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Dharmasthala: Judge who passed gag order recuses himself as defendant points to conflict of interest

Decision comes after a media professional questioned Judge Vijaya Kumar Rai B’s association with the family of the petitioner, Harshendra Kumar.

Dharmasthala mass burial probe: Partial skeletal remains found at 6th site on day 3 of search

Though recovery marks a breakthrough after two days of search by SIT, there is no confirmation on whether they belong to one of the alleged victims of murder, rape and torture.

A Dalit Christian’s body lay in Chhattisgarh mortuary for 3 weeks—courts feared ‘public unrest’

In Chhattisgarh, Ramesh Baghel has been fighting a lone battle to bury his father, Subhash, in the village graveyard—but both the High Court and the Supreme Court have turned him away.

As 19 Kuki-Zo victims of Manipur strife laid to rest, principal mourns Class 1 student — ‘inhuman act’

Tonsing Hangshing, his mom & family friend were killed while on their way to avail treatment in Imphal. SC had ordered Manipur to ensure burial for victims of ethnic violence.

Parsi body moves Gujarat HC to allow traditional last rites of members who died of Covid

In its plea, the Surat Parsi Panchayat Board seeks to protect the fundamental right to perform the last rites as per the tradition of Dokhamanshini.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?