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Syed Ali Mujtaba Wendy Doniger, the acclaimed US-based scholar on Hinduism, has come up with a new book ‘An American Girl in India – Letters and Recollections (1963-64)’. The book was released on May 10, 2022. Talking about her latest book, Wendy Doniger, who retired from the University of Chicago …

From the day the BJP Parliamentary Board announced that Droupadi Murmu, a Santhal leader from Odisha, would be the party’s nominee for India’s Presidentship, the media has been overflowing with opinions on how this was another ‘master stroke’ from the party’s high command, that it will win over tribal communities …

(The Wire) Over 100 houses have already been demolished in the Ghunghuti Para area in the Sambalpur district. The other families have moved the high court to save their homes.

MUBASHAR NAIK In June, Jammu Municipal Corporation passed a resolution to rename Sheikh Nagar in Jammu to be called Shiv Nagar, and Amphalla Chowk could be renamed Hanuman Chowk. The move has been criticized by many people including Opposition leaders. The resolution was moved by Sharda Kumari, a Bharatiya Janata …

(The Wire) The cost of perjury will be raised by insisting they be the ones who submit affidavits – rather than some hapless under secretary – and that they answer questions on oath on what they know about Pegasus.

(The Wire) 'I am horrified and saddened that an overwhelming culture of fear holds even our press in India in silence.'

Eidgah also hosts the largest cattle market in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir where hundreds of thousands of animals are bought and sold. Khan Waqas and Basit Parray In Jammu and Kahmir, Eidgah are also hosts to the largest cattle market. At the entrance of the large, open-air …

ZENAIRA BAKHSH A special court in Chhattisgarh acquitted 121 tribals booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act by the state police in connection with the 2017 Burkapal Maoist killings in Sukma, citing a lack of evidence against them. The National Investigation Agency court pronounced the judgment on Friday and said …

(The Wire) On July 16, CJI N.V. Ramana said there are 6.1 lakh people jailed in the country’s 1,378 prisons. In a matter of a day, the number had risen to 6.22 lakh prisoners. 

(The Wire) Although it's been a year since the snooping row hit India, the BJP-led government has skirted its responsibility by initially denying allegations and later making unclear statements, none of which categorically say that it didn’t use the spyware.