Ankita Dwivedi Johri

Nearly 30 years after they first entered the Army, a Supreme Court order has entitled women officers to full job benefits, including command postings. The Indian Express sheds light on the long fight that led to this and the women who waged it, proving themselves “again and again”

Supreme Court directed that women Army officers be considered for grant of Permanent Commission, a group of 12 officers, all petitioners in the case.

At 6 am on February 1, Vinay, along with Mukesh Singh, 32, Akshay Singh, 31, and Pawan Gupta, 25, are slated to hang for the December 2012 Delhi gang rape.

As death warrant is issued for the accused in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case that shook a nation, Ankita Dwivedi Johri tells two stories of wait — a mother’s as she hopes to find closure after an agonising battle for justice, and that of families of the accused as they make a desperate cry for reprieve

For years, they have fought the smaller battles at home. But as women from all classes and creeds occupy streets once considered unsafe, as their thunderous, peaceful presence bolsters the anti-CAA protests, as they face lathis and iron rods, they signal a new beginning.

Lt Col Malik’s appointment comes nearly a year after Sahitya Akademi-awardee writer Rita Chowdhury stepped down from the post.

What does the Constitution mean in their lives, in letter and spirit? Which rights matter to them the most, at home and beyond, as they enter 2020, the 70th year of the Republic.

Rarely understood is the story of what happens after the rape. To investigate that, The Indian Express travels to a counselling centre in Dewas, speaks to rape victims, doctors and police to find that for the survivors of rape, the nightmare rarely ends

The inequality in India’s education system gets a shot at redemption in the country’s public universities, which give students from different backgrounds a window to a more democratic future. As proposals of fee hike meet with protests, a look at how access to subsidised higher education has fuelled dreams and opened up opportunities for the disadvantaged

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot recently urged women to give up the ghoonghat (veil) as “times have changed”. “Women can’t progress as long as there is ghoonghat... You have to proceed with courage... the govt (is) with you,” he had said.

27 years after the Babri demolition, hearing in the final case to decide the fate of the disputed Ramjanmabhoomi site concludes this week. The Indian Express finds a town longing for closure, a community that is tired, and a generation, born after 1992, in wait — for jobs

With a 74-yr-old woman in Andhra becoming the oldest to give birth, The Indian Express rewinds to a case of 2010, when a 66-yr-old from Hisar had delivered triplets, triggering a debate around medical ethics and an age-limit on women opting for IVF.

On Saturday, the former Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP died at a private hospital in Chennai, where he was admitted two weeks ago.

What does it take for a 16-yr-old to ride a Royal Enfield in a village less than 100 km from the Capital? A father who stands by her choice

In Uttar Pradesh, child-lifting rumours have led to mob violence and 82 arrests. What happens to a village in grip of such rumours? Children stop going to school, parents live in fear and every outsider is a suspect.

Barbers, confectioners working in Valley “for years” are back home in West UP amidst ongoing tension. As funds dwindle, they hope to return.

Unlike villages where most people have their own sheep and goats, residents of Kargil town depend on the Bakarwals to purchase animals before the festival every year.

Kargil has always felt closer to Kashmir due to the Muslim link. Leh, for it, is the privileged half, enjoying prestige as a “tourist destination”.

The highest plateau in the erstwhile J&K state, and one of India’s most sparsely populated regions — cut off from the rest of the country for over six months every winter — Ladakh has often complained of unfair treatment by the state government on funds and employment opportunities.