Modi Govt Has Proved ‘Unwilling’ to Protect Rights of Minority Groups: Human Rights Watch Report
No prosecution or ‘serious effort’ seen to prevent attacks by vigilante groups claiming to be BJP supporters.
No prosecution or ‘serious effort’ seen to prevent attacks by vigilante groups claiming to be BJP supporters.
The Election Commission had on Friday asked the president to disqualify its 20 MLAs.
It is not proper for a man – who lives in a male-centric society and enjoys the privileges and hegemonic power derived from it – to identify a woman, even one who is not a poet or goddess, in an ambiguous manner.
Premchand’s nationalism often looked inward, at Indians, the decay of their culture, the condition of women and poor, the caste system or communalism.
Special secretary, UP department of justice, Raj Singh, has sought information on whether the cases could be withdrawn in public interest.
The mutilated bodies of three Dalit men were found dumped in a septic tank in Sonai village on January 1, 2013.
Maya Mirchandani interviews former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani about what ASEAN means for India and South East Asia.
Arjun Singh, was ten when his father died while cleaning a sewer in Delhi. The 14-year old now sells snacks to support his family, while dreaming of becoming a bank manager and a chef.
A round-up of what’s happening in India’s Northeast.
From Gauri Lankesh’s murder to defamation suits, attacks on the media have become commonplace.
Agitation against any regime is easy. However, to sustain a movement and give an ideological alternative to the existing system is a whole different proposition.
The brutal incident took place on January 1, 2013, when three Dalit youths were killed in Sonai Village in Ahmednagar district, over an intercaste love affair, according to the police.
The independence of the judiciary can and will only be maintained by not letting anyone outside try to broker a resolution to this current stalemate.
The high court asked the Election Commission to inform it by January 22 whether any final communication has been sent to the president on the disqualification of the MLAs.
At the onset of winters, the UP government had announced that children attending government primary and upper primary schools would be given winter uniforms for free. That promise remains unfulfilled in much of the state.
AAP has accused the chief election commissioner of playing into the hands of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.
Seven years after ousting Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisians are protesting the government’s new Finance Act.
Three people arrested by the Assam Border Police for allegedly being foreigners describe their experiences at the detention camps and how life changed for them.
Dalit-Bahujan issues, earlier rejected even within the liberal political space, are now at the centre of political discourse.
The US administration announced this week that it is withholding $65 million from a planned $125 million aid package for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees.
The bench trashed the submission that screening the movie may cause serious threat to life, property and law and order.
Jagdamba Mall, a known face of the RSS in the Northeast, who has also been instrumental in BJP’s electoral inroads into the region, said the Accord is his “personal effort” coming from his “study of the Naga issue for over 45 years”.
A fortnightly column on contemporary society and politics.
The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the decks for the all-India release of the movie
Vinod Dua discusses the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss the ban on Padmaavat and the ongoing arguments in the final Aadhaar hearing.
Academics and lawyers have cautioned against harmful psychological effects on teachers.
Counting in the three states will be held on March 3.
Out of the 642 faculty members across 13 IIMs, only four belong to Scheduled Castes and a solitary faculty member belongs to a Scheduled Tribe.
Faculty members have alleged that vice chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar has been flouting norms to get candidates close to the Sangh parivar appointed, in the process putting the quality of education in jeopardy.
Defenders of Aadhaar have called opposition to it an organised campaign stemming from paranoia. But a look at the petitioners proves it is anything but.
The number of cases against Aadhaar have bloated since 2012. As hearings begin again before the apex court, a look at what the cases are:
In Karnataka and beyond, the BJP’s reliance on communal spite runs great risks.
A minor change in the secretariat manual means that only ‘VIPs’ have access to communication within a stipulated timeline.
The sport was banned following a SC order in May 2014 until the state government last year brought an ordinance to facilitate its conduct owing to a massive protest in Chennai and several places across the state.
Rohith’s mother Radhika Vemula, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar, scholar Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd and transgender activist Grace Banu were also present at the programme.
Is it not more urgent to investigate the four Supreme Court judges’ disquiet than to make noises of disapproval about their alleged breach of conduct?
Swaraj said that the time terror was seen as other people’s problem is ‘long gone’ and that ‘zero tolerance is the call of the day’.
The outcome appears to be in BJP’s favour as NPF leader Neiphu Rio quit the party and is poised to join the newly-formed NDPP and become the joint CM candidate.
Both Central and state governments continue to spend large sums on other pilgrimages and festivals.
Rohith’s suicide brought the lacuna of our modern institutions at the forefront and showcased how places for higher learning are intrinsically insensitive towards Dalits.