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GUWAHATI: In yet another bold step, the Assam government has cleared over 6200 bighas of encroached land in Burha Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary in Sonitpur district. 710 Bangladeshi-origin Muslim families were evicted from the forest area encroached during the previous Congress regime. Sonitpur District Commissioner Anand Kumar Das said the land …

REASI: The National Medical Commission’s Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) has withdrawn the Letter of Permission (LoP) granted to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence, Kakryal, Reasi (J&K), for running the MBBS course with 50 seats for the academic year 2025-26. The decision, dated January 6, 2026, …

BENGALURU: In a deeply disturbing case that has shocked Bengaluru Rural district, serious allegations have emerged against Syed Imran (40)of Janatha Colony in Sulibele village, Hoskote taluk, accusing him of attempting to sacrifice an infant boy as part of a puja allegedly performed for wealth. Acting on specific and credible …

The decline of Mamankam cannot be understood in isolation. It must be situated within a much older and broader Hindu grammar of sovereignty, in which political legitimacy, sacred geography, ritual assembly, and public participation were inseparable. Mamankam was not an anomaly of Kerala history; it was the southernmost expression of …

Universalism has long been among the most ambitious moral projects of the modern world. Born of the European Enlightenment, it promised a vision of humanity bound together by shared reason, rights, and moral equality. Yet even within Western political thought, there has been sustained unease about how this promise has …

NEW DELHI: A doctored and misleading video clip falsely attributed to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat is circulating widely on social media platform X, claiming that he advocated the removal of Dalits, Other Backwards Classes (OBCs), Muslims and Christians from the Indian Army. A thorough fact-check confirms …

NEW DELHI: India’s journey towards modern resurgence and its aspiration to emerge as a Vishwa Guru can only be realised by strengthening its foundation in Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) and eternal cultural values, renowned educationist and thinker Mukul Kanitkar said on January 8. Delivering the keynote address at a special …

Commit a blunder, and when caught, evade it with a mere apology or an “oversight” excuse — this has become a standard method to test the waters of society. The same pattern is now evident as the Kerala High Court Advocates Cooperative Society printed its New Year diaries with distorted …

The Telangana High Court on January 7, 2026, ordered status quo on the proposed allotment of one acre of government land to the Waqf Board for a Muslim graveyard at Borabanda, under the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency, following sustained local protests and a legal challenge. The interim direction was issued …

Taking serious note of an allegedly scandalous publication, the Madras High Court on January 7, 2026, directed the Tamil Nadu Police to seize copies of a book making personal attacks against sitting judge Justice G.R. Swaminathan and ordered authorities to ensure that such publications are not released or circulated. The …