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From Whispers to Shouts: How India’s voter roll irregularities are finally being heard

From ghost voters in Bihar to duplicate entries in Maharashtra, years of citizen warnings have exploded into a national flashpoint after opposition parties accused the Election Commission of enabling “vote theft”

US opposes breastfeeding at WHO world health meeting

Infant formula milk is a $70 Billion industry based...

How India Could Cut Irrigation Water By 33%–And Reduce Anaemia, Zinc Deficiency

Mount Abu (Rajasthan): India could reduce the water it...

Plastic Pollution in India

With the government making nothing but false claims, the...

Hindi Added 100Mn Speakers In A Decade; Kashmiri 2nd Fast Growing Language

Mumbai: Hindi was the fastest growing language in India...

Remembering Praful Bidwai

  I can’t think of a more appropriate way of...

Despite a Biased UP Admin I am Free: Richa Singh

Former president of the Allahabad Students Union, Richa Singh...

Prof. Keshav Rao Jadhav: A Man of Courage, Conviction and Commitment

The Socialist Party (India) has lost its three stalwarts...

Hurricane Maria and Cyclone Ockhi: A tale of two discriminatory and ill-prepared governments

While thousands of people are still without electricity more...

The Right to Ridicule a Basic Right: Madras High Court

One of the earliest stories that all of us...

High Blood Pressure Killed 1.6 Mn Indians In 2016, But Most Are Unaware Of Its Dangers

New Delhi: Hypertension or high blood pressure affects nearly...

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Court stays proceedings against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat over alleged derogatory remarks targeting Muslim women

After a video of his alleged inflammatory speech at a Deepotsava event went viral, the Sessions Court in Puttur restrained police from arresting or detaining Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat — the latest in a long series of hate speech complaints against the influential RSS organiser in coastal Karnataka

Haunted by NRC fears, 57-year-old West Bengal man dies by suicide; Mamata blames BJP for turning democracy into a “theatre of fear”

Pradip Kar, a resident of West Bengal, allegedly died by suicide, leaving behind a note that, “NRC is responsible for my death” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the BJP for turning democracy into a “theatre of fear”, the family told police that Pradip had been deeply disturbed by reports related to the NRC — a tragedy reminiscent of the March 2024 Kolkata case of 31-year-old Debashish Sengupta, who allegedly died by suicide over fears related to the CAA

Statistical Amnesia: How Communal Violence Vanishes in NCRB 2023

When “rioting” becomes the default label, targeted violence is invisible—this is India’s quiet apocalypse in the NCRB 2023 report

ECI’s announced nationwide SIR, will cover 12 States and UTs with a reduced documentary burden

The ECI’s nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR), announced across 12 States and Union Territories — including Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal — scales back the stringent document collection requirements seen earlier in Bihar’s SIR, prioritising inclusion over immediate documentary proof during enumeration

Citizens move to stop privatisation of Mumbai’s Public Hospitals

Aspatal Bachao Neejikaran Hatao Kruti Samiti and Unions that font a coalition are also demanding adequate health staff and upgraded public health services for all people of Mumbai

Can majoritarian societal pressure re-write the rulebook? The illegality behind forced non-veg shutdowns during festivals

Across cities, self-styled vigilantes and pliant administrations are turning a majoritarian religious sentiment into state policy—forcing meat shops shut, harassing small vendors, and eroding constitutional freedoms. As livelihood and dietary choice fall victim to faith-led policing, we ask, can devotion be invoked to justify discrimination? Does this trend underline how faith is being weaponised to erode rights and livelihoods?