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How Yogendra Yadav’s Youth for Swaraj is taking urban students to India’s villages

Yadav’s socio-political platform Youth for Swaraj has been providing a chance to India’s youngsters to work at the grass-root level and study the agrarian crisis.

Throw a ball, not stones: Govt seeks to win back angry Kashmiri youth through sport

A report accessed by ThePrint shows how the government was successful in reaching 1.6 lakh youth in 2017. The target this year is 2 lakh.

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar, in US for treatment, likely to return mid-June

Doctors to take a final call whether Parrikar may be allowed to travel; BJP says he is clearing files through emails and attending calls.

BJP is leaving Twitter behind, wants to stay in touch via NaMo app

BJP wants Namo app to be its main medium of communication; PMO is keeping a hawk eye on the feedback it receives on BJP leaders area-wise.

Fast-track AI sexual harassment probe, Maneka Gandhi to ask Suresh Prabhu

Gandhi is likely to ask for a June-end deadline to complete the probe into a crew member’s claims that an Air India executive sexually harassed several employees.

Overlooked in Shimla’s water crisis — the effect on personal hygiene

As the city grapples with its worst ever water crisis, hygiene issues have led to fears of illness, infection.

Why the Muslim Personal Law Board will not agree to allow adoption in Islam

The AIMPLB is set to tell the Law Commission that adoption cannot be allowed due to fear of sexual relations between adopted child and mother.

Photographers summoned for Babri trial worried about grainy memories of 1992 demolition

They recall the larger picture, but say they are fuzzy on the details, a fact they fear will be used by the defence to discredit their account.

Air India hostess who accused boss of sexual harassment to meet Maneka to push her case

The complainant, who is said to want to ‘fight this till the end’, is willing to move court if necessary.

Benami properties in 780 cases involving crores may fall as no adjudicating authority exists

Of the 860 cases that have been finalised, about 80 could be adjudicated. The remaining 780 cases bearing attachments worth crores involve some very high-profile individuals. 

On Camera

‘Mutton, Mughal, Muslim’. Modi is casting the Opposition as un-Hindu & anti-Bharat

Modi’s political competitors are meat-and-fish-gobbling quasi-Muslims who present 'Muslim' manifestos, appease Muslims, and can’t hope to represent India.

Advocate on behalf of India & ‘Global South’ — what upcoming Adani-funded think tank aims to do

While the Chintan Research Foundation is not yet officially launched, ThePrint has learnt the Adani Group will be providing Rs 100 crore for it. Its initial focus will be on climate, strategic affairs & economy.

Hardened shelters, radars, defence systems & more — IAF quietly upgrades bases focused on China

New infra projects involve not just repair work of runways and creation of additional taxi ways to enable better tempo of operations, but also storage of spare parts and munitions.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.