Christina George

This election, Punhana is at the centre of attention with BJP fielding Nauksham Chowdhary, a 27-year-old foreign-educated woman with roots in the area. She is up against veteran Mohammad Iliyas (64) of the Congress who won the seat in 2009 for the INLD.

According to the National Family Health Survey (2015-16), in Mewat 79.9 per cent pregnant women aged between 15 and 49 are anaemic -- this number is 68.6 per cent for other women in this age bracket.

Calling out for justice and attention to the case, students from various colleges staged a protest against Chinmayanand at Jantar Mantar. Gender studies student from Jamia Millia Islamia University Rekha Singh called this incident a pattern followed by the system.

The National capital with seven constituencies — Chandni Chowk, East Delhi, New Delhi, North East Delhi, North West Delhi, South Delhi, and West Delhi, holds an interesting electoral dynamics. In sixteen such Lok Sabha elections, Delhi has won with a staggering single-mindedness.

Vidhan Sabha election results 2019 LIVE Highlights: State Assembly Elections were simultaneously held in four states- Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. Bypolls held in Tamil Nadu will determine if the DMK has an upper hand over the AIADMK after 18 of its MLAs left the party.

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Most Sikh voters feel betrayed by the Aam Aadmi Party over its keenness to enter into an alliance with the Congress.

In an interview to indianexpress.com, Mishra talks about why his candidature was delayed, campaign strategies, his promises vis-a-vis sealing and education as well as the failed AAP-Congress alliance.

Makhan Lal, a construction worker who is on the verge of quitting work because of a dislocated shoulder, says: “I haven’t heard of Modi’s pension scheme or Rahul Gandhi’s NYAY... what I know is that we will remain poor, this basti will continue to have open sewage and during rains our houses will be under sewer water.”

The film, directed by independent filmmakers Shawn Sebastian and Basil Poulose, is inspired by Balaknama, a bilingual newspaper run by street children that focuses on issues of child rights. The newspaper is now run by more than 60 young reporters between the age of 12 and 20.

The incident is a grim reminder of the stampede that took place on a foot overbridge (FOB) connecting the local railway stations of Elphinstone Road. At least 22 people were killed and 39 others were injured.

The Transgender Persons Bill passed recently in the Lok Sabha has sparked outrage among the transgender community. The protest organised by the South Indian Transgender Federation saw hundreds of people from the transgender community across the country speaking one language. “My body, my right”.

The Queer Muslim Project is holding a “Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Islam” workshop in Delhi that will be a space for LGBTQ and queer Muslims to explore their feelings and experiences of Islam, both good and bad, this Sunday, August 5.

While some Catholics have lauded Pope Francis as a refreshing change, some progressives have slammed him for offering merely cosmetic changes to the church’s stance on controversial social issues.

My childhood was glorious and colourful with the presence of heartthrobs like Madhuri and Sridevi. But I stuck to Sridevi with an undivided loyalty.

#GenderAnd: The 15 women who drafted the Indian Constitution.

GenderAnd Development: Beauty and wellness, stitching, tailoring courses for women, electronics and hardware for men

In her latest one-woman, devised play, ‘No rest in The Kingdom’, Deepika Arwind talks about misogyny, wrapped in a “protected” shield by men, in urban culture.

Meet Aditya Vij, a collector of disappearing antiquities, who has spent his entire life treasuring what others consider trash.

Children have emerged as a very significant group among the HIV/AIDS patients in India, as they are not just fighting to combat bodily immune but insults from society as well.