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Sumit Sarkar: Engaged scholarship, ways of historical thinking, an enduring legacy
Scholar of modern India with a path breaking approach to research and his discipline, historian Sumit Sarkar transformed how modern Indian history was understood, bringing ordinary people and their experiences to the centre of historical scholarship
Kerala: Sabarimala issue re enters the spotlight even on poll day
Nair Service Society (NSS) general secretary G. Sukumaran Nair said Ayyappa devotees were “still bitter” about the events that “hurt their faith, political reactions flew thick and fast
Battleground Bengal: EVMs, VVPATs recovered from TMC leader’s home
Phase three was marred with violence with more deaths, and allegations of physical assault
Anil Deshmukh moves SC against Bom HC order directing CBI probe
The Ex-Home Minister of Maharashtra had resigned after the high court ordered a CBI investigation into corruption allegations; Deshmukh says that he was not given an opportunity to be heard
Polling over, now candidates must wait for May 2
South India stays mostly peaceful as single phase elections conclude in TN, Kerala and Puducherry
90 voters, 181 votes: The curious case of Dima Hasao
Five polling officials suspended, repoll order yet to be issued
Sessions court dismisses Kangana’s plea against Javed Akhtar’s defamation case
While the actress claimed violation of proper case proceedings, Mumbai’s court ruled that there was no irregularity in the process.
UP police file 5,000-page chargesheet against Siddique Kappan
The police have alleged that Kappan and others received about Rs. 80 lakhs from financial institutions in Doha and Muscat to create unrest in the state
On academic and other freedoms
Is it at all possible, also desirable, to divide freedom into compartments?
Three arrested, in connection with BJP leader Brijesh Singh’s murder in Gorakhpur
Cases have been filed against seven, Singh was shot dead when he was on his way home after campaigning for the panchayat polls
Policy or popularity, how will TN vote tomorrow?
State Platform for Common School System Tamil Nadu has asked the electorate to vote to reject National Education Policy 2020
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Gender and Sexuality
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‘How Can Rehabilitation Work If We Are Not Safe?’ Sanjay Tickoo on the fresh threat to Kashmiri Pandit employees
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Communalism
A week of anti-minority hate that grips UP-Uttarakhand
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Education
Maharashtra SIR extension keeps teachers away from classrooms as unit tests face delays
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India
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Hate Speech
Kerala court grants bail to T.G. Mohandas in Jantar Mantar remarks case, cites arrest procedure irregularity
The Thiruvananthapuram court granted regular bail to right-wing activist T.G. Mohandas, a former head of the BJP’s State intellectual cell, a day after his arrest over alleged remarks about women and student protesters at Jantar Mantar; the court cited non-issuance of notice under Section 35(3) BNSS, recovery of electronic devices, cooperation with investigators, and his age and health.