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When Family Becomes Custody: Allahabad HC holds adult women’s faith, residence and liberty cannot be placed under parental control

Holding that an alleged unlawful conversion cannot become a licence for private confinement, the Court separates the legality of religious conversion from the legality of detention—and holds the father and Uttar Pradesh State jointly liable for ₹25 lakh in constitutional compensation

Rohtak: Cow vigilantes beat up Muslim dairy worker, police chain him instead of treating his wounds

The police have constituted a special investigation team (SIT)...

We need more Gladys Staines in India to defeat hatred

There is hope, one day, the hatemongers will realise...

A Community Poster that Speaks for Peace: Bombay 1992-1993

Do Hindustani  This first appeared in September 2001 ‘Hum Saab Ek...

Bringing Peace to Gujarat in 2002, the Army Way

Operation Parakram and Operation Aman  The Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attack on...

Woman who entered Sabarimala shrine thrown out by in-laws

The development came days after her mother-in-law allegedly assaulted her...

Yogi Adityanath govt may announce pension for sadhus ahead of 2019 polls

According to sources, the Adityanath cabinet would meet in...

Rising roar of faux faith in poll-bound India

Read the newspapers, listen to the TV “debates” and...

Bangladesh’s Ulama League demands ban on NGOs working to curb child marriage

The pro-ruling party Islamists has also demanded a ban...

Does the Northeast even count in the Regime’s Cynical push to the Citizenship Amendment Bill?

The Northeast is in turmoil over the Citizenship Amendment...

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