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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: An inclusive ruler

The far Hindutva right continues its assault on the iconic Shivaji Maharaj in their crude bid to distort history and manipulate facts

“Have we really done away with our Constitution?”

Exactly, seventy years ago on November 26, 1949, the...

Pakistani students march for ‘azadi’

Taking a cue from their JNU counterparts, Pakistani students are to protest the abysmal condition of higher education

Why fee hikes are the death of education in India

With private education costs skyrocketing, public universities are the only refuge the disempowered students of India have

Will Anganwadi workers ever get their due?

MP N K Premachandran introduces a bill to regularize Anganwadi workers for the second time

Nationalise Education: Students’ Federation, Karnataka

The Federation of Student organisations for Free education” has...

Turmoil in the NE: The Naga Pact and its ramifications

The Naga Peace Pact, that is yet to be signed despite agreements in principle between Naga nationalists led by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak Muivah faction) or NSCN (IM) and the Indian government, has been a source of a virtual heartburn for the Northeast of late.

The Language of Hate – BHU students protest Muslim Sanskrit teacher

As we watch yet another pointless controversy unfold with a handful of BHU students protesting the appointment of a Muslim teacher in the Sanskrit department, we have to question the big picture.The brighter side is the larger number of students who came out in Prof Khan’s support

Build Peace and Friendship on the Foundation of Kartarpur

It was heartening to hear NarendraModi praise Imran Khan,...

Islamophobia: What’s Common between Payal Tadvi and Fathima Latif

Lately committing of suicide in higher places of learning...

Only eight out of India’s 20 IIMs have Dalit-Adivasi faculty

The issue of representation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in reputed institutes like IIMs (Indian Institute of Management) and IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) was brought up in the Rajya Sabha today. Some statistical data was revealed by the Minister of Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal, in the answers to questions raised by the members of the upper house during question hour of the session held on November 21.

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: An inclusive ruler

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Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections

Anticipatory Bail Denied to Nida Khan in TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court flags “systematic plan” and stresses custodial interrogation

While emphasising gravity and custodial interrogation, Sessions Court order leans heavily on narrative of “organised influence”—raising concerns over evidentiary thresholds, criminalisation of religious interaction, and expansion of bail-stage reasoning

“Reasonable Apprehension of Bias Is Enough”: Telangana High Court orders CBCID probe into SI’s death, reasserts constitutional demand for investigative neutrality

In a sharply reasoned ruling, the Court holds that when police investigate their own, fairness cannot merely exist—it must be demonstrable, credible, and constitutionally defensible

“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void

Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour

Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise

Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions

May Day Dramatised

When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.