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Himachal Pradesh, presently Congress-ruled and Haryana, BJP ruled have seen recent attacks on Kashmiri shawl sellers increase

Returning to civilizational roots requires battling back and again the stratification of othering and exclusion rooted in state and society

Protesters gathered near the court premises, raising slogans and expressing opposition to the bail order

Based on data documenting 14,875 violations, the Free Speech Collective’s latest report traces how killings, arrests, mass censorship, corporate pressure and regulatory overreach combined to shrink India’s public sphere in 2025

The author, brings attention to crucial issues affecting society and state through his unique brand of satire

A village panchayat in Rajasthan's Jalore district has prohibited daughters-in-law and young women from 15 villages from using phones with cameras starting January 26 which is also India’s Republic Day, the day the Indian Constitution came into force. Instead, they will only be allowed to use keypad phones instead of smartphones; explaining the rationale, Sujanaram Chaudhary said the community believes that excessive smartphone use by women leads to prolonged screen exposure for children living with them

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Despite the Union government’s tardy approach since the passage of the historic Forest Rights Act in 2006, states such as Jammu and Kashmir are now taking the lead in securing indigenous land rights. Groups including the Wullar Bachav Front and the All India Union of Forest Working Peoples (AIUWFP) have been engaging with the state administration on the issue

In sharp contrast to other development parametres, these high infant mortality figures, reveal an institutional malaise that needs urgent addressing

The Late Prof M. P. Manmathan (1915–1994) belonged to...