the right-wing to attack how Islam is understood and practiced by its followers
No Hijab in class: Will Puducherry be able to nip the controversy in the bud?
Meanwhile, Karnataka High Court will hear a plea against the hijab ban in several junior colleges today
Afghanistan: Women, Economy and Taliban
By discrimination on the basis of gender, the Taliban are violating key principles of equality laid down in Islam
Will Bulandshahr gangrape-murder case take the Hathras route?
The recent murder, after alleged rape of a teenager and her cremation at midnight has brought back memories of the Hathras case
Hate as a State project is not a new phenomenon: Survivors
CJP Team -
Webinar organised by the Gauri Memorial Trust, CJP had the country’s leading journalists and activists illustrate how targeted vilification was being supported by inaction
SBI withdraws sexist guidelines in face of public ire
Following a notice from the DCW, the SBI withdrew its guideline against pregnant women
20-year-old woman assaulted, paraded on the streets of Delhi
Delhi Commission for Women has demanded action and arrests of men and women seen assaulting and parrading the woman, reportedly a rape survivor
Clubhouse case: Mumbai police arrest 3 from Haryana
The three have been arrested in connection with an online chat, though this case is distinct from the one where some people allegedly made derogatory remarks about women from the minority community on the app
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
Rights
Union government revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under NSA after nearly six months!
Move comes days before Supreme Court hearing in habeas corpus petition filed by his wife; Ladakh activist had been detained following September 2025 protests over statehood and Sixth Schedule protections
Minorities
Allahabad High Court orders 24/7 armed protection for Bareilly Muslim man allegedly prevented from offering namaz at home
Summoning the district magistrate and SSP of Bareilly, the Allahabad High Court said any violence against the petitioner or his property would be presumed to have occurred at the instance of the State, as the case raises serious concerns over interference with religious prayers inside private property
Rights
35 civil society groups oppose Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion law, warn of threat to women’s autonomy and constitutional freedoms
Coalition, which also included CJP who is the lead petitioner on challenge to anti-conversion laws in SC, demands draft bill be made public, calls for consultations and legislative scrutiny; says existing criminal law already addresses coercion
Communalism
Odisha: 18 months, 54 incidents of communal hate crimes, 7 mob lynchings
Admitting to a spiral in communally driven hate crimes in eastern state of Odisha since June 2024 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a majoritarian outfit came to power, Odisha’s chief minister, Charan Majhi said on Monday, March 9 that 54 such incidents and seven mob lynchings were recorded in that state; this was in a written reply to the State Assembly
India
Varanasi, UP: No to war, we want peace
A vibrant protest and silent hunger strike (maun upwas) was undertaken by citizens of Varanasi protesting US-Israel’s unprovoked war on Iran; the protest took place at the symbolic Ambedkar Park on Saturday, March 7, under the banner of Sanjha Sanskriti Manch
India
Why Cricket should remain above religious nationalism
The sight of the captain of the victorious Indian T-20 team, Surya Kumar Yadav, jubilantly accompanying ICC Chairman Jay Shah to a temple in Ahmedabad has drawn sharp comments on social media.
India
A history that teaches, a historian that shared, in Memoriam: Professor K.N. Panikkar
On March 9, 2026, a Monday, noted historian and alumni of the indomitable Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), K.N.Panikkar, passed away at a hospital in Thiruvanthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala. Born on April 26, 1936, KN as he was fondly known by fellow academics and activists alike, was one of the pioneers of the Marxist school of historiography
World
US-Israel War on Iran sees spirals in Hate against Muslim Americans: CSOH
The Centre for the Study of Organised Hate has analysed how Islamophobic discourse has spiralled post February 28 when the US-Israel launched an attack on Iran