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Questions Over Prison Security As US DoJ Echoes NIA, Says Bishnoi Extorted US Victims Via WhatsApp From Gujarat Jail

July 11, 2026 08:22

The United States Department of Justice’s allegation that Lawrence Bishnoi, currently held in Ahmedabad’s high-security Sabarmati jail, has continued to run extortion operations through WhatsApp and other encrypted applications as recently as January 2026, has led to questions on the level of security in which Bishnoi has been kept. The indictments say that Bishnoi’s latest […]

Excluded From SIR, No Passport? The Shocking Story Of How Former Editor Of A National Daily Was Denied His Rights

June 30, 2026 22:04

R Rajagopal Rejection was spelt out in 21 letters: “Excluded in deleted list.” Earlier, a senior journalist had virtually admonished me for complaining about my name being deleted from the voters’ list in the Ballygunge constituency in Calcutta, where I have been living for over 30 years, and about the delay in the police verification […]

Do UPSC Interviews Push Reserved Category Candidates Down The Merit List? A New Study Finds They Might

June 30, 2026 20:18

Rahul Kumar Singh Every year, after the UPSC results are declared, the country celebrates hard work, resilience and merit. Yet in parallel, another story begins to gather force: viral posts, angry threads and familiar comparisons with Dronacharya, all pointing to one question, whether candidates from marginalised communities are being given lower interview marks despite performing […]

Who Will Trust The Indian Passport If India Doesn’t?

June 26, 2026 08:37

Rahul Bedi India’s bureaucracy has long been a global leader in administrative innovation, as nowhere else can a government issue a passport, ask the world to accept it as proof of nationality and citizenship, and then maintain that it is merely a travel document. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) did just that on Wednesday. […]

AI171 Crash: New Simulator Data, Timelines in AAIB Report Point to Systems Failure, Not Pilot Error

June 21, 2026 10:57

Rachel Chitra India’s deadliest aviation disaster, Air India flight 171 that killed 260 people, likely suffered a systems‑driven failure, as per new simulator data and the India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB’s) own timings. Fresh 787 Level‑D simulator tests commissioned by the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), which represents 6,000 pilots, show that the aircraft’s […]

India’s International Day of Yoga Machine Is Losing Altitude

June 21, 2026 10:48

Patrick McCartney Today, June 21, is observed as International Day of Yoga. Just like the summer solstice every June 21, the International Day of Yoga (IDY) reappears as a familiar global ritual. Across the world, public parks fill with bodies moving in synchrony while political leaders roll out mats in carefully staged formations. Social media becomes […]

A Lived Sociology of Caste

June 21, 2026 10:35

Anand Teltumbde Reading Homes without Windows, I frequently experienced flashes of deja vu. Although unlike Chandu Maheria, I grew up in a village setting in Maharashtra, the experiences of Dalits are essentially not very dissimilar. In addition, I was well acquainted with places and most people that figure in the book. It evoked memories of my […]

SC Upholds EC’s Power To Conduct SIR, Asks It To Flag Voters Deleted Over ‘Doubtful Citizenship’

May 27, 2026 12:33

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 27) upheld the power of the Election Commission (EC) to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The court observed that the SIR had a direct nexus to ensuring free and fair elections. The Supreme Court has directed the EC to forward to the Union Government the names […]

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Buffalo Slaughter For Zoo Animals In Gujarat

May 19, 2026 19:44

The Supreme Court on Monday (May 18) dismissed a petition challenging the slaughter of buffaloes inside two zoos in Gujarat to feed wild animals housed there, LiveLaw reported. The petition was heard by a bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta, who refused to interfere with Gujarat high court’s order dismissing a public interest litigation […]

Home Ministry Refuses to Disclose How Much Govt Spends on Mohan Bhagwat’s Security

May 9, 2026 12:52

By Ankit Raj In the RTI response, while the ministry cited concerns regarding security and privacy, the CISF declined to share the details, asserting that it is an organisation exempt from the purview of the law. In response to Right to Information (RTI) applications filed to ascertain how much the Union government spends on the […]

In ‘Address to Nation’, Modi Violates MCC, Accuses Oppn of ‘Female Foeticide’ After Delimitation Plan Failure

April 19, 2026 10:37

Opposition party leaders condemned Modi’s address, noting that his broadside against them was delivered via an official address. A day after his government’s contentious bid to remove the freeze on delimitation and expand the strength of the Lok Sabha to “operationalise” women’s reservation failed to pass muster in the House, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an […]

Govt Proposes IT Rules Amendment to Block News Content on Social Media by Users, Influencers, Content Creators

March 31, 2026 17:11

The draft rules, termed by the IFF as ‘digital authoritarianism’, expand the Union government’s control not only onto intermediaries like social media platforms but to users who are not ‘publishers’ but post or share news and current affairs content online. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Monday (March 30) published proposed amendments […]

‘Mining Blasts Are Cracking Our Homes’: Sonbhadra Villagers Oppose Bina Coal Mine Expansion

March 18, 2026 22:28

As public sector Northern Coalfields Limited pushes ahead with plans to expand its opencast mining project in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district, 400 rural residents have signed a detailed ‘suggestions and objections letter’, raising questions about the government’s environmental compliance, compensation and rehabilitation plans. Bina opencast coal mine in the background | Cracked homes of residents. […]

US-Israel War On Iran: Why A Clean Energy Transition Is Even More Crucial Now For India

March 3, 2026 17:04

Given the increasingly volatile West Asian landscape, rapid deployment of clean technologies is no longer just a climate imperative but a strategic necessity for India, one expert said. The possible disruption of ship movement through the Strait of Hormuz as a fallout of the recent offensive by the United States and Israel on Iran could […]

UP Police Books Journalist, 8 Others For Sharing ‘Old’ Video of Unruly Holi Celebrations

March 3, 2026 16:27

Piyush Rai had not claimed that the video was new. He told The Wire that the investigating officer had not reached out to him yet, and that he received a copy of the FIR from a reporter in Mathura. Uttar Pradesh police on February 28 registered a first information report against a journalist and eight others […]

Gujarat: Should House Demolitions Lead To SIR Deletions? Civil Society Activists Say ‘They Are’

March 2, 2026 13:25

Among all states where the SIR was conducted, Gujarat recorded the highest net deletion, with 68,12,711 electors removed. On January 26, Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai Rathod, a folk musician from Gujarat received the Padma Shri award, India’s fourth-highest civilian award, on the Republic Day. A day later, Rathod’s name in the electoral list drew objections from a local political leader. […]

After Backing UAE, Modi Calls Netanyahu, Urges Early End To Hostilities

March 2, 2026 11:36

Modi’s phone calls with the two West Asian leaders come even as India has yet to comment on the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader in the US-Israeli strikes. Just after condemning Iran’s missile strikes on the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging an early cessation of […]

‘World Needs Peace’: Opposition Reacts To US-Israel Strikes On Iran

March 2, 2026 11:19

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera criticised the Modi government’s silence on the “targeted assassination” as an abdication of moral leadership and a betrayal of India’s traditional principles. The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israeli airstrike has triggered has sparked sharp criticism from opposition parties in India. Leaders across political parties […]

India’s ‘AI Impact Summit’ Promises Little More Than Spectacle

February 17, 2026 12:05

While the summit intends to “democratise AI”, an analysis of its 793 public events reveals the agenda setting power rests with the government and large technology companies. Over the past week, Mathura Road in New Delhi witnessed last minute repairs to further improve its aesthetics, and the homeless people residing along it were forcefully evicted. This […]

Meta Disables Instagram Handles Of Deshabhimani And Malayalam News Portal No Cap

February 11, 2026 14:28

In addition to news portal accounts, several Instagram pages that have criticised the Union government were also disabled in the past week. Meta has blocked Instagram accounts of the Malayalam newspaper Deshabhimani, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and online news portal ‘No Cap’. The Instagram account of the national news portal The […]

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