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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

Kashmir Times editor Anuradha Bhasin’s home ransacked

Personal belongings, rare books, family heirlooms were thrown around, and no prior notice or information given, said Bhasin

Regime subverting institutions, destroying democracy: Indian activists

Several civil society members decried the intimidation tactics and impunity of India’s ruling disposition at international virtual conference

Congress claims foul play as CBI raids KPCC President’s house

Congress condemns raids alleging the BJP was trying to influence by-poll elections.

Covid snatches another Ambedkarite: Charles Wesley Meesa no more!

The Telangana based activist was dedicated to protecting rights of Dalits and was highly knowledgeable about economic issues

Conversions and anti-Christian violence in India

Satyapal Singh’s statements against Graham Staines had been countered in Parliament

Families of slain Rajouri labourers given their exhumed bodies

The men were killed in July, in an “encounter” in South Kashmir’s Shopian, identities confirmed in September, and bodies exhumed in October

Centre considers pre-installed government software in all Android phones

Despite concerns about India’s data protection laws, the Indian government is considering introducing pre-installed government apps in all new mobiles.

Urge Modi to dismiss Yogi, set up international enquiry into rapes of Dalit women: South Asian groups to UN

Letter by diaspora groups representing women, Dalits write to UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet

CJP helps prevent miscarriage of justice in mistaken identity case in Assam

Confusion arose because the name of the husbands of both women was the same, and their villages also had similar sounding names!

Pushpa Bhave passes away

The veteran social activist will be remembered for her stellar contribution to education, empowerment of women, and work in the field of Dalit rights

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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