In Chhapra, Bihar, screams shattered the silence of the night at Loknayak Jai Prakash Institute of Technology (LNJPIT), better known as Chhapra Engineering College, when the principal’s own driver and a security guard forced their way into the locked girls’ hostel around midnight.Continue Reading
From Jantar Mantar to Bankipur and Datia, India’s restless young generation is becoming harder for established politics to ignore. As RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat prepares to meet 2,000 students in Mumbai, a larger question emerges: who will capture the politics of India’s next generation?Continue Reading
Jan Suraaj scores historic first victory as BJP loses Bankipur after three decades; Congress takes Datia, BJP holds Manjalpur / Kerala rain toll rises to 15 /Markets rally as oil retreats /India finishes fourth at Glasgow Commonwealth Games /Trump pulls back from major Iran strikesContinue Reading
India’s latest round of Assembly bypoll counting is producing two politically significant signals on Monday: Prashant Kishor is mounting a dramatic challenge to the BJP in Bihar’s Bankipur, while the Congress has moved ahead in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia, turning two local contests into closely watched tests of established political power.Continue Reading
A political argument can be answered. An offensive remark can be condemned. An apology can be demanded. But when disagreement mutates into rape threats, death threats, doxxing and the circulation of a young woman’s personal information, something far more dangerous has begun.Continue Reading
Slipper hurled, knife allegedly brandished as dramatic confrontation erupts at Independent MP’s Delhi residence; police detain suspectContinue Reading
NEW DELHI, August 3: A dramatic testimony before the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has ignited political controversy in India after journalist and activist Raqib Hameed Naik called for targeted U.S. sanctions against three prominent BJP Chief Ministers and organisations associated with the Hindutva movement. Speaking atContinue Reading
The controversy surrounding Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition MPs over their Parliament skit raises a question India cannot afford to bury beneath political outrage: Which is the greater insult to faith: questioning the alleged theft of devotees’ offerings, or the alleged theft itself?Continue Reading
Heavy monsoon rains have left a trail of destruction across Kerala, claiming eight lives, leaving eight people missing and forcing nearly 5,800 residents into relief camps. Landslides, flash floods and widespread waterlogging battered the state since Friday night, destroying 27 homes completely and damaging 196 others.Continue Reading
The University of Science and Technology Meghalaya becomes Northeast’s only private university selected for nationwide Nasha Mukt Yuva campaign interaction with Narendra ModiContinue Reading
