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Sep 26, 2018
Persistent efforts by affected patients and a new government report expose the huge trauma and loss caused to thousands in India by a faulty Johnson & Johnson hip replacement device.
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Sep 26, 2018
The National Security Adviser's rants against Jammu and Kashmir's Constitution stem from not only ignorance of history but also the fascist mindset of the RSS and the BJP.
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Sep 26, 2018
Interview with Jean Dreze, economist.
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Sep 26, 2018
An unprecedented protest by a group of nuns in Kerala leads to the arrest of a bishop on the charge of raping a nun.
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Sep 26, 2018
The government faces questions on its claims of ignorance about the working details of the Rafale deal and the bypassing of due process in finalising it.
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Sep 25, 2018
MAHESH ZAGADE was Commissioner of the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 2011 to 2015. It was on his watch that the controversy over
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Sep 25, 2018
The Supreme Court judgment ordering a compensation of Rs. 50 lakh to former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan who was wrongfully accused of espionage will have a far-reaching impact on all cases of wrongful arrest and confinement where the victims seek compensation and action against erring officers.
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Sep 25, 2018
Economic growth did not result in higher wages for the Indian workforce even in the organised sector, and wage disparities widened as employers moved to the contractual employment pattern.
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Sep 25, 2018
Accredited health activists and anganwadi workers are not given their rightful place and due. The NDA government's announcement hiking their honoraria is seen as an election sop at best.
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Sep 25, 2018
A true story of heroism by the crew of the MV Safeer when they braved the severest adversity and managed to sail out of war-torn Kuwait in September 1990 with 722 Indian expatriates, including 265 women and children, and bring them safely to Dubai, in one of the biggest sea evacuations of people in a cargo vessel designed to carry only 40 persons. This humanitarian mission, carried out free of cost, is a shining example of the resounding success achieved by the collective efforts of Indians from all walks of life.
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Sep 25, 2018
AFTER the Safeer completed the rescue mission on September 7, 1990, it sailed for Bedi Bunder in Gujarat. There the ship was given detention orders a
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Sep 25, 2018
WE wish to thank and acknowledge the efforts of all the parties who were responsible for making this mission successful. Our thanks to K.P. Fabian an
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Sep 12, 2018
The Sangh Parivar is at war with India's history, which is in no small measure aided by the British rulers' interpretations and interventions. The Somnath temple and Babri Masjid controversies are cases in point.
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Sep 12, 2018
The collapse of the Majerhat bridge, one of the busiest flyovers of Kolkata, has once again exposed gross negligence on the part of the Trinamool Con
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Sep 12, 2018
Amid accusations that the Kerala floods were a man-made disaster, it is important to take a close look at the structural limitations of the State's river basins and other issues such as topography, water and power needs, and extreme event predictions.
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Sep 12, 2018
A greenfield expressway corridor passing through five northern districts of Tamil Nadu threatens to affect 159 villages, dispossessing farmers of their fertile land and leaving them with no means of earning a livelihood.
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Sep 11, 2018
Against Assam's chequered history of illegal immigrants, the recent campaigns against the updating of the National Register of Citizens are seen as attempts to communalise the exercise and overlook the historical loss of political and economic space suffered by its indigenous people.
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Sep 11, 2018
There are serious concerns over the efficacy of the Anti-Trafficking Bill, which neither addresses the root causes of trafficking nor provides for protection and rehabilitation of victims.
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Sep 11, 2018
Confusion prevails over fixing compensation for acquisition of land for development, leaving scores of farmers in the lurch.
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Sep 11, 2018
Nearly 70 per cent of the land required for the expressway is fertile farmland.
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Sep 11, 2018
With thousands of flood refugees finding it hard to return to their homes in view of waterlogging, lack of sanitation and clean drinking water and the outbreak of diseases, Kerala launches a funds mobilisation drive to begin the gargantuan task of rebuilding its infrastructure and economy.
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Sep 11, 2018
Vanniyars, a Most Backward Caste (MBC) group, and Dalit Parayars constitute about 80 per cent of the farming community in the districts of Kancheepura
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Sep 11, 2018
IT was a unique display of strength, resilience and determination. On September 5, nearly one and a half lakh workers, including agricultural workers
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Sep 11, 2018
The local body elections in West Bengal saw violence and killings right from April, when the filing of nominations began. Bloody conflict has erupted
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Aug 29, 2018
Four years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of the Namami Gange project, the river remais as dirty as ever.
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Aug 29, 2018
Vande Mataram has now emerged as the battle cry of militant Hindutva as the Sangh Parivar discards all veneer of a pluralistic ethos in the nation's cultural life.
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Aug 29, 2018
Interview with Umar Khalid, JNU student.
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Aug 16, 2018
Fear and anxiety grip lakhs of people in Assam who have been left out of the final NRC draft. BY Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
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Aug 16, 2018
Interview with Samujjal Bhattacharjya, chief adviser of AASU. BY Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
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Aug 16, 2018
Interview with Prateek Hajela, State Coordinator of the National Register of Citizens in Assam. By Sushanta Talukdar
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Aug 16, 2018
It is a shame that our contemporary public discourse on amending citizenship laws aims primarily at containing spatial mobility. bY Sanjib Baruah
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Aug 16, 2018
The Naredra Modi government's religion-based approach casts a shadow over the process of updating the National Register of Citizens in Assam and the hopes of arriving at a solution to the vexed foreigners issue in accordance with the 1985 Assam Accord. by Sushanta Talukdar
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Jul 31, 2018
A DETAILED report brought out recently by the Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's Pratichi Institute, titled "Primary Education in West Bengal: The Scope for
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Jul 31, 2018
How the three judges on the Federal Court wrote to one another about the clothes they were going to wear in court and how their appearance would impact their authority. By Abhinav Chandrachud
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Jul 31, 2018
It is hard to imagine a more even-handed report than the "Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir" by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which the Indian envoy to the U.N. cited dishonestly as "relying on unverified sources of information".
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Jul 31, 2018
Following the All India Muslim Personal Law Board's plans to open more Darul Qazas in the country, community leaders try to keep the lid on misconstrued notions about them being parallel judicial centres.
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Jul 30, 2018
Interview with Pratik Sinha, co-founder of Alt News, a fact-checking website that busts fake news.
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Jul 18, 2018
They can sit down during work, finally. A grave injustice, against which low-wage employees in Kerala's textile and jewellery shops have been protesti
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Jul 18, 2018
The dangers of fake news become alarming as five nomads are lynched in Maharashtra after a doctored video of child lifters spreads fear and hate.
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Jul 17, 2018
The coerced takeover of the publicly owned IDBI Bank by LIC, the country's largest insurer, will neither protect the interests of the beleaguered bank nor further the interests of the insurer or its policyholders.
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Jul 17, 2018
Midnight knocks on doors and wee-hour arrests of those who raise voices of dissent have virtually become the order of the day in Tamil Nadu of late.
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Jul 17, 2018
A careful reading of history shows that Aurangzeb was not a bigot, although he used religion to further his political ends, and that the interests of the Mughals and the Rajputs were, in fact, identical.
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Jul 17, 2018
The successful resettlement of tribal communities from a village in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve offers important lessons for other States.
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Jul 17, 2018
Data from various surveys prove that India is anything but a vegetarian nation, but ever since the BJP came to power at the Centre there have been attempts to demonise meat-eating and to impose the vegetarian food habits of certain sections of Hindus on the rest of India.
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Jul 17, 2018
Citing grave misuse of oxytocin in milch animals, the Centre restricts the manufacture and retail sale of the drug used to prevent postpartum haemorrhage and excessive bleeding after childbirth.
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Jul 04, 2018
In the group stage, some of the less-fancied teams make their mark with hard-fought victories or narrow defeats against some of the superpowers of the Great Game.
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Jul 04, 2018
The shift in the Narendra Modi government's defence procurement policy pertaining to core and non-core sectors and the abrupt cancellation and subsequent restoration of supplies from MSME units cause uncertainty in ordnance factories' purchases.
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Jul 04, 2018
The Rs.7,000-crore bailout package for the sugar sector comes as a relief to farmers, who are in genuine distress, but experts say such measures will not help in the long run.
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Jul 04, 2018
In a rare situation, bureaucratic delays are hampering the relocation of willing communities from five tribal villages in the Kawal Tiger Reserve in northern Telangana.
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Jul 04, 2018
Cow vigilantes lynch one man and severely injure another in Hapur in Uttar Pradesh two days before Eid, giving rise to the suspicion that there is a plan to create fear psychosis in the Muslim community at festival time.
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Jul 04, 2018
As Assam erupts in protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, the ruling BJP and the Sonowal government are seen to be using the smokescreen of the process of updating the NRC in a bid to camouflage their actual position on the Bill.
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Jul 04, 2018
A report presented at the U.N. Human Rights Council signals Dalit women's resolve to end the silence surrounding caste-based violence and discrimination.
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Jul 04, 2018
The former President of India consciously gave the RSS the respectability it has long coveted. The RSS, in return, removed his deceptive cloak and gave him a new opening.
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Jul 04, 2018
Riding on its new slogan, "To reach the unreached worker", the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has, for the first time, reached out to e-commerc
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Jul 03, 2018
Environmentalists in Kerala are up in arms against amendments to an Act that envisaged protection of paddy land and wetlands, but the LDF government claims that the changes only provide clarity to the Act and there has been no dilution of it. By R. Krishnakumar in Thiruvananthapuram
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Jul 03, 2018
The Taj Mahal faces a serious threat as the saffron brigade, in order to deflect attention from the failures of the BJP government, is out to annex or attack landmark achievements of the "Other". By ZIYA US SALAM
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Jul 03, 2018
The Maharashtra government's ban on plastic may be well-intentioned but has been launched without adequate protocols, proper education of the public or assured availability of alternatives. By Lyla Bavadam
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Jun 20, 2018
Kerala's health care system and social capital won the battle against Nipah, but it is important to review the lessons learnt in order to prepare for future invasions. It is also important that India develop a national policy on Nipah surveillance and management.
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Jun 20, 2018
Protest mounts over TISS' decision to cancel the waiver of hostel and dining hall charges for S.C./S.T. and OBC students who are eligible for the Central government's Post-Matric Scholarship.
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Jun 20, 2018
Former President Pranab Mukherjee's decision to address an RSS meeting in Nagpur continued to be a talking point long after the event.
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Jun 20, 2018
The attack on Dalit households at Kachanatham village in Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu on May 28 exposes the deep-running caste-Hindu intolerance of Dalit empowerment.
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Jun 20, 2018
The state has turned a libeller with intimidation as its weapon, inspiring mobs and using them as its tools. To what depths will Narendra Modi and Amit Shah not stoop in 2019 when the prize is the Prime Minister's job? By A.G. Noorani
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Jun 20, 2018
There is no end in sight to the cases against human rights activist and lawyer Teesta Setalvad who has rubbed the authorities the wrong way with her fight for the victims of the Gujarat pogrom.
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Jun 19, 2018
Five rights activists, four of them associated with the Elgaar Parishad held at Bhima-Koregaon on January 1, have been arrested for alleged links with naxalites. By ANUPAMA KATAKAM
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Jun 19, 2018
The glaring difference between the Bangladesh and West Bengal outbreaks is certainly curious and should be of epidemiological interest. Is it a case of poor surveillance and monitoring or under-reporting, or both? By R. Ramachandran
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Jun 19, 2018
The government's move to update an existing Act to ban indecent portrayal of women online is welcome given the rising incidence of harassment in recent years. By Divya Trivedi
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Jun 19, 2018
SANDEEP GUPTA is a 26-year-old graduate in law from Benaras Hindu University. He belongs to the OBC-NC (Other Backward Caste-non creamy layer) sectio
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Jun 05, 2018
Interview with Aniruddha Bahal, founder of Cobrapost. By T.K. RAJALAKSHMI
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Jun 05, 2018
The controversy over e-payments company Paytm's alleged sharing of user data with the government raises larger concerns about digital data privacy. By DIVYA TRIVEDI
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Jun 05, 2018
The Constitution Drafting Committee dropped at the very last minute the Instruments of Instructions for the President and the Governors because it was "felt that the matter should be left entirely to convention". By A.G. NOORANI
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Jun 05, 2018
R. Ramachandran, former Associate Editor of Frontline, has won the Mumbai Press Club's RedInk Awards 2018 in the "Science & Innovation (Print)" category. His award-winning article, "An oxygen...
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Jun 05, 2018
The Cobrapost sting operation, which reveals the nexus between big money and manufactured news, may have come in for criticism on its methods but raises important questions on the role of the media in a democracy. By T.K. RAJALAKSHMI
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Jun 05, 2018
The Karnataka SIT arrests four more persons for the Gauri Lankesh murder and makes tremendous progress in the case. By RAVI SHARMA
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Jun 05, 2018
The Central government ignores a nationwide strike by rural postal workers who are struggling to be recognised as full-time employees of the Postal Department in order to receive living wages at a time when they find their workload substantially increased to keep government schemes afloat. By T.K. RAJALAKSHMI
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Jun 05, 2018
Interview with Martin Macwan, Dalit rights activist. By LYLA BAVADAM
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Jun 05, 2018
A proposal from the Prime Minister's Office to reform the system of service/cadre allocation for the IAS and other Central government services could destroy the democratic structure of the country's bureaucracy. By PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in New Delhi
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Jun 05, 2018
The JNU Academic Council's hastily taken decision to introduce a course on "Islamic terrorism" draws a storm of protests. By ZIYA US SALAM
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Jun 05, 2018
The regularity with which fires break out in Rohingya settlement camps in India raises questions and makes life more stressful for an already beleaguered people. By DIVYA TRIVEDI
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Jun 05, 2018
The RTI rules, 2017, are still to be notified and appear to have been put in cold storage over a few controversial proposals. By AKSHAY DESHMANE
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Jun 05, 2018
Recent excavations at Birbhum district in West Bengal have led to the discovery of an artisans' village, dating back 3,500 years, notable for its high level of craftsmanship. By SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY
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Jun 05, 2018
The recent case of the murder of a Dalit man by upper-caste people yet again shreds the myth of a socially progressive Gujarat. By LYLA BAVADAM
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Jun 05, 2018
IN July 2016, in Una town of Junagadh district, two young Dalits who were skinning the carcasses of cows that they had been asked to collect were accused of killing the cows and beaten brutally. T...
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Jun 05, 2018
Early detection of the virus and prompt action by the government contain the deadly outbreak in Kerala, but health officials stress the need for research and sound infection control policies to handle future emergencies. By R. KRISHNAKUMAR in Thiruvananthapuram
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May 23, 2018
Hindutva forces strike again, this time with an attack on Aligarh Muslim University for having a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the students' union hall. By ZIYA US SALAM
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May 22, 2018
Interview with Dr Kafeel Khan, former nodal officer for the Department of Paediatrics, BRD Hospital, Gorakhpur. By ZIYA US SALAM
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May 22, 2018
The women-led climate-resilient farming model created by Swayam Shikshan Prayog in drought-hit Marathwada has yielded encouraging results and is worthy of emulation across the country. By ANUPAMA KATAKAM
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May 22, 2018
Interview with Prof. Irfan Habib, historian. By Ziya Us Salam
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May 22, 2018
The Red Fort in Delhi recently became the site of a different battle when it was "adopted" as part of a government scheme to privatise the maintenance of historical monuments in the country. By DIVYA TRIVEDI
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May 22, 2018
The institution of impeachment of judges is obsolete. The time has come for a non-partisan attempt at reform. The proposed law should provide for both punishment by removal and censure for lesser lapses. By A.G. NOORANI
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May 22, 2018
The way in which the Haryana government has handled the attacks on namaz congregations, asking Muslims to desist from holding public prayers instead of reining in the attackers, has thrown into doubt the administration's commitment to impartial governance. BY T.K. Rajalakshmi
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May 22, 2018
Greater availability of data on GST will shine a light on the contributions of States towards the national exchequer and make a case for equitable distribution of the Centre's shareable tax revenue among them. By R. SRINIVASAN
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May 09, 2018
On the potential and perils of social media. By R. KRISHNAKUMAR in Thiruvananthapuram
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May 09, 2018
The Siddaramaiah government's welfare schemes will stand the Congress in good stead in northern Karnataka and to some extent in the coastal districts of the State, but the election scene is dominated by communal and caste politics. By VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED
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May 09, 2018
The planned privatisation of the Dredging Corporation of India, a strategic asset, apparently ignores the security risks involved. By KUNAL SHANKAR
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May 09, 2018
The Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 2018, providing for the death penalty for rape of girls below 12, will have little meaning if the process of investigation and fair trial is sought to be subverted, as in the Kathua incident. by T.K. RAJALAKSHMI
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May 09, 2018
Caste, money and muscle power. These factors play a major role in the choice of candidates by the three main political parties in arguably the most tightly fought elections in Karnataka in recent history. By RAVI SHARMA, recently in southern Karnataka
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May 08, 2018
Interview with former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Deve Gowda. BY RAVI SHARMA
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May 08, 2018
Interview with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. By RAVI SHARMA
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May 08, 2018
The sudden ATM cash crunch in several States points to the government's ham-handed approach to currency management and evokes suspicions of plans to weaken public sector banks. By PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI
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May 08, 2018
Interview with B.S. Yeddyurappa, the BJP's chief ministerial candidate. By RAVI SHARMA
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