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Jauhar & the Politics of Distraction: How the Right and so-called liberals often complement each other

The selectiveness of medieval Muslim or medieval Rajput history in contestation is not just deliberate effort to alienate these two communities but is also a Brahmanical viewpoint that refuses to subject Peshwa or Maratha history to a similar brand of selectivity

International Women’s Day Ignored Global Avoidable Mortality Holocaust Of Women And Children

On International Women’s Day (8 March) the Western-dominated celebrations...

#MeToo isn’t big in Africa. But women have launched their own versions

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Indian Girls Have Dreams But Face Backlash, Lack Opportunities

New Delhi: “Don’t play kabaddi anymore. It is not...

Women speak: To be a woman and to be in India

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‘Reforms Of India’s Inheritance Laws Inadvertently Increased Female Foeticide And Deaths In Infancy’

Mumbai: Reforms over 20 years to India’s discriminatory and...

Why Unmonitored Pill-Induced Abortions Are A Big Threat To Women’s Health In India

Mumbai: Four out of five abortions in Gujarat, Bihar...

Ensure recognition of all community, individual forest rights of STs, OTFDs; single, married women

Civil rights organizations Community Forest Rights-Learning and Advocacy process...

What can a woman call her own, really?

Our society continues to fail its womenA life destroyed...

Improve Women’s Education, Health Services To Reduce India’s Anaemia Burden, World’s Highest

New Delhi: Improving women’s education could be the single...

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The pre-dawn police action came as the family demanded that Dushyant Kumar Gautam’s appointment as Sikkim Governor be put on hold until the CBI completes its probe into the alleged VIP angle

Mumbai Police detain Ambedkarite leaders demanding justice for Sahil Wakode; IIT Bombay refuses to hear delegation

As Sahil Wakode’s parents continue their hunger strike over his death and allegations of caste discrimination, Mumbai Police barricaded access to IIT Bombay and detained civil society leaders

Jantar Mantar shut to protest, CJP leaders sent to jail, Delhi police invoke ‘breach of peace’

Denotification of the protest site precedes preventive action against Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who attempted to enter the barricaded area and unfurl the Tricolour

Bihar custodial death: Six suspended after Dilshad Ansari’s death in custody; family demands high-level probe

Dilshad Ansari’s family disputes the police claim that he jumped from a moving vehicle, demanding a thorough probe into his fatal head injury

Supreme Court seeks senior Delhi Police officer’s presence over alleged assault on women journalists; NWMI seeks binding safeguards

The Network of Women in Media, India, has moved the Supreme Court under Article 32, alleging that the detention, physical handling and forcible removal of journalists covering protests violate Articles 14, 19(1)(a), 19(1)(d) and 21 of the Constitution

Bombay High Court orders Maharashtra DGP to review arrest forms, flags failure to communicate grounds of arrest

Ruling in a murder case, the Court orders Shingare’s release over non-compliance with Article 22(1), states signed arrest notice cannot cure failure to communicate factual grounds of arrest

SIR West Bengal: Most Form 7 requests lead to deletions; Form 6 additions remain low

Election Commission data shows that 89.56% of Form 7 requests resulted in deletions, while 20.73% of Form 6 applications resulted in additions. Separately, voters challenging their removal face pending tribunal appeals and reported problems with notices, documents and access to orders.

‘Chalo Delhi’: Thousands march to Supreme court against ‘Vote Chori’, demand Gyanesh Kumar’s removal

Led by the INDIA bloc, the October 12 march brought opposition parties, lawyers, student organisations and civil society onto Delhi’s streets, demanding a halt to the SIR process and accountability for alleged electoral manipulation