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BMC: Women corporators past the 50% mark, 121 women get elected in 2026
A total of 121 women got elected the Mumbai Mahanagarpalika in 2026, crossing the 50 per cent mark: with 227 corporators in all; BJP has sent 47 women to the civic body, Shiv Sena (UBT)34, SS (Shinde) 17, Congress 13, MIM 4, MNS 4 and NCP and Samajwadi Parti one each
We must act NOW to defend democracy!
The need to defend democracy, especially in wake of Fr. Stan Swamy’s institutional murder, is perhaps felt today, as never before
Undaunted by temple attack, Pakistani Hindu stuck in India, wants to go home
A Pakistani Hindu man, stranded in India with his three children after his wife died in April, is pleading with the authorities to let him return to Pakistan before his country’s Independence Day on August 14
A pyramid of hate being built to score a poll win in UP?
CJP’s Hate Watch campaign flags an alert as soon as the first brick of hate is laid, from Yati Narsinghanand’s hate speech to Moradabad’s Hindutva ‘leader’ Priyanshu Joshi
Gujarat: Six people forced to dip fingers in boiling oil to prove innocence
The virtual trial by fire in Gujarat’s Kutch region was based on the belief that an innocent will not be burnt by hot oil
Pegasus scandal: United Nations call for global ban on sale of spyware
UN experts say it is highly dangerous and irresponsible to allow surveillance technology to function as a “human rights-free zone”
51 Reasons to say goodbye to NEP 2020: AIFRTE
Each reason stated by the AIFRTE is further reinforced in individual memorandums of other groups like Pinjra Tod
‘NEP Quit India’ campaign begins
Students and teachers collectives share AIFRTE’s letter rejecting the policy, take to social media to voice their concerns
Bhima Koregaon case: NIA files draft charges under UAPA, sedition & conspiracy against 15 accused
Filing of draft charges against the accused indicates that the trial could begin anytime soon. However, the lawyers of some of the accused have asked the court to dispose the applications before it, prior to framing charges
No decision on nationwide NRC yet: MHA tells Parliament
The Ministry responded to quite a few questions related to CAA, NRC and NPR during the monsoon session of Parliament, and has reiterated that no definite date for initiating Census process has been decided but it is certain that NPR will be updated
Dharma and humanity are like our two eyes: The secular philosophy of Jhansi
SabrangIndia takes you to Jhansi, the land of Queen Laxmibai, where secularism and unity are the way of life
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