In a sign of growing tension, the Tamil Nadu government has not given enough funds for the judiciary, forcing the Madras High Court to pass an anguished order in this regard
By R Ramasubramanian ...
The climate agreement of December 2015 needs to be ratified by at least 55 of 174 countries. India still has to do it but is using it as a lever to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group
By Darryl D’Mont...
The former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s deals have divested thousands of poor farmers of their land, and these have now come to haunt him as law enforcing authorities close in on him
By Vipin...
All too often, environmental laws are breached with impunity. A National Green Tribunal ruling has put paid to Numaligarh Refinery’s encroachment into reserve forests in an elephant corridor in Assam
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Journalists who report from conflict zones and cover politics and corruption often pay with their lives, as underpinned in a recent report by an international media watchdog
By Karan Kaus...
The landmark verdict on Singur by the Supreme Court will hit West Bengal’s economy and be cited in future agitations as industry and agriculture battle for this fast-depleting, precious resource
By...
There is much more to the recent controversy related to Siwan leader Mohammad Shahabuddin than meets the eye. He is merely a player in the political script written by Lalu Prasad to preserve his own l...
At a time when the country is celebrating Hindi Divas, one may ask what is the state of affairs as far as using Hindi as a mode of communication in judiciary is concerned. Is it right to mandate Hindi...
A recent petition before the apex court seeking its direction to impose governor’s rule was not entertained. The three-judge bench observed that the Kashmir crisis should be resolved politically and n...
A poor, differently-abled girl who cracks NEET finds a savior in the court so that she can become a doctor
By Prabhat Singh in Ranchi
The judiciary has often provided succor to the poor and the ...