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Resignation in Protest: MP woman judge quits over elevation of senior she accused of harassment and discrimination

In a powerful act of protest, Judge Aditi Gajendra Sharma resigns after the elevation of a senior she accused of caste-based harassment, calling out the judiciary’s silence, systemic bias, and betrayal of its own ideals

Kerala nun rape case: Court dismisses Bishop Mulakkal’s discharge plea

Mulakkal has been charged with rape, unnatural sex, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation.

Stop blaming women and peaceful protesters for Delhi violence: Women’s groups

Women intellectuals and civil society members come together to condemn CAA-NPR-NRC

How ‘Bura na maano Holi hai’ has undermined the consent of women in India

From casually normalizing abuse to giving Holi a communal colour by targeting minority women, the festival has become more of a nightmare than a celebration

Sisterhood, Resistance & Resolve: Shaheen Bagh’s women mark Interational Women’s Day, support Delhi violence survivors

Even as Shaheen Bagh rose up to support the survivors of Delhi’s mass violence, the east Delhi dairy farmer, who had fired at the site on February 1, received bail on Friday and was released on Saturday

Shaheen Bagh Women inspire Million Women Rise 2020 march: London

The South Asia Solidarity group backing the march said the women in Shaheen Bagh are inspiring flowers of resistance that have bloomed against genocidal laws

Women of the World, Unite: An ode to women who stood up for the future of the world

​​​​​​​On International Women’s Day, a look at how women are standing up to change the world, one protest at a time

Burqas, Bindis, and Bangles: The Femme Revolution of India

Women have been at the forefront, raising their voices against injustice- be it the #MeToo movement or Anti CAA/NRC protests. The women of Shaheen Bagh have sent a strong message with their protest. Is India ready for this revolution?

Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, brother convicted in Unnao rape survivor’s father’s death

Kuldeep’s brother, Atul Sengar had an altercation with the survivor’s father, who was later beaten up in prison at his behest and died of his injuries

Gujarat: Around 100  women allegedly made to undergo gynecological finger test

At the Surat state-run hospital, they were made to stand in a room in groups of 10 while lady doctors conducted the test on them

Sustaining Shaheen Bagh & Challenges that lie ahead

A peaceful and powerful movement articulated by Muslim women, thrice oppressed, it must reach out to others alienated, workers, farmers, Dalits and Adivasis

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Protest outside Delhi HC gate over bail in Unnao rape case, survivor’s mother asks for maximum punishment

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

SIR: Over 3.5 Crore electors flagged for removal across 12 states in SIR, Uttar Pradesh will publish its draft rolls on December 31

More than 3.5 crore electors have been provisionally deleted from electoral rolls across 12 states and UTs following the publication of draft rolls under the SIR, Uttar Pradesh, which has the largest electorate in the country, is scheduled to publish its draft electoral rolls on December 31, 2025, marking the next major phase of the ongoing controversial revision exercise

Free Speech in India 2025: What the Free Speech Collective report reveals about a year of silencing

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

Demand that Modi provides Rs 1 crore compensation for migrant worker, Ram Narayan Baghel killed by right wing goons in Kerala: AIKS

Apart from condemning the shocking killing, by lynching of migrant worker, Ram Narayan Baghel killed by right wing goons belonging to the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS) and BJP in Palakkad, Kerala, the AIKS has demanded that the Modi Government to provide Rs. 1 crore as ex- gratia compensation to the family of the deceased

Kishore Theckedath: an exceptional Marxist intellectual and mass organiser

Kishore Thekedath who passed away at 89 in Mumbai hailed from Kerala and was among the founder members of the Bombay University and College Teachers Union (BUCTU) in 1966, remaining on the Executive Committee of the body for fifty years until 2016; he was also the Vice President of the Kerala People's Education Society (KPES), which has been running the large Adarsh Vidyalaya in Mumbai very well for several decades. This tribute, by Ashok Dhawale, senior CPI-M leader brings alive Thekedath’s contribution to the collective struggles of teachers and students

Kerala: Protests erupt after RSS-BJP man’s alleged attack on children’s Christmas carol group in Palakkad

Clearly emboldened by some recent poll gains by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in local elections in the state, a RSS-BJP worker Aswin Raj allegedly assaulted the children and damaged their musical instrument, the police have arrested him

Delhi HC grants bail pending appeal to Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar

The bail order accompanies a temporary suspension of sentence for Sengar will walk free; it has returned public attention to the survivor and her mother's pursuit of justice since 2017; Sengar will, however, remain in jail as he is also serving a 10-year sentence in the custodial death case of the rape victim’s father

‘Brutal intimidation of Christians’ all India condemned: Bombay Catholic Sabha

In a statement, accompanied by open letters to senior political leaders, the Bombay Catholic Sabha (BCS) has strongly condemned the “brutal intimidation of Christians in some parts of the country and increase of such act of terror during the Christmas season”