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Building politics of hope in NY

India, Nov. 6 -- The election of Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist of South Asian and Muslim origin, as the mayor of New York will resonate beyond that city and even the US. Mamdani's spectacular... Read More


A quiet rehaul of India-UK relations

India, Nov. 6 -- "Beyond the words on the page of the agreement is the spirit and the confidence that has given to our two great countries to work even more closely together," noted Keir Starmer, the ... Read More


Regional vs national in the Northeast

India, Nov. 6 -- The new, yet-to-be-named political party announced by Meghalaya chief minister and National People's Party (NPP) chief Conrad Sangma and TIPRA Motha leader Pradyot Manikya DebBarma, a... Read More


In Bihar, the wait for a new governance model

India, Nov. 6 -- Back in 2010, I, like scores of development researchers and policy wonks, was a frequent traveller to rural Bihar. The joke was that if you wanted a job in "development", all you had ... Read More


Basic structure touchstone for anti-conversion laws

India, Nov. 6 -- As of August 2024, four years after Uttar Pradesh enacted its anti-conversion law, 1,682 people have been arrested and 835 criminal cases filed under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of ... Read More


Community project in Maharashtra's tribal belts cuts malnutrition by half

MUMBAI, Nov. 6 -- A nourishment initiative in the state's tribal belts, the Community Action for Nutrition (CAN), has resulted in a heartening reduction of malnutrition in children. Cases of severe ac... Read More


Kerala all-party meeting decides to legally challenge SIR exercise

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 6 -- The Kerala government will legally challenge the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to implement the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the... Read More


Husband Arrested for Strangling Wife to Death in Bijnor

Meerut, Nov. 6 -- Police have arrested a man for allegedly strangling his 28-year-old wife to death in Saket Colony, Bijnor, late on Monday night. The victim's in-laws have also been booked for dowry ... Read More


History-sheeter, aides stab student multiple times; 3 booked

Meerut, Nov. 6 -- Tension gripped Chaudhary Charan Singh (CCS) University late on Tuesday night after a student was shot at and stabbed multiple times on the campus. The victim, Aryan Rana, alleged th... Read More


Imam had slit second wife's throat, dumped body in Meerut

Meerut, Nov. 6 -- Forty-eight days after a woman's body was found wrapped in a burqa near the Ganga canal in Meerut, police have solved the murder mystery. The deceased was identified as Naima Yasmin ... Read More