Chaos reigned supreme on Ashutosh Chowdary Avenue in south Kolkata on July 26 when thousands of people, misled by unfounded claims of social media influencers, turned up outside an exhibition…
Since August 19, soon after psephologist Sanjay Kumar, a professor with the Delhi-based Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), retracted and apologised for sharing erroneous data on the…
A day after the August 8 press conference, where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi flagged alleged irregularities in the voter list of Karnataka’s Mahadevapura assembly constituency, he addressed a Vote Adhikar…
At least three instances of Hindutva groups barging into gatherings and accusing those congregating of religious conversions have emerged so far in August. Videos from each of these instances —…
Speaking from the ramparts of the Red Fort on India’s 79th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unusual declaration while discussing his government’s achievements in all sectors, from…
The working of the Election Commission (EC) has come under intense scrutiny in recent times with the Opposition scaling up its protest against the electoral roll revision exercise in Bihar…
The Kanwar Yatra, which takes place during the auspicious Hindu month of ‘Shravan’ or ‘Saavan’, is a crucial pilgrimage for Hindus who worship the deity Shiva. However, the arduous yatra…
Within hours of sending in her bimonthly column to The Assam Tribune on the violation of human rights and ‘dehumanization’ of Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam, veteran journalist Patricia Mukhim was…
With the use of the phrase ‘Bangladeshi language’ by a Delhi Police officer creating a political storm, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya has stepped in to school West Bengal…
Almost a week after a group of men assaulted, tied up and paraded several Muslim persons in West Bengal’s Durgapur district while accusing them of being Bangladeshi intruders smuggling cattle,…
