Ajith Kumar, a 27-year-old temple guard from Sivaganga, died of alleged custodial torture. A custodial death in Tamil Nadu has triggered widespread outrage after a post-mortem report revealed that the ...

Though illegal for over six decades, dowry continues to be an entrenched part of Indian weddings, transcending religion, caste, and class. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 6,450 ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the 10-year jail sentence of Kiran Kumar, the man convicted in the high-profile dowry-related death of his 24-year-old wife, Vismaya V. Nair. The court also ...

Ajith Kumar, a 27-year-old temporary guard at the Madapuram Badrakaliamman Temple in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga district, died on Sunday, June 29, following alleged custodial torture by a police ‘special ...

Students of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), on Saturday, took to protests following the arrest of a food court staff who allegedly sexually harassed a 20-year-old intern on campus last ...

In a historic first, Ethiraj College for Women has opened its doors to a transgender student. P. Shivin, a transwoman from Theni, was admitted to the BCom (Computer Science) programme on Wednesday, ...

Following the widespread circulation of a video showing a police head constable in Tiruvallur district assaulting three women, including a pregnant lady, the Superintendent of Police ordered his ...

The politics of naming, especially through a religious lens, is playing out across cultural mediums, especially in cinema, in ways that mirror and reinforce these regressive ideas. Stills for the ...

In the quiet town of Palakollu, nestled in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district, a young girl once stared at the moon with wonder in her eyes. Today, that girl, 23-year-old Jahnavi Dangeti, is one ...

A Bengaluru commuter’s social media post has stirred up a storm, shining a light on the simmering class tensions, cultural clashes, and frustrations within India’s tech capital, especially amid its ...

Teachers who have tried to speak up say they’ve been threatened with poor experience certificates, deliberate delays in relieving letters, and even blacklisting among private schools in the city, all ...

In a landmark moment for inclusivity in higher education, Loyola College in Chennai has appointed Dr. N Jency, a transwoman with a doctorate in English literature, as an assistant professor in its ...