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Chandigarh: Back to Governor’s Rule

The center’s decision to appoint an independent administrator for Chandigarh saw political parties up in arms as they demanded control be restored with Raj Bhavan By Vipin Pubby in Chandigarh It...

Vyapam probe: A dead end for CBI?  

With 700 accused and suspects absconding in this huge job-cum-admission scam and many let off on bail, observers now wait for the CBI to act on the Supreme Court’s order to submit the scam report B...

Pak love of Ramya: Seditious?

The actor-politician is being tainted as unpatriotic because she stated the obvious—Indians and Pakistanis have much in common By Usha Rani Das Just days after Karnataka Government filed seditio...

“Chinese” Manjha: A Dangerous Proposition

Many have died due to lethal kite strings, evoking numerous laws across India. But it would be more effective for the central government to implement one law to ban them By Nayantara Roy On Inde...

Burkinis beached in France

This outfit of Muslim women and the saree have been banned on the country’s beaches. Is this an Islamophobic piece of legislation or a battle pitch for the next elections? By Sajeda Momin in London...

A Lake Disappears…

The Haryana and Delhi government deny the existence of the Najafgarh Jheel, claiming it is merely a depression in the ground where water collects. Both maintain that there is no lake although the wate...

Milk—Toxic Cocktail Of Urea, Shampoo, Paint…

The Supreme Court ruling last fortnight directing the Center and states to amend laws to ensure stringent punishment for those guilty of adulterating milk and other food produce is a welcome step B...

War heroes who never came back

Going against the Geneva Convention, 54 Indian soldiers captured by the enemy during the 1971 War were never sent back. What’s worse: governments in Delhi have not enquired about their fate or pressur...

Diluting child rights

Amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 proscribe employing children below the age of 14. But exemptions in the new law render it open to gross misuse By Ajith Pillai ...

Dalits fighting for rights

While Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel was the first casualty of their anger, the next year’s polls in Uttar Pradesh will prove the final clincher By Kalyani Shankar In politics, fortunes change in a ...

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