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The Attackers In The Crowd

Four men linked to Hindu Raksha Dal arrested for assaulting young anti-CEC protesters, including women, at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, exposing underbelly of street vigilantism amid protests.

By Cult Current Desk • 12 Oct 2026

OPINION

A Father's Stage of Grief

After his 3-year-old daughter's rape and murder, a Pune father turns trauma into street theatre, forcing city crowds to confront victim-blaming and sexual violence against children.

By Cult Current Desk • 12 Oct 2026

POLITICS

Court Calls Out Curbs

Supreme Court holds rare Sunday hearing on Delhi protests, directing authorities to end illegal detentions and restore Metro and internet, underlining that order cannot become excuse for overreach.

By Cult Current Desk • 12 Oct 2026

External Affairs

When Earth and State Shake

Two strong quakes jolt Panama, student protests turn bloody in France, and a Polish school sees third attack in a week - a day of global tremors.

By Cult Current Desk • 12 Oct 2026

State News

Manipur Bleeds Again

Nine dead and 14 houses torched in fresh Manipur hill violence, even as the Chief Minister met the Prime Minister in Delhi for peace assurances.

By Cult Current Desk • 11 Oct 2026

POLITICS

The Attackers In The Crowd

Four men linked to Hindu Raksha Dal arrested for assaulting young anti-CEC protesters, including women, at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, exposing underbelly of street vigilantism amid protests.

By Cult Current Desk 12 Oct 2026

Court Calls Out Curbs

Supreme Court holds rare Sunday hearing on Delhi protests, directing authorities to end illegal detentions and restore Metro and internet, underlining that order cannot become excuse for overreach.

By Cult Current Desk 12 Oct 2026

On Saturday morning, New Delhi looked like a war zone without war. Checkpoints every 200 meters, paramilitary troops, riot-control vehicles and deserted Parliament Street marked the city ahead of CJP's protest.

By Cult Current Desk 11 Oct 2026

Jantar Mantar, Shifted

Detained far from Lutyens, protesters turned stadiums into new Jantar Mantars. Inside Chhatrasal and Rajiv Gandhi complexes, slogans, complaints and confusion marked the state's detention playbook.

By Cult Current Desk 11 Oct 2026

Capital on Lockdown

Delhi turned into a fortress on Saturday to thwart a protest demanding CEC's resignation, with mass detentions, Metro closures and barricades raising fresh questions over protest and policing.

By Cult Current Desk 11 Oct 2026

Economy

Repo Shock: RBI's 5.5% Reality Check

After four pauses and a 125 bps cut cycle, RBI's surprise 25 bps hike to 5.5% signals that India's inflation fight is far from over despite strong growth.

By Cult Current Desk 08 Oct 2026

Economy

Who Owns Spirit?

Supreme Court said states can regulate industrial alcohol. Now GST Cou...

08 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Economy

Poison Apple Of Insurance

Insurance sold ₹1.93 lakh cr premium in FY25 but penetration flat at 3...

08 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Economy

Lemon Market Lives On

Twenty-five years after

08 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Economy

Swiss Fix For TEPA

Despite EFTA FTA for a year, India's exports to Switzerland fell 22.7%...

08 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

VIDEO

Science

Mirror Breakthrough: Nobel For Chirality

French-Japanese duo's Chemistry Nobel for controlling mirrored molecules is not abstract science; it is the key to safer drugs and cheaper agrochemicals for India.

By Cult Current Desk 08 Oct 2026

Science

Nobel Medicine 2026

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win Nobel Medicine 202...

07 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Science

Count Every Cancer

Supreme Court asks 19 states to make cancer notifiable. If implemented...

07 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Science

When Elephants Self - Prescribe

From orangutans to chimpanzees, zoopharmacognosy is known. Now African...

05 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Science

3,832 Children, A 2027 Promise

India wants zero leprosy transmission by 2027. But 3,832 children infe...

05 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Society

Crosshairs in Bengal

A Catholic church vandalised in Nadia amid allegations of religious conversions reflects Bengal's growing faultline over prayer meetings, where faith, law and vigilantism dangerously collide.

By Cult Current Desk 11 Oct 2026