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A Long Battle, A Swift Stay: The Fight for Equitable Campuses

It took the Supreme Court just two days to stay the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026. Compare this with the grueling...

ECI granted one week to respond to plea seeking SC’s direction on uploading voter turnout data on its website within 48 hours of conclusion...

Through the plea, the petitioners have highlighted the inordinate delays in uploading data as well as a mismatch in the final voter turnout data from the initial data

BJP Corporator arrested for circulating fake video showing rigged polls

After BJP Candidate Madhavi Latha was booked for using ‘dummy’ EVMs, a BJP corporator has been arrested for sharing a video falsely claiming it to show rigged polls in Telangana’s Hyderabad.

Bassem Yousef and Rethinking Holocaust Exceptionalism

One of the more frustrating debates I’ve seen on...

Accused of not voting for “free ration”, Dalit man beaten brutally in UP

Two home guards beat a Dalit security guard brutally in broad daylight at the tehsil office in Bareilly for not voting for ‘taking free ration.’ The incident has gone viral on social media and is a reminder of the violence that has often been meted out to the Dalit community for exercising their right to vote.

First set of citizenship certificates issued to over 300 under CAA: MHA

While 14 people where physically handed the certificates, more than 300 applicants received digitally signed certificates through email, sources suggest that most applicants were Pakistani Hindus.

Seeking a Leader for Life – A satire

In the fourth of a hilarious series, the author de-constructs the 2024 elections and the issues and campaigns that have emerged

LAPRI files 37 complaints to authorities as on 12 May for violations of MCC and RPA

Out of 37 complaints filed by LAPRI since the MCC came into force, no action taken in 19 complaints, FIR registered in 5

Glaring Mismatches in EVM Numbers Aggravate Concerns on ECI’s Poll Management

As the seven-phased general election process in India entered...

The Ant and the Bee: Two compelling narratives in India’s electoral battle

Caveat: Crafting a compelling narrative is crucial for elections, but...

Owner of collapsed illegal hoarding in Mumbai previously booked for rape, known for illegal banners

Bhavesh Prabhudas Bhinde remains absconding after the incident, BMC now removes other hoardings; yesterday’s collapse of hoarding resulted in 14 deaths and left 76 injured till now

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Healthcare in Karnataka: Is a Health Bill the Need of the Hour?

The Karnataka Janaarogya Chaluvali (Karnataka People’s Health Movement/Struggle) has written a strong critique of the draft Karnataka Right to Health and Emergency Medical Services Bill 2025, questioning its rationale and orientation; the critique points how this draft has been mostly borrowed from the Rajasthan Right to Health Act (2022). Besides, says KJC, while some activists in Karnataka have been clamoring for a replication of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act, this demand has been made without investing too much thought into whether this is what Karnataka requires

Suo moto cognisance of repeated hate speech by CM Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma must: Assam’s public intellectuals to Gauhati HC

Close to a dozen public intellectuals including Hiren Gohain, Harekrishna Deka, former DGP, Assam and author, Dr. Indrani Dutta, former Director, Omiyo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, among so many others, have in a letter petition to CJ, Gauhati High Court, Justice Vijay Bishnoi drawn attention of the Court to series of inciteful statements by Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister and urged suo moto cognisance

Assam’s Electoral Rolls in Crisis: CJP flags structural manipulation in Summary Revision

CJP-led memorandum to the Election Commission documents forged objections, misuse of Form 7, and violations of statutory safeguards meant to protect the right to vote

Campuses in Revolt: How the UGC Equity Stay and Criminalised Dissent Have Ignited Student Protests Across India

From Allahabad University to JNU, BHU and Delhi University, students are pushing back against the silencing of caste critique and the suspension of long-awaited equity safeguards

Another Campus, Another Death: Student suicides continue unabated across India

The deaths of Naman Agarwal and several others in recent days reveal a system where inquiries begin only after lives are lost; from IIT Bombay to BITS Goa, a spate of student deaths in just days exposes the hollowness of institutional safeguards and mental-health promises

When Protest becomes a “Threat”: Inside the Supreme Court hearing on Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA detention

From alleged “Arab Spring inspiration” to missing exculpatory material, the case raises stark questions about preventive detention, free speech, and governance in India’s border regions

Hate Speech Before the Supreme Court: From judicial activism to institutional closure

How a six-year constitutional conversation — spanning ‘Corona Jihad’, ‘UPSC Jihad’, Dharam Sansads, contempt petitions, and preventive policing — culminated in the Supreme Court reserving orders and closing most hate-speech cases