Above: Rescue operation at the flyover collapse site in south Kolkata/Photo: UNI
Building collapses and fires are not the only causes of urban deaths, and these are not confined to Mumbai or Delhi....
Though no one in India may claim to be a super-citizen, functional inequality may be justified under very special circumstances
~By Upendra Baxi
A bench comprising Justi...
The harassment I have faced is meant to terrorise intellectuals, subdue dissent
~By Anand Teltumbde
I had just woken up somewhat late, tired after a late night flight when I saw missed cal...
Above: A protest march against the gangrape and murder of a minor in Kathua in Srinagar/Photo: UNI
While the Supreme Court has voiced concern over rising incidents of rape, what is needed is a prof...
President Donald Trump’s approach is out of character for a nation founded by English immigrants about 400 years ago
~By Kenneth Tiven
There are perhaps at least 3.5 mi...
Above: A women’s contingent interacts with then Chief of Army Staff Gen Dalbir Singh/Photo: UNI
While a plea in the Delhi High Court asked why married persons were debarred from the law arm of the ...
Taxing those who create wealth and giving it to freeloaders has led to millionaires leaving India. Embracing socialism is not the panacea for India’s ills, and the PM seems to have realised that
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In a first of its kind case, the Kerala police nabs a man who helped his lover keep track of her husband in real time by secretly installing an app on his mobile phone
~By NV Ravindranathan Nair i...
Above: A majority of the poor do not have health insurance and expenses are high
The Modicare project of the PM, which will kickstart on August 15, aims to provide free health insurance to poor fam...
Above: A poll official explains the working of an EVM to his colleagues in Amritsar/Photo: UNI
Despite demand for paper ballots and tampering claims before various High Courts, the fact is that th...