Sikar farmer agitation: How the CPI(M) created a ‘red island’ in Rajasthan

The farmer’s body of the party recently led a 13-day long agitation in Sikar that ended with the state government giving in to their demands.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Sep 21, 2017 · 09:00 am

In Rajasthan, BJP faces the first serious challenge to its cow politics – from angry farmers

Unable to sell cattle and harassed by stray cows, farmers in Sikar rose in protest against cow laws and gau rakshaks.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Sep 17, 2017 · 09:00 am

Illegal transfers: Adivasis in Chhattisgarh plan to criminally prosecute firms that hold their land

According to the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, land owned by Adivasis cannot be transferred to non-Adivasis.

Raksha Kumar

· Jul 17, 2017 · 09:00 am

In-depth: How a Facebook post broke the decades-long communal peace of a West Bengal town

While the violence was low scale compared to riots in other parts of the country, it has scarred the Basirhat area.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jul 14, 2017 · 09:00 am

In the midst of growing hostility towards Kashmiri traders in Mussoorie, a truce is brokered

After a complaint that a few Muslims shouted ‘Pakistan zindabad’ following India’s defeat, a traders’ body announced that it would not rent shops to Kashmiris.

Akshita Nagpal

· Jul 06, 2017 · 12:30 pm

In Bengal area where communal riots broke out, BJP officials claim a surge in membership

Security forces bring calm to Basirhat after a Facebook post outraged some Muslims on Sunday. The violence comes amidst a state of political flux in the region.

Subrata Nagchoudhury

· Jul 06, 2017 · 06:30 am

Lawyers boycott Bikaner boys accused of sedition for celebrating after India’s Champions Trophy loss

The boys were celebrating a bet someone had won, says grandfather of one of the accused youngsters.

Abhishek Dey

· Jun 29, 2017 · 09:00 am

In Andhra Pradesh, demonetisation has eroded gains made in expanding banking in rural areas

Representatives in Kurnool say that customers are no longer depositing money in their zero-balance accounts.

S Ananth

· Jun 07, 2017 · 07:30 am

Three years of Modi: ‘There is no work, no money. We are just surviving like this’

In three districts of poverty-stricken Bundelkhand, central and state government policies have had distressing effects on livelihoods of the poor.

Khabar Lahariya

· Jun 06, 2017 · 05:30 pm

‘It has fallen by 75%’: How North India’s beef hysteria is destroying West Bengal’s cattle trade

Cattle traders and farmers at one of the state’s largest livestock markets are staring down the barrel as vigilantes cut off the inter-state trade in cows.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jun 06, 2017 · 09:00 am

As Noida student dies, five Nigerians are accused of cannibalism by locals, charged with murder

Initial evidence suggests that the teenager overdosed on drugs. But the police booked African students in the neighbourhood for murder.

Abhishek Dey

· Mar 27, 2017 · 06:30 am

A rare skeletal disorder that has plagued Poonch residents has finally been identified

A new study has found that generations of marrying with the same community has crippled dozens of residents with a genetic deformity.

Rayan Naqash

· Dec 26, 2016 · 02:30 pm