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Delhi, Mumbai: Media organisations sharply criticise UNI eviction

The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), the Editors’ Guild of India and the Mumbai Press club have sharply condemned the executive overreach that ordered the Delhi police to violently evict the staff of the UNI on March 20, 2026

Over 200 Ahmedabad schools served closure notice for violating fire safety norms

Municipal Corporation takes measure after enforcing similarly strict norms for hospitals

SC quashes alleged forcible conversion case, after man denies being converted by accused

The case registered under MP Freedom of Religion Act was registered after duping the “converted” man into signing some papers. It is  unclear however, who forced him to sign the papers on basis of which the case was lodged in the first place

IT Rules: Oversight mechanism may rob the media of its independence, says Madras HC

“Prima facie, there is substance in the petitioners' grievance that an oversight mechanism to control the media by the government may rob the media of its independence and the fourth pillar, so to say, of democracy may not at all be there,” the court said

Karnataka: Why has the Hindu Jagarana Vedike reactivated its aggression now?

Mob assaulted and manhandled a Muslim journalist, another disrupted a church service

Kannur University likely to drop works of Savarkar, Golwalkar from syllabus

This has been recommended by a two-member committee syllabus review appointed by the university, following massive public uproar

Moulvi Muhammad Baqir: The journalist who made the pen his sword

Baqir played a crucial role in encouraging people to come together for the 1857 Rebellion against the British and was martyred

SCHOOL survey indicates widening educational gap between SC/ST and other children

The report highlights how socio-economic discrimination has seeped into India’s educational system

Politics in education or politics of education?

New courses in universities, schools stressing on ‘patriotism’ or adding works of right wing ideologies narrow spaces for diversity and questioning

Remembering the independence activist, Jatindra Nath Das

He died in 1929 at the age of 25, after a 63-day fast for protecting political prisoners from injustice

Why did Indian Express apologise for the epic Adityanath advertorial goof up?

Chief Minister Adityanath seemed ‘unaware’ of the goof up, or was too busy making ‘abba jaan’ comments in Kushinagar

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