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The Deadly Deadline: “I Can’t Do This Anymore”—India’s electoral revision turns into a graveyard for BLOs/teachers

From consuming poison in Uttar Pradesh to hanging in West Bengal, the ‘Deadly Deadline’ of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) triggers a suicide wave among teachers and Anganwadi workers, employees’ unions cry 'institutional murder' while families mourn loved ones broken by state pressure

Covid-19: Bihar Hospitals face shortage of beds, patients being turned away

With over 20,000 active cases in the state, ambulances are being asked to return from hospitals owing to inadequate infrastructure

Former Professor Shoma Sen moves Bombay HC against UAPA charges

Argues that the case against her is “unfounded” and that the evidence was “planted” on co-accused’s digital devices

Bombay HC rejects plea to allow Ramadan prayers at Juma Masjid

The court has said that the ongoing critical covid situation is serious in nature and such congregation could impact public health

FLD condemns Manipur activist Laishram Singh’s arrest under UAPA

The human rights group demanded immediate dismissal of all charges against him, saying he was being targeted for his work exposing a nexus between a drug cartel and powerful but corrupt officials

Allahabad HC quashes expired externment order under Goonda Act, says tarnishes reputation

Court upheld petitioner's right to question validity of order; also observed that authorities did not consider tangible and relevant material

Covid continues to claim more lives, as many state gov’ts find themselves overwhelmed

Here is what has been happening across the country in just one day, from devotees testing positive for Covid-19 at Kumbh Mela, to overcrowded crematoria and burial grounds

WB potato farmers celebrate govt schemes but voice need for more initiatives

Potato farmers held on to their produce to reap major benefits, which shows better financial conditions, say government officials

West Bengal has highest number of hospital beds in government hospitals: CDDEP

Although the state did not score highest in terms of overall hospital beds, West Bengal offered more beds to the common people of India

Uttar Pradesh is reeling under Covid-19 crisis, who is in charge?

Ambulances not reaching patients in time, CMO is taking two days to give referral slips; Adityanath Cabinet minister's letter on poor handling of COVID-19 pandemic in Lucknow goes viral 

CJP helps Assam woman declared foreigner get bail from Guwahati HC

The Darrang based woman was declared foreigner in an ex parte judgment by the FT

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The Deadly Deadline: “I Can’t Do This Anymore”—India’s electoral revision turns into a graveyard for BLOs/teachers

From consuming poison in Uttar Pradesh to hanging in West Bengal, the ‘Deadly Deadline’ of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) triggers a suicide wave among teachers and Anganwadi workers, employees’ unions cry 'institutional murder' while families mourn loved ones broken by state pressure

November 26: How RSS mourned the passage of India’s Constitution by the Constituent Assembly

On November 26, 2025, India’s 77th Constitution Day, students of history must recall how majoritarian outfits like the RSS mourned the passage of modern India’s liberating moment, the passage of the Constitution

A Terror Case Without Evidence: Allahabad High Court’s ‘heavy heart’ acquittal After 28 Years

A devastating judicial analysis reveals how a mass-casualty blast, a collapsed investigation, and an inadmissible police confession led to the undoing of a decades-old conviction

A Salute across the skies, from Air Commodore Pervez Akhtar Khan

The tragic death of 37-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, Wing Commander Namansh Syal, who lost his life on Friday, November 21 when a Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Mk-1) crashed during a demonstration at the Dubai air show, brought this moving response from Pakistani Air Commodore Pervez Akhtar Khan from across the border

Clarity Without Cure: The Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of Articles 200 and 201 and the future of federal governance

The opinion restores textual fidelity to Article 200, but its institutional hesitations risk enabling executive obstruction of democratically enacted State legislation

SIR exercise leaves trail of suicide across states as BLOs buckle under pressure and citizens panic over citizenship

The SIR of electoral rolls has come under severe distress following a series of suicides involving Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and marginalised citizens in West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Kerala, families and employee unions allege that the pressure to complete a traditionally lengthy verification process in the name of SIR within two months is causing fatal mental distress

Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment

Draft Seeds Bill must be withdrawn: SKM, AIKS

SKM leaders say the draft seed Bill surrendered the seed sovereignty of India and it is aimed at predatory pricing by corporate monopolies