World

Varanasi, UP: No to war, we want peace

A vibrant protest and silent hunger strike (maun upwas) was undertaken by citizens of Varanasi protesting US-Israel’s unprovoked war on Iran; the protest took place at the symbolic Ambedkar Park on Saturday, March 7, under the banner of Sanjha Sanskriti Manch

Are U.S. newspapers biased against Palestinians? Analysis of 100,000 headlines in top dailies says, Yes

A study released last month by 416Labs, a Toronto-based consulting...

The evil consequence of the ideology taught in our religious seminaries: Islamic scholar

THE situation which today has been created in the...

Bangladesh: Are reserved seats in the parliament sufficient for women’s empowerment?

There is broad consensus that women’s increased participation in...

Bangladesh: When the liberator came home

The story of January 10, 1972A momentous time in...

Don’t Hit Women Unless They Deserve It, Says Palestine President Abbas’ Adviser on Islam

Amid a Palestinian Authority campaign to stop violence against...

Israel lobby sabotages civil rights award for renowned activist Angela Davis

Alabama’s Birmingham Civil Rights Institute had withdrawn an award...

How foreign backing is keeping Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir in power

Day after day Sudanese are taking to the streets...

Saudi woman fleeing domestic violence faces deportation, barricades self in Thai hotel

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, described a life of unrelenting...

Rightist Bolsonaro takes office in Brazil, promising populist change to angry voters

Brazil’s new president Jair Bolsonaro, who took power on...

Dispatch from Palestine: A year in review

Looking back on this year, it is difficult to...

Trending

Related VIDEOS

ALL STORIES

ALL STORIES

Odisha: 18 months, 54 incidents of communal hate crimes, 7 mob lynchings

Admitting to a spiral in communally driven hate crimes in eastern state of Odisha since June 2024 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a majoritarian outfit came to power, Odisha’s chief minister, Charan Majhi said on Monday, March 9 that 54 such incidents and seven mob lynchings were recorded in that state; this was in a written reply to the State Assembly

Varanasi, UP: No to war, we want peace

A vibrant protest and silent hunger strike (maun upwas) was undertaken by citizens of Varanasi protesting US-Israel’s unprovoked war on Iran; the protest took place at the symbolic Ambedkar Park on Saturday, March 7, under the banner of Sanjha Sanskriti Manch

Why Cricket should remain above religious nationalism

The sight of the captain of the victorious Indian T-20 team, Surya Kumar Yadav, jubilantly accompanying ICC Chairman Jay Shah to a temple in Ahmedabad has drawn sharp comments on social media.

A history that teaches, a historian that shared, in Memoriam: Professor K.N. Panikkar

On March 9, 2026, a Monday, noted historian and alumni of the indomitable Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), K.N.Panikkar, passed away at a hospital in Thiruvanthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala. Born on April 26, 1936, KN as he was fondly known by fellow academics and activists alike, was one of the pioneers of the Marxist school of historiography

US-Israel War on Iran sees spirals in Hate against Muslim Americans: CSOH

The Centre for the Study of Organised Hate has analysed how Islamophobic discourse has spiralled post February 28 when the US-Israel launched an attack on Iran

Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Bill: Legislating suspicion in the name of “love jihad”

The proposed Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam, 2026 seeks to criminalise alleged forced conversions with harsh penalties and intrusive state oversight

Bail for Monu Manesar, along with his grand welcome, rekindles fear and grief in Junaid–Nasir Lynching case

Two years after the brutal killing of the Rajasthan cousins allegedly by cow vigilantes, the bail granted to Bajrang Dal-linked accused Monu Manesar has intensified fears of witness intimidation and renewed debate over delayed trials in mob violence cases