FEATURE STORY
Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Sunday said that, in her opinion, madrasas “should not exist”, alleging that some of these educational institutions were producing “jihadis” and witnessing cases of child abuse.
West Bengal Chief Minister SuvenduAdhikari is the second least wealthy among the country’s Chief Ministers, with declared assets of ₹85.87 lakh, according to an analysis of election affidavits released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 29, 2026) provided former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh posthumous relief by agreeing with two back-to-back closure reports filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in 2014 giving him a clean chit, while highlighting there was no “sufficient material or good reason” to register a corruption case against him in connection with the coal block allocation scam.
Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the
Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to accord Vande Mataram the same statutory protection as the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana.
Printmaking-one of the richest, oldest and democratic forms of art remains a sort of shrouded mystery when it comes to…