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Please, release me…

Above: A sister celebrating Raksha Bandhan with her brother imprisoned in a Jaipur jail/Photo: UNI Is it fair not to set free undertrial prisoners on bail under the stringent provisions of certain ...

Rising cases of bouncing cheques reflects a dishonest society

~By Aabad Ponda Honesty is the hallmark of a prosperous society and the calibre of a man is measured by how he keeps a promise that he has made. In the olden times in ancient Indian society of Saty...

Don’t Harm the Institution

Above: The Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra and the Supreme Court/Photo: Anil Shakya An attempt to impeach Chief Justice Dipak Misra will affect the credibility of the judiciary and should be we...

More Opacity Than Transparency?

Above: (L-R) Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav at a road show; Finance Minister Arun Jaitley The ostensible aim of introducing electoral bonds was to remove cash donations from political funding and ther...

What Women Want

Despite the strides made by the fairer sex, stereotyped views of their role in the family and outside have slowed their progress   ~By Amita Singh   Of late, women are gettin...

Triple Whammy

Above: Muslim men in Mumbai protest against the Bill while women/Photo: UNI The irony is hard to miss when a law designed to provide security to Muslim women within marriage hastens its dissolution...

Hullabaloo Over a Hug

Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence The most literate state in the country is once again embroiled in a row over its conservative stance. This time, the victims were two students of a school wh...

A Poor Substitute for MCI

Above: A doctor examines a patient for swine flu at Patna Medical College and Hospital. Photo: UNI National Medical Commission Bill will abolish the Medical Council of India, a democratic body, and...

A Knotty Problem

Above: A representative image of sexual harassment/Photo: Anil Shakya A panel probing sexual harassment charges against the MP judge has found “insufficient” material to impeach him and wants the c...

Sexual Discrimination

Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which seeks to punish only the man for adultery, comes under review by the apex court for its defiance of gender equali...

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