South Asia

The Indian Express investigation exposing fissures within the ECI, with two Commissioners dissenting the moves by CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the past 10 months has generated a political storm: the Indian National Congress protested the anti-constitutional functioning of the ECI and demanded the CEC’s resignation

Reacting to today’s investigation in a national newspaper revealing how the decision-making processing at the ECI had been compromised, the senior politician has elaborated how and why the CEC Gyanesh Kumar has no moral grounds to stay in office

A Citizens' Convention Held in Guwahati on Sunday, September 20 had over 150 prominent names from among a significant 300-strong participation across Assam that gave a clear call for a push-back of the SIR

The second-year student died hours after a mid-semester examination; his family alleges caste-based harassment, while the professor named in the FIR continues as faculty despite being removed as Dean

Progressive Muslims reject AIMPLB’s 'Save Shariah' Campaign; Call for gender justice and real reforms

Senior academics across West Bengal and other states urge Governor R.N. Ravi to withhold assent to the 2026 Bill, warning it could undermine university functioning and autonomy

Arguing that the Vadhavan Port Project in Maharashtra has not emerged from the needs of the local communities, and instead threatens the livelihoods of fisher folk, Adivasi lands, agriculture and orchards, the sea, and coastal biodiversity, the NAPM has demanded that the project “should be scrapped immediately”