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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments

Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections

Don’t make the mistake of voting for BJP: SKM to Bengal voters

A delegation of SKM reached West Bengal on Friday where they addressed media persons and asked citizens not to support the ruling regime that has “oppressed protesting farmers”

Bad news for those still looking for gold in cow milk

Govt ‘admits’ no conclusive information available on difference in quality of milk of foreign breeds and indigenous cattle

Fund crunch to delay adding breakfast under Mid-Day Meal scheme

In August last year, the Centre had approved National Education Policy’s provide breakfast in addition to lunch in government schools.

Two Chief Ministers, one vision: Ram Rajya

UP CM Adityanath says secularism biggest threat to India's tradition on global stage; Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says Ram Rajya is the best

Swiss Vote for Burqa Ban and Its Reaction among Indian Muslims

The established theologians of Islam around the world have debunked the untenable theological justifications around the full-face veil of all forms

MEITY blocked over 9,000 accounts and websites in 2020

This was sudden increase from 3,603 websites and accounts blocked in 2019

Assam elections: Denied ticket, Shiladitya Dev threatens to quit BJP

The sitting MLA from Hojai has a long history of making communal and hateful statements

Battleground Bengal: Mamata Banerjee injured in Nandigram

She was allegedly heckled and pushed while interacting with villagers in East Midnapore

Withdraw decision to privatise Vizag Steel Plant: Protesting employees

After four days of protests out on the streets, employees state they will observe a huge strike to condemn the central government’s decision

20 years after they were destroyed, Bamiyan Buddha resurrected virtually

Taliban had destroyed the historical treasures in 2001, in Afghanistan's Bamiyan valley as the world watched in horror

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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments

Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections

Anticipatory Bail Denied to Nida Khan in TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court flags “systematic plan” and stresses custodial interrogation

While emphasising gravity and custodial interrogation, Sessions Court order leans heavily on narrative of “organised influence”—raising concerns over evidentiary thresholds, criminalisation of religious interaction, and expansion of bail-stage reasoning

“Reasonable Apprehension of Bias Is Enough”: Telangana High Court orders CBCID probe into SI’s death, reasserts constitutional demand for investigative neutrality

In a sharply reasoned ruling, the Court holds that when police investigate their own, fairness cannot merely exist—it must be demonstrable, credible, and constitutionally defensible

“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void

Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour

Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise

Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions

May Day Dramatised

When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.