Usha Chaumar’s journey is no less than a wonder. She is a sanitation activist and Dalit social worker from Alwar, Rajasthan who has been conferred with a Padma Shri Award, the fourth highest civilian honour. But what many do not know about her is the fact that she was once a manual scavenger. Given her …

Union Minister of State for MSME Pratap Chandra Sarangi attacked the Congress for spreading misinformation about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), saying  that those who do not accept India’s freedom, unity, and Vande Mataram, have no right to stay in the country. “Those who set the country on fire are not patriots. Those who do not accept India’s freedom, unity, …

Mumbai is reeling under intense cold wave conditions. Well, at least the residents believe so and are quite happy that winter has finally arrived in the city.  The temperature dropped to 15.4 degrees Celsius in the suburbs on the intervening light of Wednesday-Thursday, making it the coldest night of the season. The minimum temperature in South Mumbai was 17.6 degree …

In the recent years, the epidemic of druge overuse has increased substantially among Indian youth.  At the EDM fest, Sunburn this year in Goa, three tourists died. Officials have speculated the cause of death to be drug overdose, given the close connect of such music fests with drug usage among tourists and visitors.  Nevertheless, the incident has raised questions, throwing …

After Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), calls to boycott her upcoming movie Chhapaak gained momentum on microblogging platform Twitter. A faction of people lauded the actor’s brave act of standing in solidarity with the students of JNU who were attacked by masked goons on January 5. JNU has been embroiled in chaos and protests for …

After the attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus by some masked attackers that led to widespread protests across the country in solidarity with the varsity, a protester was booked in Mumbai for holding a ‘Free Kashmir’ poster. The Mumbai Police filed an FIR against Mahek Mirza Prabhu, a Mumbai-based storyteller and performer, for holding Free Kashmir placard during a …

When protesters in Uttar Pradesh gathered to voice their concerns against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), they were met with lathis, bullets and unspeakable violence. While the Uttar Pradesh Police held firm their claim of not firing even a single bullet on the protesting crowd, the reports and videos that surfaced later claimed otherwise. Violence continued for days. Men, women …

On December 22, prime minister Narendra Modi kicked off Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) election campaign in the national capital. Adressing a gathering at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, the PM claimed that there are no detention centres in the country. He accused rivals and “urban naxals” of stoking fears among the people and misleading Muslims about the Citizenship Amendment Act even as protests …

The Uttar Pradesh police has booked 21,500 people in 15 FIRs lodged at different police stations across the city for the violence that erupted over the weekend. The violence happened during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kanpur Anant Deo said: “At least 15 FIRs have been lodged against 21,500 people in various …

Onion prices have been making Indians cry for over a month now. After March, prices have increased by over 400 per cent, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan in Lok Sabha told Lok Sabha in reply to a question. The average the retail price of onion on December 3, 2019, was recorded to be Rs 81.9 per kilogram in comparison to …