The Election Commission (EC) tried to shake off its image as a puppet of Narendra Modi’s BJP by holding a press conference [ 1] yesterday [August 17, 2025], but by the end of it, Chief Election ...

Modi becomes the Prime Minister again. An independent video channel releases interviews with those despairing that India faces an ‘existential’ crisis. An interviewee points out that the tearing of ...

Police Stations Run By Women: The West Bengal Government has adopted a ‘zero tolerance’ approach towards crime against women. The Government is setting up police stations run exclusively by women ...

Introduction: The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has been the only continuously operational link between India and Pakistan for more than 60 years, withstanding wars, diplomatic failur ...

When India achieved independence in 1947 from two centuries of British rule, the country had to recover from the disastrous impacts of two centuries of many-sided colonial exploitation and plunder.

Rule 1 of the new Mulakat guidelines and Clause iii of the Circular Memo enforce Aadhaar as the sole accepted identity document for jail visitation. This contravenes Supreme Court rulings that held ...

On August 4, 2025, Shibu Soren, the legendary leader of the Jharkhand movement, breathed his last at the age of 81. His political journey was triggered by a traumatic experience in everyday life: “The ...

Despite its hoary philosophical tradition of ahimsa and coexistence, and a constitutional framework that guarantees freedom of religion, India also has track record of systemic persecution of ...

A 20-year-old B.Ed. student set herself ablaze on July 12 outside the office of Dillip Ghosh, the principal of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore district in Odisha. After battling for 2 ...

Gaza: From a genocidal attack to mass displacement and ethnic cleansing For more than 20 months, Israel has launched an unprecedented assault on the Palestinian population in Gaza. The war waged by ...

Table of Contents - Mainstream, Vol 63 No 32, Aug 9, 2025 9 August * Letter to PM Narendra Modi —Restore Jammu & Kashmir’s Statehood | D Raja * What is the point of celebrating 14th August Partition ...

Largo Al Factotum (From the Barber of Seville) · John Charles Thomas ...