Above: A candlelight march on Human Rights Day in Patna/Photo: UNI
All people have rights while governments and institutions have responsibilities that correspond to these rights. To prevent violatio...
Above: Princess Diya Kumari (second from right) of the Jaipur royal family/Photo: facebook; (above) Mahendra Singh of the Mewar-Udaipur royal family. Both have claimed to be descendants of Lord Ram
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Above: A sadhu smoking cannabis/Photo: UNI
In response to a PIL challenging the prohibition and criminalisation of the use of cannabis in India, the Delhi High Court has asked for a detailed report...
With child rapes on the rise, the apex court has taken suo motu cognisance and decided to frame guidelines to deal with it, while the cabinet has given its nod to amending the POCSO Act
By Pap...
Above: Gambling on online gaming sites is catching on/Photo: Anil Shakya
This new form of betting has caught on in India and is worth around Rs 20,000 crore annually. Is it time to have a gaming co...
Above: People fill plastic pots from a well in Chennai which is experiencing severe water crisis; a restaurant in the city remains shut due to water shortage/Photo: UNI
As India grapples with a sev...
Above: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an all-party meeting to discuss One Nation, One Election in New Delhi/@narendramodi/twitter.com
One Nation, One Election concept, which is being pushed by the...
Above: Ashok Khemka/Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons
The seasoned bureaucrat Ashok Khemka is not one to take things lying down and has now confronted Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal K...
Above: Many of the accused in UP could not seek anticipatory bail and were taken into custody/Photo: UNI
Revoked during the Emergency, anticipatory bail has now been restored in Uttar Pradesh, faci...
Above: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi interacting with the IPS Officer Trainees of 2016 batch, in New Delhi on November 8, 2017/Photo: ddnews.gov.in
By R K Misra
Ever since Narendra Modi took pow...