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As the apex court upholds the Calcutta High Court’s order to resume the rural employment scheme in West Bengal while maintaining the right of the centre to keep probing irregularities, the judiciary has shown that governance cannot mean starvation as retribution. When the centre denies work and wages to the poorest for three years, it violates not just law, but humanity

By ruling that temple priest appointments cannot be restricted by caste or lineage, the Kerala High Court has reignited the long-running debate between constitutional equality and the limits of religious freedom in a secular state

Candid, curious, and contemplative—Morocco’s ambassador to India opens up about life lessons from selling ice cream in France, surviving a bomb blast in Karachi, and building friendships that transcend politics and power

POTUS’s latest actions—halting food aid, defying courts, and tearing down part of the White House—point to something far more deliberate than chaos

In a landmark verdict, the apex court has clarified that the existence of an employer-employee relationship cannot be determined by any rigid test, but through a nuanced evaluation of facts, law, and the realities of modern work structures

Once hailed as India’s master election strategist, Prashant Kishor found himself on the defensive—and on camera—as questions about his own education and electoral ambitions left him flustered. His on-air tantrum may have cost him more than just image points; it exposed the cracks in both his political strategy and the Opposition’s shaky unity in Bihar

Over 20 children have died across Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan after consuming tainted medicines. What began as a medical mystery has spiralled into a national reckoning over India’s fragile drug regulation, systemic negligence, and moral failure in public health governance

The case of Zoharbee vs Imam Khan exposes a silent crisis in India’s multilingual judiciary—where a single mistranslated word can tilt the scales of justice

As post-Diwali smog choked the National Capital Region, the Supreme Court once again found itself walking the tightrope between cultural celebration and constitutional duty. The bench led by Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Chandran’s decision to permit limited green firecrackers has reopened the debate: can faith and environmental responsibility coexist under judicial scrutiny?

Once a potent weapon for transparency and citizen empowerment, the RTI Act marks 20 years amid growing curbs, bureaucratic apathy, and shrinking autonomy