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Kausar Jahan’s appointment as Delhi Haj panel chief stokes debate

While the BJP claims it is genuine women’s empowerment, others claim it is just a token gesture.

Shabnam’s sewing machine, which was damaged in the February 2020 riots.

2020 Delhi riots: Picking up their traumatised lives

Mental health concerns of the families of riot victims have received little government attention.

Police personnel cremating the body of the 19-year-old Dalit victim, in Hathras district on September 30, 2020.

Hathras rape-murder case: A doomed investigation to begin with

The victim’s family has decided to approach the Allahabad High Court for justice.

Monu Manesar, from his Facebook page, now made private.

Who is Monu Manesar?

On his several social media accounts, he describes himself as a “gaurakshak” and social activist.

Waris Khan and his friends are in their vehicle while cow vigilantes question them, on January 28 near Nuh in Haryana. From a video grab.

Meo Muslims of Mewat live in fear as Haryana empowers ‘gaurakshaks’

A special cow protection task force empowers cow vigilantes to target alleged cow smugglers with impunity.

BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh arrives at the Parliament to attend the Budget Session 2023, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh: The bahubali neta

Although the former WFI head has stepped down temporarily, the BJP will probably go easy on him now.

Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia address the press after a meeting with officials of the Union Sports Ministry regarding their allegations against the WFI, in New Delhi, January 19, 2023.

Female wrestlers change script by speaking out against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

Sexual harassment complaints are common in the Indian sports fraternity but tend to be hushed up.

Siddique Kappan with his family.

Siddique Kappan alleges police torture, use of religious slurs

The New Delhi-based journalist spent 28 months in jail over allegations of having links to PFI.

Outside a government high school and pre-university college for women, in Bengaluru on February 16, 2022.

Budget cut for Minority Affairs Ministry intensifies

Pre-matric scholarships, cut by nearly Rs.1,000 crore, were the worst hit.

A Joshimath resident sits next to the cracked wall of her house on January 10, 2023.

Joshimath crisis: A story of criminal neglect

Ignoring protests and pleas of residents for 14 months, the government pushed on with mega projects.

Cracks in the road leading to the main market of Joshimath, on January 21.

Joshimath: A tragedy foretold

In the midst of the current crisis, the Congress and the BJP are blaming each other.

Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938), the great Urdu poet who lived, worked, and died in pre-Partition India.

Allama Iqbal poem in the dock after recital in a Bareilly school

The VHP forced police action against the principal and a teacher for hurting religious sentiments.