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RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat at the launch of Khwaja Iftikhar Ahmed’s book “Meeting of Minds” at Mewar Institute in Ghaziabad on July 4.

Kin of lynching victims wait for justice

The RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat has asserted that those who kill innocent Muslims over cow slaughter go against Hindutva, but the families of men who ha

Surekha Sikri as Dadi in the teleserial Balika Vadhu.

Surekha Sikri, an actor who won three national film awards, passes away

In her own way, Surekha Sikri, who passed away this morning aged 75, was a class act. Often her roles were little more than cameos. Yet she di

A cartoon by Manjul.

Fear as the key: Modi regime targets cartoonist Manjul

The cartoonist Manjul is the latest target of the Modi regime, which is facing widespread condemnation for its attempt to browbeat social media giants

Shyam Benegal, who headed a committee earlier to review the Cinematograph Act. “The system is working perfectly fine. Why does the government have to interfere in film censorship?” he asks.

The Modi government’s move to play super censor has the film fraternity up in arms

The Modi government’s move to give itself the power to re-examine a film cleared by the CBFC has the film fraternity up in arms and puts the spotlight

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh (right) with opposition MLAs Sukhpal Khaira, Jagdev Singh Kamalu and Pirmal Singh Khalsa who joined the Congress, in Chandigarh on June 3.

Rift between Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu boils over ahead of the Punjab Assembly election early next year

Crisis in the Punjab unit of the Congress comes out in the open ahead of the Assembly election due early next year.

Imanuddin of Shiv Vihar in north-east Delhi. He struggled to file a compensation claim but has not got any relief from the government.

Victims twice over

It has been a long and futile wait for compensation and return to even a semblance of normalcy for many of the victims of the February 2020 riots in n

Video grab of Shakir being beaten up by Manoj Thakur, who claimed to be the vice president of the Bharatiya Gauraksha Vahini, in Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh on May 24.

The virus of hate

Amid the lockdown, there have been reports of attacks against Muslim men in parts of north India. In many instances, they were asked to chant ‘Jai Shr

Sikh and Hindu residents of a village in Punjab rebuild a mosque that has been in ruins since 1947

At a time when the secular structure of the nation is often under siege, Punjab is providing a new ray of hope. Shortly on the heels of the creation o

The historians Romila Thapar and Irfan Habib at a seminar, a file photograph. The new draft college-level syllabus of the University Grant Commission gives short shrift to the “Marxist” hstorians.

College draft syllabus: Messing with history

The UGC’s new draft of college-level history syllabus is a continuation of the Sangh Parivar’s attempts at saffronisation of Indian history.

Shallow sand graves partially exposed after rains on the banks of the Ganga in Shringverpur, on May 20.

Unearthing the story of the sand burials on the banks of the Ganga

The ghats of Varanasi were overwhelmed by an unprecedented number of cremations and even sand burials in April-May during the devastating second wave

The Mubarak Manzil Palace in Malerkotla, which the government plans to renovate.

Right-wing elements communalise creation of new Punjab district

The Punjab government’s decision to create the Muslim-majority Malerkotla district has come under attack from BJP ideologues who, in disregard for the

Cow dung therapy for COVID at the Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Vishwavidya Pratishthanam Gaushala on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on May 9.

BJP leaders promoting fake cures for COVID-19, peddling pseudoscience

Elected BJP representatives find novel ways to promote fake cures for the coronavirus infection.

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