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Through The Lens of Raghu Rai: An evening in Mumbai

A film screening at the open air venue –Press Club Mumbai terrace—brought alive the works and perspective of the legendary photographer, Raghu Rai

Swachh Bharat: Who Will Clean & Empty Out 9.8 Crore Septic Tanks/Pits?

Ideally, there should be machines but there is no such plan. That means govt. wants people to continue with manual scavenging.

The ‘middle’ ground in Kashmir has been completely wiped out: Yashwant Sinha

Srinagar: – The central government has completely wiped-out the middle ground in Kashmir with its hardcore polices and this might push more and more people towards violence, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha said while ending his four-day visit to Kashmir.

Losing game: BJP’s footprint shrinks from 71% in 2014 to 40% in 2018

The numbers dwindled after it lost Maharashtra to the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance

Indian Army recruits ‘religious teachers’ to help soldiers battle stress

The Institute of National Integration has trained over 7,000 religious teachers since 1985

Vyapam scam: 31 found guilty

Justice comes at a steep price, as close to 40 people connected with the case including witnesses and a journalist were killed to cover up the scam.

NRC & Citizenship Issue today a rights crisis of epic proportions, Assam: Fact-Finding Report

Interim Report of the Fact-Finding visit to Assam on the Updating of the NRC

An all-India NRC, coupled with CAB aims to threaten, destabilise & stigmatise Indian Muslims: Arundhati Roy

Roy delivered the Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture for 2019 on November 12 in New York City organized by The Nation. The text has appeared in The Nation and The Caravan and is now being published here.

Centre not budging on paddy procurement: Chhattisgarh CM

On Monday, at the winter session of the Chhattisgarh legislative assembly, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel lashed at the Centre for refusing to procure paddy at the rate of ₹ 2,500 per quintal.

In Jharkhand, Forest Rights Could Decide Votes In 77% Assembly Seats

New Delhi: Tribals’ dissatisfaction with the slow implementation of...

Mamata seeks to give land rights to refugees in West Bengal

Mamata Banerjee seems to be at the forefront when it comes to speaking up against the National Register of Citizens (NRC ) and the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB). Now, she is going a step further.

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Karnataka revises school uniform policy, permits religious symbols alongside uniforms

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NSA slapped on journalist, DU scholar in Noida workers’ protest case amid allegations of crackdown on dissent

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New York: Support Bill to end caste discrimination, campaign intensifies

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‘Bangla Pokkho’ founder Garga Chatterjee arrested over alleged EVM misinformation ahead of Bengal polls

Kolkata Police say the Bengali rights activist ignored repeated summons in a case linked to alleged misinformation and “provocative” social media posts questioning EVM functioning during the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections