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Kantha Kathan, a six-day exhibition celebrating the living tradition and entrepreneurial evolution of rural Bengal’s Kantha artists, opened at Kolkata’s Lalit Kala Akademi on September 11. Featuring 16 women artisans from Nanoor and Ausgram, the event combines curated retail with design talks and hands-on workshops.
The West Bengal Assembly’s passage of the University Administration Amendment Bill grants the state unchecked powers to transfer college and university staff. While pitched as a reform to aid newer institutions, the move strikes at the core of campus autonomy, raising fears that punitive transfers will be used to silence critical academic voices.
At least six people have died and several others were injured after a multi-storey building used as a student accommodation collapsed in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area on Sunday afternoon. Rescue teams continued searching through the rubble on Monday, as authorities feared that more people could still be trapped beneath the debris.
The Supreme Court of India on Monday directed the Election Commission (EC) to freeze the electoral rolls for the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections by midnight, rejecting the state government’s plea for an extension. The decision was made by a Bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant to ensure the administrative timeline for the April 23 polling remains intact, despite nearly 20 lakh voters remaining excluded following a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) aimed at clearing “logical discrepancies.” The court emphasized that while aggrieved individuals may still approach 19 special appellate tribunals, a definitive “line must be drawn” to facilitate the election process.
In a significant move aimed at safeguarding individual liberty, the government of Karnataka has introduced the Freedom of Choice in Marriage and Prevention and Prohibition of Crimes in the Name of Honour and Tradition Bill, 2026. The proposed legislation seeks to protect consenting adults from family or community interference, particularly in cases of inter-caste and interfaith relationships.
In a significant move toward the 2027 Ardh Kumbh Mela, the Haridwar Municipal
Corporation is set to table a proposal that could see the sale of all meat and eggs banned
across the entire municipal area. The resolution, scheduled for discussion on April 6, 2026, aims
to expand current restrictions and relocate all non-vegetarian trade to the city’s outskirts.
Expanding the “Sacred Zone”
A bill seeking to recognise Amaravati as the sole and permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (April 1, 2026), with the Congress, the BJP as well as the TDP expressing support for it.
The Telangana government has passed the Telangana Platform-Based Gig Workers Welfare Bill, 2026, marking a major step toward regulating the state’s growing gig economy and improving working conditions for app-based workers.
The law aims to provide social security and legal protection
A pall of shock and grief has descended on Malda after a 20-year-old man allegedly died by suicide in a deeply disturbing incident that unfolded during a video call with his parents.
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