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In an incident which once again puts a question mark on airlines’ operations and passenger well being, well-known actress and BJP MP Hema Malini was allegedly put into a very uncomfortable position by unruly co-passengers. The incident has also raised questions about the right to privacy

Is the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita which mentions planned timelines for investigation and disposal the beginning of a new dawn? Will it lead to prompt and just compensation and punishment of errant police?

Adapting to the US can take decades for emigres, especially with beliefs intimately tied to religious upbringing. Within many religions, there are written and unwritten philosophies about relationships between different strata of a given religion. Few are as explicit as the Hindu-based socio-political stratification among Indians

A short five-day Special Session called by the government has raised eyebrows among the Opposition. While the agenda has not been shared as yet, there will be no Question Hour and no private members’ business

Showing their belief in the efficacy of second chances, the Delhi prison administration has tied up with Indian Oil Corporation to set up petrol pumps as a part of its plan to enrol jail inmates in career-oriented welfare programmes. These pumps will be manned by only those convicts whose terms are about to end or who have shown good conduct

The Supreme Court issued a “notice” while hearing an appeal decided by the Madras High Court and has thereby tried to curb libel tourism by a Singapore company against Dr Subramanian Swamy for defamation

While a fleeting meeting between PM Modi and President Jinping has led to some hope of a thaw, the fact is that China considers India as its long-term strategic competitor and will keep the cauldron boiling always

The Delhi High Court has said that “persistent insistence” of a wife to live separately from her husband’s family is act of cruelty. Despite many legal remedies for mental cruelty, this is essentially a social malaise

The recent Conclave felicitated a band of influencers who are co-scripting the India growth story. They are shaping public opinion in nation building and societal issues and are role model themselves

Courts have often taken the view that in the absence of injuries in POCSO cases, it cannot be presumed that penetrative sexual assault did not take place and have convicted the accused