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Womens Reservation Bill 2026: Women’s Rights & the RSS

Even as the present leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attempts to promote itself as a messiah for Indian women, the ideological base of this party is fundamentally patriarchals

Tribal medico ends life; faced harassment, ragging from senior

The police found that ragging was commonplace in the medical institution.

Brinda Karat on the Third Anniversary of Delhi Riots- “Cannot Abandon Struggle for Justice”

There has been a slew of challenges ranging from rehabilitation and compensation to the perusal of justice.

From the margins to the Centre, more and more hate speeches against Muslims are made, deafening silence from the authorities continues

Videos of hate speech by religious leaders, sloganeering in police presence, offensive statements against Prophet surface online

Maharashtra: Vasai, Navi Mumbai, Solapur, 3 rallies held by Hindu Jan Aakrosh Morcha demanding ‘Love-Jihad laws’

Saffron flags drown the Supreme Court orders to take action, rampant hate speeches given in open defiance as thousands seen in attendance

Domestic Violence Act, 2005: SC directs union to hold meetings with various ministries, states/UTs, address hopeless inadequacy of protection officers

In a significant order passed last week, Friday, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta of the Supreme Court directed the Secretary of the union ministry of Women and Child Development to convene a meeting with the various ministries including the ministry of finance, social justice and home affairs, Principal Secretaries of all states and Union Territories to, inter alia, look into the issue of inadequacy of Protection Officers under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

Curb on internet, SMS in Nuh as protests demanding justice for Junaid-Nasir escalate

After Friday prayers, thousands gathered in Ferozpur Jhirka to demand arrest of the accused and calling for disbanding the Cow Protection Task Force of the state government

Calcutta cook lynched in Bihar weeks before marriage

Saddam, the elder brother of the deceased man, has said the three youths were returning from a feast at another village when they were brutally attacked

India behind on poverty, health and gender goals: Independent study

The study, which covers 707 districts, has found that barely a year ago, in 2021, over 75 per cent of the districts were off target on key indicators such as access to basic services, anaemia, poverty, child marriage etc

Citizens demand CM Eknath Shinde prevents & prosecutes Hate Offenders: Maharashtra

A public petition is inviting signatures of concerned citizens demanding action of the state government against hate speech. Javed Akhtar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Kumar Ketkar, Tushar Gandhi among signatories

Urging preventive action against hate offenders, Gandhiji’s grandson, Tushar urges Navi Mumbai police to act

The Mahatma Gandhi Foundation has urged preventive action from the Navi Mumbai Police that has now stated it will vido-graph the event

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Womens Reservation Bill 2026: Women’s Rights & the RSS

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Before asking what dangers delimitation poses, we must first examine a more fundamental issue: what are the existing problems, and will delimitation actually solve them? The real crisis in Indian governance today is not a shortage of representatives; it is the over-centralisation of power.

Allahabad High Court flags surge in “false” conversion firs, seeks accountability from UP government

In a strong rebuke, the Allahabad High Court questions misuse of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, calls out investigative lapses, and directs state authorities to act against frivolous complaints while protecting the accused and the woman at the centre of the case

Will delimitation have severe, undemocratic consequences following the SIR?

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Procedure for tabling bills on women’s reservations & delimitation both opaque and non-consultative: Experts and Citizens

Even as media accessed the three bills tabled without consultation in Parliament, experts and citizens groups have criticized the opaque and non-consultative methods employed by the Modi 3.0 government

Understanding power through caste: Dr. Ambedkar’s contribution to the sociology of law

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Congress and Karnataka’s Muslims: Loyalty without Representation

In an era where majoritarian politics is openly dismissive of Muslim concerns, the Congress still benefits from being seen as the lesser evil. But “lesser evil” is not a sustainable political identity. For a party that speaks the language of diversity and inclusion, Karnataka’s record on Muslim representation - particularly in Parliament - stands as an uncomfortable indictment.