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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

Who will decide how many children an Indian woman should bear?

Some Church Bishops encourage large families, while male Chief Minister ministers plan two-child laws, has anyone asked the women?

PP must submit report giving specific reasons for detention under UAPA: J&K and Ladakh HC

The court ruled that an IO’s request cannot substitute a Public Prosecutor’s report to extend the detention period under UAPA beyond 90 days

Pegasus Snoopgate: RS MP, Journalists move SC for court monitored probe

Reports of alleged snooping of human rights activists, politicians and journalists, using Israeli spyware Pegasus, surfaced one day before the monsoon session

Centre justifies withholding names of UAPA detainees citing “national interest”

MHA admits that Delhi Police arrested 9 people under UAPA last year, but refuses to disclose names

Nearly 50,000 atrocity cases registered under SC/ST Act in 2019: Centre

The conviction rate meanwhile howers at a mere 10 percent as per submission by the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment before the Rajya Sabha

Bhima Koregaon case: Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navalakha, Vernon Gonsalves seek interim bail

The three accused have moved the Special Court praying for temporary release citing age and susceptibility to Covid-19

Indian children grossly underweight or stunted across Indian states

41 percent children underweight in Bihar, 46 percent stunted in Manipur between 2019 to 2020 as per Centre's submission during the ongoing monsoon session; Centre could provide data only for 22 States and Union Territories

Kisan Sansad: Farmers reject APMC Bypass Act

Dismissing the law as one that caters to big corporations, farmers demanded that the Indian Parliament do the same

Justice for Stan Swamy! Drenched supporters carry on his legacy

Ranchi citizens denounce custodial death of Father Stan, demand scrapping of draconian laws

No evidence of conspiracy against me: Ishrat Jahan to Delhi court

The Karkadooma sessions court is hearing lawyer-activist Ishrat Jahan’s bail application in the Delhi violence conspiracy case

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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

Indian Agriculture: Between the 2026 Union budget & US-India trade deal, a huge setback for Indian farmers

While the Indian corporate media has hailed the reduction of tariffs to the US, now at 18 per cent (still up from the previous single digit figures), it is the blanket non-tariff barriers to US agriculture goods that will hit Indian farmers hard

Hidden Histories: A rare memory of the struggle for freedom in a Himalayan kingdom

While large parts of modern India’s contribution to the sub-continent’s struggle for freedom find place in historical accounts, the author tracks this unreported hidden struggle against colonial yoke in the Himalayan kingdom of Tehri 

Five Things Mamata Banerjee Said After Meeting CEC Over SIR

In November, the chief minister had asked the CEC to halt the SIR in the poll-bound state, claiming that the BLOs had not been provided adequate training, support or time.