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As a Supreme Court Bench examines the broader implications of its 2018 Sabarimala ruling, the case prompts a look into the evolution of the essential religious practice doctrine, role of the State and the judiciary in religious reform, and the arguments over whether Ayyappa followers qualify as a religious denomination
PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah on Thursday, April 16, told the Lok Sabha that the Bills to amend the women’s reservation law and a fresh delimitation exercise will keep current proportional representation of southern States intact.
Tribal villagers and the administration are at loggerheads over bauxite mining at the Sijimali hill, which straddles Rayagada and Kalahandi districts in south Odisha. Tension has gripped the region ever since attempts were made to lay a road to a bauxite block. On April 7, police fired tear gas shells to disperse protesting villagers and several personnel were injured in the counter-attack. Satyasundar Barik explains why it is not an isolated incident
The petition filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay contended that deceitful religious conversion is not only a serious threat to sovereignty, secularism, democracy and liberty but also a menace to fraternity, dignity, unity and national integration
Morena SP Samir Sourabh said that 50% personnel from the SAF company have been deployed at Rajghat, which he described as the most crucial location related to illegal sand mining
In her complaint to the police, the complainant described an incident in December 2025 when she was allegedly forced to wear the veil and later taken to a restaurant by the accused girls
The inscriptions, written in Marathi on the south-western walls near the Vinayagar Temple, also describe the history of the Maratha kings and praise Danish missionary Rev. Friedrich Christian Schwartz. They also highlight how Serfoji sent his army and offered financial assistance to the British during the war against the Marudu brothers
From just 11 women candidates in 1967, accounting for 1.41% of the total number of candidates, the figure has risen to 443 in 2026, making up 11.01% of the contestants. Though the increase is notable, proportionally, women continue to occupy only a small share of the candidate pool
While endorsing their party line, women legislators also cite the positive role of male founders and leaders of their parties in enabling the participation of women in jobs, education, and politics
