Women ‘largest minority’ of India; why not give them representation without reservation, asks Supreme Court

The Supreme Court described women as the “largest minority” in India whose presence in the Parliament is steadily receding. “Why not give women representation even without reservation?” Justice B.V. Nagarathna, heading a two-judge Bench and the Supreme Court’s sole woman judge, observed on Monday (November 10, 2025). The Bench, also comprising Justice R. Mahadevan, was hearing a petition filed by Dr. Jaya Thakur challenging the provisions of the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam,’ or the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, granting 33% reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.

Seven J&K locals held for running inter-State terror module; 2,900 kg IED-making material seized: police

The Jammu & Kashmir Police on Monday (November 10, 2025) busted an “inter-state and transnational terror module”, arrested seven people, and seized 2900 kg of improvised explosive device (IED)-making material. A Srinagar-based police spokesman said the inter-state and transnational terror module was linked to terror outfits of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH). The J&K Police, during the ongoing investigation, carried out searches at multiple locations, by J&K Police, in Srinagar, Anantnag, Ganderbal, and Shopian. The J&K Police also conducted searches at Faridabad “in tandem with the Haryana Police and at Saharanpur, with the U.