India

The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

After repeated countrywide raids, union government bans PFI under UAPA

A notification by the ministry of home affairs accused the PFI of "propagating ant-national sentiments", "radicalising" a section of society and having links to other banned outfits.

In jail in spite of bail, 1,641 inmates to be released with govt’s financial assistance: Maharashtra

The state government has taken the step to offer legal and financial help to “as many as 1,641 prisoners”, who, in spite of being granted bail, are languishing in jail for want of assistance to complete formalities

Rural Workers Struggle for Proper Implementation of Jobs Scheme

One of the most widely discussed rural initiatives from...

WB: Employees’ Associations Calls for Renewed Struggles to ‘Save LIC’

Two hundred seventy-five delegates from 8 divisions attended the state conference of Life Insurance Corporation Agents Organisation of India.

Guj undercharged Adani due to inappropriate land classification: PAC report

Forest land was wrongly classified and transferred for Mundra Port; PAC recommends recovering full amount in three months

Assam and Mizoram agree to form regional committee to resolve border dispute

At a meeting of High-Level delegations in Aizawl in August, both states had agreed previously to leave agriculture in border areas undisturbed

Demolitions as a form of punishment: HLRN

Report on forced evictions in 2021 sheds light on a pattern of institutional abuse

Ratan Tata named trustee of PM CARES

Is this another image building exercise or will this actually lead to greater transparency about the fund?

Batadrava police station burning case: Absconding accused nabbed

Previously, another accused who had been arrested had died while allegedly trying to flee police custody while being transported

WB: Lakhs of People Take Part in ‘Insaaf’ Rally Organised in Kolkata

Rally was called by SFI and DYFI activists for justice for Anis Khan and other activists

Trending

Related VIDEOS

ALL STORIES

ALL STORIES

The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Six-year-old detained during Patna teacher aspirants’ protest, parents allege police assault

Patna Police say the child was ‘rescued’ from a potentially dangerous crowd, while his parents allege that the family was taken to a police station, where they were assaulted and kept for nearly seven hours

The ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ Isn’t a Gen Z Uprising. It’s a Rerun

The demand to “remove reservation” is one of the oldest, most recycled slogans in independent India’s political life, and it has failed, in more or less identical form, every single time it has been tried.

112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.

Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions

Pradip Prabhu, who brought hope to the oppressed, is no more

An academic activist, Pradip Prabhu worked among Adivasis as also contributed to academia and path-breaking legislation for indigenous land rights