India Archive

On Thursday, July 16, the Supreme Court of India raised serious concerns regarding the practice of spouses filing formal complaints directly with each other's employers during ongoing matrimonial litigation. The court observed that taking domestic disputes to a spouse's workplace can result in immediate job termination, which ultimately ruins any realistic chance of securing financial support or maintenance later on.

The debate over India's agricultural policy has flared up once again. On Tuesday, July 21, a major demonstration organized by the Desh Bachao Morcha took place at Delhi’s Kisan Ghat to protest a proposed trade deal between the United States and India. According to event organizers, nearly 550 unions representing farmers and various social groups from across the country participated in the gathering.

On 20th July, the leftist portal The Wire reported that student protests from India had “reached London.” The media outlet shared photographs showing people gathering in front of the Indian High Commission. This gathering occurred right after reports surfaced regarding police action against a protest led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in Delhi. Crucially, the Delhi Police had not granted official permission for the demonstration. The Delhi gathering turned violent, with demonstrators engaging in stone-pelting and attacking police personnel before law enforcement officers retaliated to restore order.

At around 10 am, a drone shot showed Jantar Mantar packed with protesters responding to the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) “Sansad Chalo” call ahead of the proposed march towards Parliament. Notably, Delhi Police did not grant permission for the protest. The aerial footage captured the gathering from above and was circulated to demonstrate the number of people who had assembled at the protest venue.

The Government of India is set to introduce the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026. It aims to provide statutory protection to the National Song, Vande Mataram. The proposed amendment will expand Section 3 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, which currently punishes anyone who intentionally prevents the singing of the National Anthem or disrupts an assembly engaged in singing it. According to media reports, the words “national song” will now be added alongside “national anthem”.

As reports began to surface regarding the police response, which included a lathi-charge against a stone-pelting CJP mob, Abhijit Dipke announced a significant shift in his protest strategy. Merely 48 hours after its commencement, he decided to bring his “indefinite” hunger strike to an end. Dipke stated that this decision was reached after Sonam Wangchuk, who was also preparing to conclude his own ‘indefinite’ hunger strike, requested that he join the scheduled CJP Parliament March.

The public image maintained by left-liberals often emphasizes traits like being "intellectual," "tolerant," "champions of dissent," and "defenders of free speech." However, a completely different reality emerges when these groups face even minor disagreements. In those moments, the very same individuals can be seen supporting the aggressive targeting, and even the near-lynching, of anyone they have categorized as an ideological adversary.

The quiet corridor outside the specialized burns unit at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Amritsar is heavy with the smell of clinical antiseptic and the silent presence of state power. Two armed police officers stand guard outside a heavily secured ward, their automatic rifles slung over their shoulders. Inside, under the low hum of life-support monitors, lie Rajwinder Kaur and her cousin Harpal Singh, their bodies wrapped in thick layers of medical gauze. They are both suspects under active custody, their survival bought at the cost of catastrophic, life-altering burns.

A series of fast-moving events unfolded in the national capital early Saturday morning, July 18, 2026. The Delhi Police moved activist Sonam Wangchuk from the ongoing protest site at Jantar Mantar and transferred him directly to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital. The administrative action follows exactly 20 days of an indefinite hunger strike undertaken by Wangchuk, an demonstration that critics argue has been aimed at holding the state to ransom.

The heavy monsoon air of Meerut was thick with tension when Senior Superintendent of Police Avinash Pandey stepped up to the press podium. Behind him, a whiteboard mapped a web of mobile phone towers, digital call records, and forensic slides. Within thirty-six hours of discovering thirty-two-year-old private school director Atul Kumar Panwar dead in his rented home in Hastinapur, the police had dismantled what was initially reported as a tragic, accidental wildlife encounter.