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News Reports

SC directs states, UTs to immediately release convicts in jail beyond sentence: A deep dive into a systemic problem that demands an urgent fix

Aditi - 12 August, 2025

The verdict of the Supreme Court highlights a grave problem of convicts and undertrials languishing in jails even after serving their sentence or being granted bail by the court.

Opinions

Rajdeep Sardesai says ‘States being penalised for better demographic, economic performance’: How he is wrong and made a fool of himself again

S. Sudhir Kumar - 8 February, 2024

After receiving a lashing over his hypocrisy (yet again) yesterday, Rajdeep Sardesai woke up to a fresh day wanting to receive the same kind of lashing again.

News Reports

Union govt contemplates taking online route to grant citizenship under CAA to bypass state governments

OpIndia Staff - 1 January, 2020

In a bid to bypass the state government, the central government may make the process for granting citizenship under CAA online.

Politics

Congress’ petty politics: MP govt takes back state formation day invitation cards as they had Deen Dayal Upadhyay’s image printed on top

OpIndia Staff - 1 November, 2019

The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad has taken back already printed and distributed invitation cards after realising that they had the image of Deen Dayal Upadhyay printed on them.

Opinions