Mumbai White Strip Controversy: Governance Failure or Social Media Spectacle?

By BPN News Desk June 9, 2026

Op-Eds Opinion

A white strip painted inside a housing society in Mumbai should never have become a national controversy. Yet over the past few days, television channels, social media platforms, political commentators, and online activists have all weighed in on what was, at its core, a fairly straightforward

Law & Order National

Supreme Court Questions Time On Religion Cases

By BPN News Desk May 7, 2026

The Supreme Court has questioned whether it should spend extensive time hearing religion-related disputes when thousands of cases remain pending before the judiciary. Supreme Court On Religion Cases A bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice M M Sundresh made the observation while hearing a matter linked to religious rights and marriage-related issues. The […]

Law & Order National

Supreme Court On Sabarimala PIL

By BPN News Desk April 9, 2026

The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the public interest litigation challenging the Sabarimala temple’s traditional restriction on the entry of women of menstruating age might not have been entertained if it were filed in today’s legal climate. The remark came during a hearing on the broader issue of judicial intervention in matters of faith, […]

Op-Eds Opinion

Post-2024 Elections Show That Identity Politics Has Hit Its Limit

By BPN News Desk January 17, 2026

India is one of the most socially fragmented countries in the world. Your next-door neighbour can speak a different language, belong to a different caste, follow a different faith, and vote based on a completely different social experience. For decades, political parties treated this diversity as an electoral weapon, slicing society into smaller and smaller […]

Op-Eds Opinion

Stop Preaching Innocence: Faith Must Own Its Fanatics

By BPN News Desk November 13, 2025

Every act of terror that shakes the world is followed by the same moral chorus: “Terror has no religion.” It’s repeated so often that it now functions as an emotional bandage rather than an idea. It’s meant to comfort the public, protect the faithful, and silence uncomfortable questions. But denial is not wisdom. The reality […]

International

US Vice President J.D. Vance Defends Comments on Wife’s Faith

By BPN News Desk November 1, 2025

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance responded on October 31 2025 to criticism over recent remarks regarding his wife, Usha Vance, and her religious background. At a publicly-attended event hosted by Turning Point USA, Vance had said that his wife, who was raised in a Hindu family, often accompanies him to church and that he “honestly […]

Law & Order National

Mukul Rohatgi Slams Shoe Attack, Urges Religious Neutrality in Courts

By BPN News Desk October 8, 2025

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi strongly condemned the recent courtroom incident in which a 71-year-old lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, tried to hurl a shoe at Chief Justice B. R. Gavai. The shoe did not hit the target, and Court security intervened immediately. Attack and Motive The attacker was heard shouting slogans such as “Sanatan ka apmaan nahi […]

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CJI Gavai Clarifies ‘Deity’ Comment, Says He Respects All Faiths

By BPN News Desk September 18, 2025

Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai faced criticism for remarks made during a case concerning the restoration of a damaged Lord Vishnu idol at the Javari Temple in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh. While dismissing the plea, he told the petitioner to “go and ask the deity itself” to act, adding that meditation could be a […]