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India’s Gender-Based Violence Crisis 2025: Facts must drive change

The fight against gender-based violence in India, now halfway through 2025, is marked by harrowing numbers, persistent systemic failures, and—unequivocally—the resilience of survivors. What stands out most about this...

Gyan Vapi Masjid: Where can we go when our elders are buried here ask anguished Muslims from Varanasi

Voices from Banaras (Varanasi), the day after Hindus are allowed prayers inside the Gyan Vapi Masjid, anguish among city’s Muslims

Sudhir Chaudhary’s castiest diatribe against Hemant Soren following his resignation causes uproar, complaint filed by Tribal body

In a 50 minute segment, Chaudhary repeatedly discusses the “lavish” lifestyle of the Tribal minister, states that the Soren family “does not have the Adivasi touch anymore”, questions whether this wealthy tribal family should be given reservation

Mumbai: Student Arrested After Asking Admin to Curb Ram Temple Celebrations on Campus

The young, 23-year-old Dalit student among many who had written a confidential letter to the institute's director and also put up a status on WhatsApp questioning the frenzy on January 22

Dalit boy humiliated, forced to drink urine and liquor in Ajmer, Rajasthan

Rajasthan comes third highest in the list of states in India that have highest reported incidents of violence against Dalits

Puja in Gyanvapi: Mosque Committee announces bandh, Shahr Mufti Batin Nomani appeals for peace

Late night puja facilitated by the district administration on February 1 resulted in a call for a bandh in minority areas of Varanasi (Banaras) on Friday even as the Shahar Mufti Abdul Batin Nomani called for peace and calm

Ensure fair investigation, protection of dissent & safety of students on FTII campus: Film makers to Pune police

Several groups along with Pune filmmaker and FTII alumnus Umesh Kulkarni and others submitted a letter to the DCP–Special Branch on January 31 requesting unbiased proceedings.

Keregodu flag conflict: Progressive organisations call for Mandya bandh on February 7

Peoples organisations and progressive organisations have called for a Mandya bandh (shut down) on February 7, condemning vested interests for disturbing peace and harmony, in the pretext of 'Hanuma dhwaja' removal issue, at Keragodu village in Mandya taluk.

NIT Calicut suspends Dalit student for poster saying “India not Rama Rajya”

The institute has suspended its fourth year student for a year after the protest held by student groups on January 22 was disrupted by a group of people shouting Jai Sri Ram

UP Bajrang Dal leader and 3 others arrested for slaughtering cows to falsely implicate a Muslim man

According to the police version, as reported by The Indian Express, one of the accused took the help of Bajrang Dal workers to put his ‘enemy’ in jail by making it appear that he had slaughtered cows.

Adivasi (tribal) organisations protest against arrest of Former CM Hemant Soren in Jharkhand, state wide shutdown called for

Refusing to cow down in the face of his ED arrest threat, the FIR filed by Soren in SC/ST police station against senior ED officers; application against his arrest to be heard in SC tomorrow, Sibal calls the manner of arrest to be a “serious matter”

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