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Delhi: Between Protection & Prayer: Stories of revered sites now under the protection of ASI
In Delhi, some monuments are not just remnants of the past. They continue to function as places of prayer, remain part of neighbourhood life, and exist within an ongoing struggle over who owns them, who maintains them, and who decides how they may be used. The authors examine the layered complexities involved
Festivals: Occasions for spreading communal harmony in India
India's Tryst With Destiny has been overwrought with the legacy of violent bloodshed and communal disharmony of Partition, leaving behind scars which we have neither been able to completely comprehend, nor heal, to this day.
Adani defamation case: Guj court issues arrest warrant against Paranjaoy Guha Thakurta
The 2017 case relates to an article in The Wire about changes to SEZ rules to favour Adani
Manipur journalists released; charges dropped
Police will continue investigating author of the article
Jharkhand scholarship scam: District welfare official suspended
This is the first punitive step taken by the state against an official, after it launched an investigation into the illegal diversion of scholarship fund
Delhi’s pre-Mughal mosques wallow in neglect
Like the other structures, the mosques of the pre-Mughal era lie forlorn and in benign neglect with little to no upkeep
FMP condemns misuse of draconian laws to target Manipur journalists
The journalists were booked under UAPA and sedition laws
Republic TV and Times Now reportage prima facie contemptuous: Bombay High Court
In the SSR media trial case, the court issued directions to be followed by the media while reporting but refrained from taking coercive action against the channels
Woman journalist assaulted in Assam
Journalists’ association demands justice, action against accused: a movie producer and an actor
Manipur journalists booked under UAPA, sedition law
Duo arrested for articles expressing “sympathy and support for ideologies and activities of armed revolutionary groups”
The interplay between social media and hate speech in India
Now that Donald Trump’s Facebook, Twitter accounts have been banned after his abusive tweets as his supporters stormed the US Capitol, what is in store for India?
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The BEST Strike: Years of unfulfilled promises, structural neglect and the future of public transport in Mumbai
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Declared Foreigners, Facing Deportation: Supreme Court grants interim relief
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Release Kashmiri HRD Khurram Pervez immediately & unconditionally: International HR Fora
In a strong joint statement issued on the occasion of Khurram Parvez’s 49th birthday on June 18, 2026, close to 100 international organisations and an equal number of individuals, including those associated with the United Nations like World Organization against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Frontline Defenders, Amnesty International, among others, have demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the Kashmiri human rights defender and the relentless campaign of judicial harassment.
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The telegram NEET case and the expansion of platform-level censorship in India
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From a daughter to her mother Indiramma, Kavitha Lankesh writes, “I will miss you. Everyday.”
By the morning of Monday, June 15, 2026, Indira Lankesh (Indiramma as we all knew her), mother of Kavitha and Gauri Lankesh, wife and partner of Parvathi Lankesh and grandmother to her beloved Esha, left peacefully in her sleep. She was 83 years old. Today, on the afternoon of Saturday June 20, about 1/1.30 p.m. her beautiful and loyal daughter, Kavitha Lankesh wrote this tribute to her on Meta/Facebook.