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Manipur: In a First Under Prez Rule, ‘Tactical Retreat’ by Meiteis

Several Kuki-Zo civil society organisations warn against any attempt to breach ‘buffer zone’.

Unveiling the hidden challenges behind the greatest religious celebration ever: Maha Kumbh, 2025

The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, a grand religious event drawing millions of pilgrims, is a celebration of spiritual unity. However, this huge gathering brings significant challenges that need immediate attention. Attempts to use this festival to sow seeds of communal disparity, exploitation of sanitation workers, restrictions on media freedom, environmental hazards, and issues with crowd management reflect the gaps in planning and execution.

When did India Get Independence?

Kangana Ranaut, the actor and MP was the first...

EVM row: Winning MLA from Malshiras (Markadwadi) issues ultimatum to ECI, demands elections by ballot papers

Sitting MLA from NCP (SP) Uttam Rao Jankar, the winning candidate (NCP-SP) from the Malshiras constituency within which Markadwadi village made history in November 2024, demands the holding of the fresh by-election from his constituency by the use of paper ballots alone, by ECI; presents 1, 76,000 sworn affidavits of voters as evidence that there was manipulation in EVMS (he got less votes); Jankar also says he is ready to resign if ECI agrees for the same

Debunking “Popular Myths” through a study of Bose

A close study of Bose, Patel and Nehru, through their own writings and contemporary works reveals that all three enjoyed a deep affection and healthy respect for each other, even if they deferred in the means to the goal, India’s freedom. On Bose’s 128th birth anniversary that falls on January 23, 2025, this is a good historic recall
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It is Time to Renew Our Constitutional Vows – Sanjay Hegde

In this perceptive talk about “India@75, Constitution and Beyond”...

No info on pre-numbered slips issued during LS, assembly polls: ECI

Such pre-numbered slips are a statutory, legal requirement, designed to record the total number of voters standing in the queue by the close of polling hour

Is Narayan Guru Part of Sanatan Dharma?

Recently (31st December 2024) while inaugurating the Conference as a...

Arambai Tenggol: champions of Manipur’s ‘integrity’ or a Meitei communal militia?

While bitter hostilities between Meiteis and Kukis have formed the larger narrative, with Kukis seen as a target, Arambai Tenggol’s acts of violence on the Pangals, a small Muslim minority, with the latest being the brute torture of a young man have remained in the dark underbelly of the violence in Manipur

Can the Swaraj path be India’s answer to climate change?

As climate change intensifies and the inadequacy of the...

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Manipur: In a First Under Prez Rule, ‘Tactical Retreat’ by Meiteis

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After the Union government insisted it would bring to the Court’s notice grave violations of the previous law, the Court recorded the Centre’s assurance of any appointment to the Waqf Board or Council, implying a bar on any non-Muslim appointments to the Waqf Boards/Council and stayed any Waqf property de-notifications, including waqf by user, under the 2025 amendment; next hearing on May 5

Why Indian Democracy Feels No Shame About the Bastar Killings

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By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, debunks politicised language divides, and restores dignity to a shared linguistic heritage