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Roundabout | 19 marathons in 4 years: The unstoppable UT girl

Kiran has been running marathons in different countries, taking on new challenges in London, Chicago, Tokyo, Sydney, South Africa, Berlin, Boston and elsewhere.

Published 10 days ago

Sonam Wangchuk urges Jharkhand student leader to end hunger strike

Student leader Divendranath Mahato sits on a hunger strike to protest the alleged JPSC examination paper leak.

Updated 13 days ago

Wangchuk claims govt assured it would consider talks on Pradhan's resignation

Wangchuk said that the Centre had assured him that it would consider Pradhan's resignation.

Updated 27 days ago

Wangchuk can end hunger strike, says wife, sets a condition ahead of CJP march

Educationist Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of Sonam Wangchuk who remains in hospital, speaking with CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke at the protest site at Jantar Mantar.

Updated 30 days ago

Pakistan accused of withholding activists' bodies as unrest intensifies in PoK

Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) protests continue as demands against Pakistan remain unfulfilled

Published 67 days ago

Dipke moves Delhi high court against blocking of X account

Founder Abhijeet Dipke said his “iconic website”, cockroachjantaparty.org, had been taken down.

Published 85 days ago

Lawyers, ex-civil servants flag CJI's ‘unfair’ remarks on environmental activism

Chief Justice Surya Kant speaks during the launch of the "Fragmentation to Fusion: Empowering Justice via United Digital Platform Integration" at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Cultural & Information Centre, in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

Updated 87 days ago

Singha heir accuses older brother Sunit Scott of sexual assault

Siranudh Scott accused his elder brother of sexual assault in an emotional video.

Updated 99 days ago

Alexander Heifler: 5 things about man arrested in Nerdeen Kiswani assassination

Alexander Heifler, 26, was arrested for allegedly plotting to assassinate activist Nerdeen Kiswani after an undercover operation revealed his plans to create Molotov cocktails. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Published 144 days ago

Plot to firebomb Palestinian activist's home disrupted by NYPD undercover op

Kiswani, 31, said law enforcement officials informed her late Thursday that they had disrupted “a threat on my life that was about to take place."

Published 144 days ago

Jesse Jackson cause of death: How did Civil rights icon die at 84?

Jesse Jackson, esteemed civil rights activist and former presidential candidate, passed away at 84. His family noted he died peacefully, reflecting on his commitment to justice and equality

Updated 182 days ago

Wildlife activist demands inquiry into Delhi zoo irregularities

In a letter, dated January 24, Ajay Dubey alleged illegal felling of nearly 100 trees last year, black marketing of tickets, and the deployment of multi-tasking staff (MTS) in animal enclosures without requisite training, calling for an inquiry.

Published 205 days ago

Activist sets himself ablaze for 42% OBC quota demand, dies

BC activists and BRS leaders including former minister and BRS leader V Srinivas Goud throng the funeral of the deceased on Saturday to pay their respects. (HT PHOTO)

Published 255 days ago

From irrigation to land scams, how Anjali Damania has had her task cut out

Anjali Damania (HT Photo)

Published 266 days ago

Activist says she was prevented from entering Mundhwa land

She claimed she was told to meet the BSI director in Pune and that the official refused to allow her to inspect the plot. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

Published 273 days ago

‘Free Balochistan’: Activists stage protest outside UN headquarters

Protestors displayed banners reading "Free Balochistan" to draw attention to their demands.

Published 325 days ago

Moroccan feminist and LGBTQ activist sentenced to prison in blasphemy case

Friends and supporters of Ibtissame Lachgar, who faces trial over "offending Islam", walk outside the court in Rabat on September 3, 2025.

Updated 348 days ago

‘Conveyed legal issues…’: CM Fadnavis on Maratha quota as Jarange ends stir

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said other communities need not have misconceptions about the Maratha quota.

Updated 350 days ago

Review: Heart Lamp by Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq

Playing cricket in Bidar, Karnataka. (Shutterstock)

Updated 455 days ago

Tejasvi Surya seeks NIA probe into Hindu activist Suhas Shetty's murder

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya. urged home minister Amit Shah to transfer the investigation of Suhas Shetty's murder to the NIA.

Published 471 days ago

Indian activist arrested in Poland after India-issued Interpol notice

Sanal Edamaruku has been living in Finland in self-imposed exile since 2012.

Published 497 days ago

Activist questions clean chit to Karnataka CM and family in MUDA case

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Published 517 days ago

Valentine's Day: Damdami Mai Puja absent at Hindu College! Is Virgin Tree gone?

The Damdami Mai Puja used to be celebrated with full gusto back in the day, as students hung heart-shaped balloons and even condoms at the sacred Virgin Tree!

Published 552 days ago

MUDA scam: Activist files complaint with ED against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

Siddaramaiah (PTI)

Published 688 days ago

Special food for the rich, infested curries for others: Lawyer on Taloja graft

Human rights lawyer and activist Surendra Gadling. (HT PHOTO)

Updated 740 days ago

Globetrotter who used his capital for local good

Published 751 days ago

Aruna Roy – “The demonising of activists is unfortunate for the nation”

Aruna Roy, author, The Personal is Political; An Activist’s Memoir. (Amal KS/HT Photo)

Updated 753 days ago

The rattle of skeletons

FILE PHOTO: An employee adjusts a poster of Canadian author Alice Munro in Munro's bookstore after she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in Victoria, British Columbia October 10, 2013. REUTERS/Andy Clark/File Photo

Published 753 days ago

In death, a Pashtun poet’s message rings a lot louder

Born in 1994, Gilaman Wazir grew up near the Durand line in northern Waziristan (Pakhtun1103/Wikimedia commons)

Published 759 days ago

Few ministers are working against Marathas: Jarange-Patil's latest charge

Manoj Jarange-Patil

Updated 787 days ago

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