Election Commission Under Fire: SIR Revelations Put Modi, Shah and Gyanesh Kumar Under Mounting Pressure
Vol. LXIV No. 27
Date: October 4, 2026
CEC Gyanesh Kumar in Dock Modi Regime on Back Foot
Opposition parties and especially the recently formed Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have elaborate plans to start protests at Jantar Mantar, but the frightened ruling BJP is hell bent upon not…
Is Untouchability Abolished in India?
Echanala village in Lingasugur, taluka of Raichur district in Karnataka State where casteist forces are, it seems, still active. A hotel owner refused to give a customer drinking water in…
Hold God’s Wrath in Awe
Man should dread the punishment which he will incur by acting independently of, or worshipping others besides God, despite the fact that it is God Who brought him into being.
Return for Deeds
Calling people towards doing good deeds is in itself a virtuous act. It wins the pleasure of God. Contrary to it, the act of inviting people to some evil is…
Election Commission Under Fire: SIR Revelations Put Modi, Shah and
For the Opposition, the answer is increasingly clear: it alleges that the electoral system has been systematically weakened and that the ECI under Gyanesh Kumar has become a ‘tool’ to…
WHO GETS LEFT OUT?: SPECT Report Flags Exclusion and Vulnerability
SPECT Research Association says the Delhi SIR draft raise concerns not only because millions of previously registered voters are missing from the draft, but because the burden of correcting these…
Row over ‘Assalam-u-Alaikum’: Sage Advice by Seniors
In defence of Bushra, it is argued that no one raised even an eyebrow when in May this year senior IPS officer CV Anand held a puja in his office…
APCR Releases Report on Kanwar Yatra 2026, Documents Violence, Vigilantism,
According to APCR, the report records 18 reported hate incidents across the 13-day period, comprising nine documented physical or coercive incidents, at least four boycott or discriminatory food-economy measures, and…
It Starts with Words: How Hate Becomes Normal
When a religious minority is talked about as being dangerous, unreliable, disloyal, anti-national, unpatriotic and undeserving of equal citizenship, then the moral barrier against discrimination begins to weaken. Mander contends…
India’s Drug Crisis: Beyond the War on Drugs Addiction is
India’s 2018 national survey, published in February 2019, estimated that about 3.1 crore people used cannabis products and 2.26 crore used opioids; among adults aged 18-75, the corresponding estimates were…
Blasphemy Debate: Protecting Faith without Empowering the Mob The dignity
Free speech is important but not absolute. The more difficult question is where legitimate criticism ends and deliberate incitement or religious vilification begins.
Bushra Bano Transfer: ‘Nothing Wrong Was Done by her’, Say
The Bushra Bano episode is less about a word than about the principle behind it, whether India’s public institutions will judge citizens and officers by their conduct, or by the…
Re-Arrest After an Illegal Arrest: Constitutional Limits on Police Power
The case raises a broader constitutional question: When an arrest is declared illegal because the arrested person was not informed of the grounds of arrest, can the police subsequently arrest…
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was Prophesised in the Bible
The Bible, as we have it today, has gone through a series of developments and changes. Still, the present-day Bible has retained several proofs of the good tidings about Prophet…
Diplomatic Protest Inside the UNGA, Civil Protest on New York
There was another revealing moment. Standing before the representatives of nations as Israel’s prime minister, Netanyahu turned his attention to Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of the city in which he…
Adult Franchise Under Threat: Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave Slams SIR
“Ambedkar says, in politics we will have equality. You know, adult franchise. Of course, now, thanks to Election Commission and Supreme Court of India, that franchise is going away,” Dave…
Fear Grips Murshidabad Villages as Police Detain Bengali-Speaking Muslims Over
A fact-finding team comprising human rights activist Biplab Nayak, Kiriti Roy, convenor of BanglarManabadhikar Suraksha Mancha, and University of Kent associate professors Sanjay Bhattacharya and Antara Swarnakar, visited Suti on…
Karnataka’s Bhalki Constituency: Hundreds of Muslim Voters Face Targeted Deletion
An investigation into Form 10 statements, which are consolidated daily summaries of Form 7 applications uploaded on the Election Commission of India’s website, reveals a clear pattern. A total of…
Kashmir Court Orders Reopening of Siraj-ul-Uloom 5 Months after UAPA
The court also ordered the formation of an oversight committee to manage the institution’s functioning. The panel will include a representative of the district administration, an official from the education…
Makkah Defence Pact Poised to Expand Across Muslim World, Says
The Makkah Agreement was signed on Aug. 7 by Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. It includes a collective-defence clause, treating an armed attack on one member as an attack on…
262 Palestinian Journalists Killed by Israel since Gaza War: Gaza
The slain reporters included 26 women journalists, while Israeli forces have also arrested 50 journalists and media workers since the start of the war, with 23 remaining in detention under…
War Criminals Belong in Courtrooms, Notat UN Rostrum, Says Turkish
“War criminals belong not at the UN rostrum, but in courtrooms where they will answer for the crimes they have committed and the blood they have shed,” Erdogan said at…
Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Trade Reaches $581 Million in Six Months
Tukumov stressed the need to expand transit capacity and remove customs barriers to facilitate increased trade between the two countries. He also invited Afghan officials to attend a joint economic…
Will Türkiye Enter a War with the Houthis?
Yemen was one of the most difficult and fascinating countries I had ever seen, particularly because of its geography. When a country’s geography is rugged, it imposes a particular way…
