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Pimpri Chinchwad vs 310 women waste pickers—a 12-year battle, a trade union & Rs 7.5 cr

The women were often villainised in court. The corporation’s lawyer even accused the women of being thieves. But after the verdict, they were upheld as integral to the city’s clean civic image.

Pakistani fundamentalists closer to controlling state. Now the battle is over baby milk bank

Islamic clerics push back against human milk banks as Shari’a proscribes marriages between so-called milk siblings. But several Islamic countries, including Iran, operate them.

Only 2 Dalit MPs with PhD in LS, both from TN. Theses on Meenakshipuram conversions, ‘untouchable’ saint

Of 543 newly elected Lok Sabha MPs, only 28 have PhD including four from Tamil Nadu, Dr Thol. Thirumavalavan, Dr D. Ravi Kumar, Dr Thamizhachi Thangapandian & Dr Ganapathy Rajkumar.

Jagan’s Rs 450-cr ‘palace’: Touted as resort, then CM’s residence, Rushikonda project in eye of storm

Grand project allegedly built in violation of CRZ clearances and other environmental norms while excavating almost half of scenic Rushi-konda, location of a beach-front tourist spot.

Dalit man dies in UP police custody—’Return my son’, mother demands, gets a lathi instead

Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Lal Suman visited the home of Akash Singh 'Jatav', a 28-year-old man who died in police custody in Firozabad. Mayawati and Chandra Shekhar Azad are also demanding justice.

Union Budget is not corporate India’s wishlist. Tax breaks can’t solely drive profit

The incidence of GST is higher on the poor than rich. The public would be better off pushing for faster timelines for this rather than making plaintive appeals for income tax reductions.

India’s 3rd-largest landlords, waqf boards are beset with litigations, demolitions, bias

Waqf boards are struggling to maintain control of their vast properties with mounting legal battles, a losing perception war, internal chaos, and political heat.

Rural Haryana is at war with love marriage—brother shoots sister, boasts on Instagram with gun

‘As police personnel, our duty is to protect the couple in the safe house, but as a Haryanvi, I know love marriages are a blot on our society," said an inspector from Narnaul.

Free will, dissent, defiance – signs of democracy returning to BJP

Those pushed aside during the Modi-Shah regime are beginning to find their feet and voice. And these are early days yet. The BJP must welcome these developments.

Caught between his mass appeal & internal apprehensions, how RSS is conflicted about Yogi Adityanath

UP CM is seen as ‘outsider not bred in RSS ways’, but is also widely admired as Hindutva administrator. Lacking an outfit behind him, he’s said to be in succession battle with Amit Shah.

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India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.