Jul 16, 2026
"तुझमें रब दिखता है, यारा मैं क्या करूँ": Ophthalmologist Dr Priyanka injected her husband Dr Kiran with anesthesia, stabbed both him and their son, then calmly sat on the bed scrolling on her phone while the bleeding child gasped in Karnataka's Dharwad
The city of Dharwad, long celebrated as Karnataka’s Vidyakashi—a peaceful cradle of literature, education, and refined culture—has been forced to confront an unsettling reality. Behind the secure, double-gated facade of Ranka Stello Apartments (locally referred to in police logs as Ranka Castello) on Karnataka University Road in the Barakotri layout, a brutal crime occurred that has shocked the state’s professional elite.
Jul 16, 2026
"छोरों तै तो गलती होए ही जाया करे": Supreme Court slams Patna High Court for ruling that removing a woman’s salwar and pressing her chest isn't attempted rape, as Chief Justice Surya Kant demands immediate gender sensitivity training for judges
In a significant legal development on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, the Supreme Court of India strongly criticized the Patna High Court for a recent judgment. The High Court had determined that the actions of removing a woman’s traditional lower garment, a salwar, and pressing her chest were not enough to legally prove a formal attempt to commit rape.
Jul 16, 2026
"स्कूल में रहना है, तो कलमा तो पढ़ना होगा": A massive political row erupts in Hyderabad as Sayeedabad's Success School fires teacher Shaik Aisha Parveen after a six-year-old Hindu student was assigned to read Islamic prayers in his school homework diary
In the narrow, high-walled corridors of Success, The School, located directly opposite the chaotic, scent-heavy lanes of the Madannapet Mandi in Hyderabad’s Sayeedabad neighborhood, the ambient noise is usually a blend of street vendors, roaring auto-rickshaws, and the rhythmic drone of children reciting their lessons. But by late July 2026, a different kind of sound had taken over this congested corner of the Old City: the shouting of political protesters, the heavy tread of police boots, and the quiet, anxious whispers of families caught in a sudden, national media storm.
Jul 15, 2026
"मेरे ईमान का हासिल है, ताक़त मेरी": From detergent milk and fake prasad to toxic kitchens, how Maharashtra FDA Chief Tukaram Mundhe is spearheading a massive, uncompromising war against food adulteration to protect millions of lives across the state
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Maharashtra is currently running an expansive, high-intensity campaign against food safety violations throughout the state. The driving force behind the unprecedented scale and speed of these enforcement measures is the newly appointed FDA Commissioner and seasoned IAS officer, Tukaram Mundhe.
Jul 15, 2026
"बेचारा बच्चा है, पढ़ाई में कोई दिक्कत नहीं होनी चाहिए": While Aftab Poonawala takes his MA exams & has dental appointments in Tihar, his victim Shraddha Walkar's grieving family waits for justice across over 215 hearings slowed by endless judicial delay
Inside Central Jail No. 3 at Tihar Jail in New Delhi, an undertrial prisoner sits at a metal desk preparing for his final postgraduate examinations in sociology. Aaftab Amin Poonawala, the man accused of strangling, dismembering, and scattering the remains of his live-in partner, Shraddha Walkar, has spent his years in custody cultivating his academic credentials. Meanwhile, more than a thousand kilometers away in the coastal town of Vasai, Maharashtra, a family home sits in quiet, unresolved mourning.
Jul 15, 2026
"पीड़ितों का हिंदू होना महज़ एक इत्तेफाक नहीं था": Gujarat High Court confirmed the death penalty for 38 convicts of the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, ruling that the grave & deadly terror conspiracy was meticulously planned to target the Hindu community
On July 7, 2026, the Gujarat High Court made public a comprehensive 2,223-page judgment that upheld the convictions and sentences of the individuals responsible for the devastating 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts. In its detailed review, the division bench of Justices A.Y. Kogje and Samir Dave concluded that the catastrophic strikes were deliberately engineered to target the Hindu community.
Jul 15, 2026
"एक चेहरे पर कई चेहरे लगा लेते हैं लोग": Pakistan’s restoration of Gurdwara Patshahi Chhevin in Lahore and promotion of the film Satluj spark deep skepticism as critics point to the ongoing destruction of historic Sikh shrines across Punjab province
A concerted effort to project the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as the original inheritor of the Indus Valley Civilisation is currently underway, alongside another similar and equally calculated attempt to portray the nation as reconnecting with its historical roots. The broader objective of this campaign is to recast Pakistan as a civilisational state. Ironically, these efforts are directed at a country that was founded in rejection of that very civilisational identity and rooted instead in the idea of religious superiority and distinct identity from the other people of the region, particular…
Jul 14, 2026
"नायक नहीं खलनायक हूँ मैं": For resisting a woman's harassment at Igatpuri's Bhavali waterfall, a terrified Nashik family was chased for fifteen kilometers by a savage mob that brutally attacked their car with iron rods and wooden sticks
The mist that blankets the Western Ghats during the monsoon season has long acted as a siren song for the urban classes of Maharashtra. Every July, as heavy rains breathe life into the parched valleys of Igatpuri, the winding roads leading to the Bhavali Dam become congested with tourists escaping the concrete grids of Mumbai, Thane, and Nashik. It is a landscape defined by dramatic waterfalls, deep ravines, and a transient sense of tranquility.
Jul 14, 2026
"जिहाद तुम पर है फ़र्ज़ लोगो, जिहाद से क्यों मुकर रहे हो": First came the mosque, then a demographic shift, followed by a total bureaucratic erasure as the historic Hindu enclave of Jhapatpara quietly wiped from official documents and reborn as Islampura
Serious complaints have been officially raised over the controversial renaming of a decades-old, established locality in Harij, situated within the Patan district. The residential area, which is geographically located in Ward No. 4, was traditionally and historically known as Jhapatpara. However, local residents now allege that the area has been systematically renamed to ‘Islampura’.