Centre revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA detention with ‘immediate effect’k

Wangchuk’s release comes nearly six months after he was first detained under the draconian act.

EC’s app was used to file fake voter forms before 2024 Maharashtra polls. The probe hasn’t moved

District poll officials had rejected all the applications and filed a complaint. But a chargesheet is yet to be filed despite ‘reminders’ to the police.

All was well, according to sources (and media that quoted them). Then LPG reality arrived

The Modi government has now invoked the Essential Commodities Act to ensure uninterrupted supplies of domestic cooking gas.

Maharashtra to vaccinate 9.84 lakh girls aged 14 as part of nationwide HPV vaccination campaign

Maharashtra plans to vaccinate 9.84 lakh girls aged 14 against HPV to combat cervical cancer, starting February 28, 2026.

Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water

Centuries-old wells restored to provide drinking water as parts of the country head towards “day zero” when no water will be available

Kerala to ‘Keralam’: Union Cabinet approves changing name of state

Union Cabinet approves Kerala’s name change to Keralam, following a unanimous Assembly resolution advocating for the shift.

UK must recognise militant Hindutva as a form of extremism: Report on 2022 Leicester violence

An inquiry into the 2022 clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Leicester, UK, says that disinformation was a ‘central accelerant’ of the crisis, with many seemingly inauthentic social media accounts based in India presenting Hindus as victims of ‘Pakistani’ and ‘Islamist’ gangs.

Great Nicobar MEGA Project Gets Approval; Environmentalists Dismay | Faye D'Souza

A six-member special bench of the National Green Tribunal has cleared the controversial Great Nicobar mega infrastructure project, saying it found “no good ground to interfere” as adequate safeguards had been built into the project’s environmental clearance.

The ₹80,000-crore project , formally called the Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island , is being projected by the government as a strategic, economic and defence imperative. It includes a transshipment port, an international airport, a township and a power plant on Great Nicobar Island, one of India’s most biodiverse and ecologically sensitive regions.

Environmentalists and rights groups, however, warn that the project could irreversibly damage tropical rainforests, coral reefs and key turtle nesting sites, while also threatening the survival of the Shompen tribe, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG). Critics also point to the island’s high seismic risk and its history of devastation during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.