Tabassum Barnagarwala

In August, a strange story from Mumbai appeared in the news. The city's municipal corporation began to shut down 51 kabutarkhanas in response

I grew up in a small flat in a quiet locality in Indore. We had no dining table so we would sit on a carpet, laying out a plastic sheet on which to eat our meals.

The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance won 66 seats without a single vote being cast, as candidates withdrew or were disqualified.

From syringes to dental implants and dialysis kits, the prices of several essential devices are on their way up.

Six years after Covid-19 epidemic, several children continue to struggle for education and money as the implementation of state and central schemes falters.

Families from Araria district denied claims of trafficking, said the children detained in Madhya Pradesh were being sent for better education.

Teachers accompanying them had Aadhaar cards and consent forms, said a maulana. But they were still taken to a government shelter home in Cuttack.

As more private hospitals install robotic systems, patients are being nudged to undergo costlier procedures, sometimes even when they do not need them.

Behind the exodus is crushing poverty and the hope of a better life for the next generation. But, increasingly, their choices are under government scrutiny.

Activists say the sudden rise in such interceptions point to a targeting of Muslim children.