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Thane School Horror: Principal, attendant arrested for forcing girls to strip in menstruation check, case registered under POCSO

Girls as young as 10 were allegedly stripped and subjected to invasive checks by school staff in Thane’s Shahapur after bloodstains were found in a washroom, prompting arrests, protests, and charges under POCSO and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

To Lord Ram, a letter of remorse and resolve

The writer reflects on Lord Rama's meaning as purity, transformation, sacrifice, love, and compassion, expresses regret at his name being used for violence and calls for introspection and a return to love and compassion.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat again warns of “deceptive” missionaries taking advantage of people’s vulnerabilities

Skirting caste-driven exclusion, at Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district on April 16-17, Bhagwat once again vocalised the Sangh’s animosity to the Christian faith and its cadres

Sudarshan News continues to spread hatred, targets Muslims

Chavhanke, along with Hindu monk Devkinandan Thakur, advocates for the Babri mosque demolition to be repeated in Mathura and Kashi

The poster boy of cow vigilantism, Monu Manesar, is back

A suspect in the double murder of Junaid and Nasir from Rajasthan in February this year, his name was dropped from the list of suspects, now he is back to acts of cow vigilantism

Muslim man peacefully offering Namaz at UP railway station “offends” Hindutva leader

Constitutional right to profess and practice religion violated by “leader” as he uploads a  counter video voicing his objections and calls offering namaz an act of defiance of the orders of the CM!

Our own hurt us the most: Familial violence in the lives of queer & Trans persons within marriage equality debates

A Report on the findings from a closed door public hearing on April 1, 2023 following a public hearing organised by the PUCL and National Network of LBI women and Trans persons

Mudumalai Tiger Reserve: Adivasis Cheated out of Forest Land, Compensation

The poorly executed relocation process has led to displacement and exploitation of tribals in the Nilgiris; the Moundadan Chettys fear they are next.

Arms training allegedly conducted by Bajrang Dal in Mount Abu

Last year as well similar arms training allegedly held by Bajrang Dal in Karnataka and some BJP MLAs and right wing workers were booked for it

All religions gather for peace march in Malad-Malwani in Mumbai

During a Ram Navami procession, some stone pelting was reported from this area in Mumbai and to counter that, people from all religious communities gathered

Mathura: Stones thrown at the Ambedkar Jayanti procession leaves several people injured

Tension prevailed due to stone pelting on the Shobha Yatra, police deployed in the area

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Thane School Horror: Principal, attendant arrested for forcing girls to strip in menstruation check, case registered under POCSO

Girls as young as 10 were allegedly stripped and subjected to invasive checks by school staff in Thane’s Shahapur after bloodstains were found in a washroom, prompting arrests, protests, and charges under POCSO and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Bihar:  SC signals that ECI should consider Aadhaar, EPIC (Voter ID card) & Ration card for electoral roll revision 

Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the sudden “special intensive revision” being conducted in Bihar by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Supreme Court (SC) pressed ECI to include Aadhaar, Voter ID Card, and Ration cards in Bihar's electoral roll revision process, since the only concern for the constitutional body was establishing accurate identity not citizenship

Mumbai’s Second Lifeline in ICU: Mumbaikars respond to call of “Save BEST”

By deliberately running Mumbai’s unique and stellar public transport system to ‘die’, the BMC backed by a land-grabbing state government is set to make transport even more unafordable for working Mumbaikars

Dissent Note: Maharashtra Special Public Safety Bill, 2024

Sweeping powers, vague definitions, and silencing of dissent entrenched in law; deliberative process exposed as political theatre

One of Urdu’s Greatest Scholars, C.M. Naim, Passes Away

The UP-born professor was said to be among the finest and authoritative voices on Urdu.

SC: ECI’s ‘wisdom’ on revision of electoral rolls challenged, does a disenfranchisement crisis loom over Bihar, with thousands being declared ‘‘D’ (doubtful) voters?

The ECI's credibility, already under sharp public scrutiny post-Lok Sabha Elections 2024, is further strained by its Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) order of June 24, a controversial directive announced even after electoral rolls were finalised in January 2025: the move faces multiple judicial challenges before the Supreme Court. Hearings are scheduled before a vacation bench tomorrow, July 10

Bengali-Speaking Migrants Detained En Masse in Odisha: National security or targeted persecution?

Over 440 people, mostly Bengali-speaking migrant workers, have been detained in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district under suspicion of being “illegal Bangladeshis”, prompting a political storm, allegations of ethnic profiling, and appeals for immediate release

A Silent Emergency: Farmer suicides surge in Maharashtra amid apathy, debt, and systemic collapse

767 farmers died by suicide in just three months in 2025, yet the state's response remains bureaucratic, inadequate, and dispassionate. A ground-level crisis marked by despair, debt, and denial