4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (980+ words) One would not be surprised to find that Dalits form the overwhelming majority of the thousands of ‘Pourakarmikas’ in what is now called the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA). A major section of them are also Dalit women. The official Kannada…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1247+ words) More than a month after Geeta’s death, Prem is grieving her loss but remains determined to seek justice. Her death has left Sanjegaon, a village in Igatpuri taluka around 30 kilometres from Nashik, shrouded in silence, tension, and whispers, as questions…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1655+ words) Rape convictions are so uncommon in India that the recent Bombay High Court verdict in the Tarun Tejpal case – setting aside the veteran journalist’s 2021 acquittal by a trial court – should be a moment of relief. It is. But any positive…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1083+ words) After protesting for 16 days, around 500 sanitation workers temporarily called off their agitation on September 4, following talks with several ministers and Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) officials. Several of their immediate demands, including food allowances, toilets and resting facilities for women workers,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1105+ words) The mother of Roy D’Souza has testified in court that she has no knowledge of the alleged assault on her son by six police personnel in Virajpet following which he died in June 2021. Six police officials of the Virajpet Town…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (496+ words) It is heartening to note that Karnataka’s CM DK Shivakumar has recognised that “the power, dreams, thinking, and hard work of our youth are the divine forces that determine India’s future.” He recently went on to promise that safeguarding the…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (494+ words) Muslim women in Kerala are pushing back against the Grand Mufti of India, Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar, after his remarks advocating restrictions on women’s participation in public life sparked widespread criticism on social media. Through videos and posts, women have…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (632+ words) Police have invoked the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the headmistress of a government school in Madurai district. The action follows the suicide of a 16-year-old Dalit student after an alleged confrontation with her....

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (1025+ words) Anthony Swamy, John Rose Peter and Sebastian David Kumar were shot dead in Chikkallur inside the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Hanur taluk in the early hours of August 15. A fourth man, Joseph Mahima Das, later released a video disputing the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (303+ words) Thiruvananthapuram District Congress Committee (DCC) expelled one of its members, Anil Kumar, widely known as Chenthi Anil, from the primary membership of the party on Saturday, August 29, following a case registered against him for blocking Chief Minister VD Satheesan's vehicle. On…...