The Wire's Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by M.K. Venu, founding editor, The Wire and Apar Gupta, advocate and founder, Internet Freedom Foundation.

With petitions seeking the criminalisation of marital rape pending in the Supreme Court and the Chhattisgarh high court only last month acquitting a man accused of rape despite wife's death, this Women’s Day The Wire speaks to survivors of marital rape whose quest for justice remains.

‘The Wire’ had earlier reported that Naravane’s memoir was “awaiting clearance” from the defence and external affairs ministry and was delayed.

Congress MP and party whip Manickam Tagore says that the only reason the post remains vacant is because it has to be given to the opposition.

Jyothsna Tirunagari, TDP national spokesperson said if there are any concerns emerging out of the delimitation exercise, they will be taken up by her party.

In a new paper, Christophe Jaffrelot with Vignesh Rajahmani and Neal Bharadwaj find that Gujarat’s developmental trajectory has been a model of rapid industrial expansion but that inequalities have persisted.

While Stalin on Monday described delimitation as a “sword” hanging over southern states, Shah in Coimbatore said that not a single seat will be reduced pro-rata in any southern state.

Patra who is a member of the parliamentary committee on communications and information technology told The Wire that if there is a provision in law, that provides for criminalisation of conduct then appropriate process of law should follow.

This is according to the Modi government's own admission in the ‘Implementation of the Budget Announcements 2024-25’ released on budget day.

BJD MP Sasmit Patra, a member of the parliamentary panel on communications and information technology, said to The Wire that while the matter had been raised across party lines, there is “probably a need to look at a YouTuber or Influencer code of engagement”.

Kumar, whose 4.5-year tenure spanned “one full electoral cycle”, faced criticism for the erosion of the poll body’s independence.

Gandhi opposed the composition of the selection committee including Prime Minister Modi and home minister Amit Shah as lopsided, The Wire has learnt.

Officials responded to the stampede with a series of deflections since the tragedy first came to light. 

As per the Centre’s policy, 27% of faculty positions are reserved for OBCs, 15% for SCs, and 7.5% for STs.

The Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025 provides that any person using a fake passport or arranging for one may face a jail term of up to seven years.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Pradhan said the draft UGC regulations ‘provide more autonomy and inclusive development of the state universities’.

Further, the prime minister claimed that in the first Delhi assembly session, the CAG report will be presented and all corruption allegations [against AAP] will be probed.

"The number of voters added in five months is more than the number of voters in five years,” said Gandhi.

The committee recommended a simplified hierarchy of regulatory bodies without excessive centralisation.

In an separate veiled reference to Rahul Gandhi, Modi said that some were speaking the language of ‘urban naxals’