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After Lok Sabha polls setback, how the BJP is trying to make an outreach to Dalit voters

The Hindutva party is trying to attract the community by promising to implement the Supreme Court’s quota sub-classification judgement.

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Voting begins for first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections, bye-polls in 31 seats

Voting is also underway for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bye-poll, where Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut.

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Gautam Adani was part of BJP-NCP meetings in 2019, claims Ajit Pawar

Union Home Minister Amit Shah was also present at the gatherings, the Maharashtra deputy chief minister told ‘The News Minute-Newslaundry’.

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Maharastra polls: Mahayuti candidates’ wealth grew 17 times faster than average Indian’s, says study

The assets of the ruling coalition’s leaders appreciated by about 120% in five years, from a median of Rs 21.5 crore in 2019 to Rs 47.1 crore in 2024.

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Comrades in majoritarianism: Why Sri Lanka’s Left parties are steeped in ethnonationalist politics

With parliamentary polls on November 14, a reminder that the legacy of compromising on the rights of Tamils casts a shadow on centre-Left president Dissanayake.

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Hounded around the world, the first ‘man-made man’ took refuge in India

Michael Dillon was the first person to undergo gender confirmation surgery and transition from female to male. His story still holds many lessons.

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Why Sudan’s civil war is being ‘fought on the bodies of women’

Women led the country’s revolution in 2019 and have been central to peace efforts. Now rape, sexual slavery and murder have become part of the conflict.

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Why King Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah and devadasi Bhagmati’s marriage is integral to Hyderabad’s history

An excerpt from ‘Bhagmati: Why Hyderabad’s Lost Queen Is the Soul of the City’, by Moupia Basu.

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