Above: Photo courtesy www.bollywoodlife.com
~By Dilip Bobb
Well before the encounter actually took place, meeting Vidia Naipaul seemed a daunting prospect. That was mainly because of the int...
Somnath Chatterjee: Born July 25, 1929 in Tezpur, Assam; Died August 13, 2018 (aged 89) in Kolkata, West Bengal/Photo: ANI
Somnath Chatterjee, to old timers in then Calcutta, was better known as a ...
Priyanka’s New Role
For long, the Congress party has seen Priyanka Gandhi as the “brahmastra” it can use when faced with an insurmountable challenge. With less than a year to go for the Lok Sabha p...
Even after a year following the Supreme Court’s five-judge bench (judges from five different faiths) declared talaq-e-biddat or instant triple talaq unconstitutional and not an essential part of Islam...
There has been, finally, an arrest in the huge NPA scandal that has shaken the entire banking world of India, with the authorities getting teeth in the form of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO...
Former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy has testified against Pathanapuram MLA KB Ganesh Kumar in the Solar Scam case. The scam had nearly brought down the Chandy government in 2015
~By N V Ravindranathan Nai...
Above: Chief Justice Dipak Misra delivering his speech at the Assocham conclave in New Delhi on Tuesday. Picture Anil Shakya
Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Tuesday (August 7) cited the Supreme Court’s ...
Above: DMK leaders after hearing the Madras High Court verdict in Chennai on Wednesday. Picture courtesy DMK Twitter handle
The death of long-ailing DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi in Chennai late Tuesd...
The Rajya Sabha on Monday (August 6) passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 mandating a maximum penalty of death to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years. The bill had alrea...
Above: By taking up the issue of female genital mutilation practised by the Bohra community, the apex court has shown that it is treading with the times
Triple Talaq, Sabarimala and genital mutilat...