Ismat Ara Reporter

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Ismat works with Frontline’s New Delhi bureau. She writes on gender, politics, culture and social affairs.

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Students from Uttar Pradesh staging a dharna near the Taj Mahal urging the government to address the mark sheet issue.

Blank mark sheets in Uttar Pradesh leave over 30,000 students in limbo

The students have been issued blank mark sheets for their class X examinations. Now they are unable to enroll in colleges or apply for scholarships.

Congress MLA Mamman Khan being produced before a court in connection with the Nuh violence on September 17

Arrest of Haryana Congress MLA Mamman Khan a balancing act?

Khan’s arrest came just days after Haryana police had booked controversial cow vigilante Monu Manesar.

Dushyant Chautala’s decision to form an alliance with the BJP after the 2019 Assembly election had raised eyebrows.

Dushyant Chautala: ‘No one can boycott people of any community’

The Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana on the violence in Nuh, the wrestlers’ protest, the growing BJP-JJP alliance, and more.

Flames rise from shops and other structures set ablaze by miscreants in Badshahpur area in Gurugram on August 1, 2023

Has police inaction and administrative failure fuelled the communal clashes in Haryana’s Nuh?

Violence between Hindus and Muslims leaves a trail of destruction, with six deaths, widespread property damage, and 116 arrests.

A Rs. 100 crore cybercrime racket led the police to Haryana’s Nuh district, an area that was left ravaged by the pandemic

How an impoverished district in Haryana became a breeding ground for cybercriminals

In pandemic-ravaged Nuh, young men turn to cybercrime to escape poverty, but their high-tech scams wreak havoc nationwide.

Atif Rasheed, BJP leader

‘A misconception is that the UCC will interfere with the Shariat’: Atif Rasheed

The BJP leader says people have made up opinions without actually understanding the depth of the Uniform Civil Code.

At a Rohingya refugee camp in Kalindi Kunj in New Delhi on October 26, 2022.

Government toughens stance against Rohingya refugees

UP police arrest several refugees in late-night crackdown across State.

Shaunak Sen at the 75th annual Directors Guild of America Awards in February 2023 at Beverly Hills, California.

Shaunak Sen: ‘Documentaries do not find viewership in India’

All That Breathes, the story of two brothers who rescue injured kites, won many hearts.

SAU students on protest.

MEA-backed South Asian University suspends faculty supporting protesting students

The students, who have been demanding higher stipends, among others, have been at the receiving end since September.

“We are confident we will win the fight for justice,” said wrestler Vinesh Phogat at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

Wrestlers’ protest: A long wait for justice

The wrestlers say they are ready for a narco test under Supreme Court supervision.

The differences between the BJP and the JJP have recently come out in the open. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar recently said in a press conference (over the issue of pensions in the State): “The government belongs to the BJP, not the JJP.”

Haryana government under pressure after Jats support wrestlers’ protest

The alliance between the BJP and Dushyant Chautala’s JJP is in trouble as the powerful Jats have turned against them.

Inside Sheeru, a women-only cafe, at Batla House in New Delhi.

Reclaiming spaces, empowering women: Women-only cafe is a big hit in Delhi ghetto

Sheeru, a cafe in Jamia Nagar, offers women a much-needed safe space to eat, drink, and relax.

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