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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The idea of India is diminished. India is no longer well-known for its multi-cultural traditions. While Hindu nationalists sloganeered, an external enemy grabbed some of India’s territory. The Leader ...

Tribals or adivasis, as they are popularly known as a symbol of self-assertion, comprise of around 8.2 per cent of the national population. The tribals are concentrated mostly in the central belt of ...

One could ask a question whether a heinous crime like murder be classified as “political†. A crime is generally distinguished by the motive behind it. The Oxford Dictionary of Law defines ...