South Asia

From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions

An academic activist, Pradip Prabhu worked among Adivasis as also contributed to academia and path-breaking legislation for indigenous land rights

KPSS says Kashmiri Pandits cannot be expected to return to their ancestral homes while living with the possibility of renewed targeting

Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has urged the Election Commission of India to extend the claims and objections period, ensure mandatory Ward Committee and Gram Sabha verification, give voters three to four weeks to respond to notices, and increase electoral manpower, warning that compressed timelines could leave genuine voters facing disenfranchisement during SIR

A pillar of the left movement in Maharashtra and the co-founder of PARI, she combined ideological clarity with a lifetime of organising the struggle for women's rights on the ground.

Weeks of agitation over recruitment and examination reforms culminated in clashes in Patna, amid disturbing allegations of excessive force, illegal detention and custodial abuse

The investigation documents the use of pellet-firing shotguns, tear gas, batons and electric shock weapons against protesters, including children, and calls for an independent probe into police conduct