This outfit of Muslim women and the saree have been banned on the country’s beaches. Is this an Islamophobic piece of legislation or a battle pitch for the next elections?
By Sajeda Momin in London...
The Haryana and Delhi government deny the existence of the Najafgarh Jheel, claiming it is merely a depression in the ground where water collects. Both maintain that there is no lake although the wate...
The Supreme Court ruling last fortnight directing the Center and states to amend laws to ensure stringent punishment for those guilty of adulterating milk and other food produce is a welcome step
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Going against the Geneva Convention, 54 Indian soldiers captured by the enemy during the 1971 War were never sent back. What’s worse: governments in Delhi have not enquired about their fate or pressur...
Amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 proscribe employing children below the age of 14. But exemptions in the new law render it open to gross misuse
By Ajith Pillai
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While Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel was the first casualty of their anger, the next year’s polls in Uttar Pradesh will prove the final clincher
By Kalyani Shankar
In politics, fortunes change in a ...
With numerous defamation cases filed by Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court has asked the state to be tolerant to criticism and give it a list of those in the firing line
By India Legal T...
Though the Transgender Persons (Protection of rights) Bill 2016 is a welcome move, unless society changes its perception and abuse of transgenders, little progress will be made so that they lead a lif...
Indirect taxes have been the bane of the common man. With a common tax regime now in place, will corporate pass on the benefits to consumers so that prices come down?
By Sumit Dutt Majumder
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On July 29, a PIL was filed in Calcutta High Court asking for an inquiry commission to look into the disappearance of gold and jewelry of the INA. Could this stir another Hornet’s Nest?
By Sujit Bh...