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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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May 08, 2018
Interview with Samir Amin. By JIPSON JOHN and JITHEESH P.M.
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May 08, 2018
Foreign policymaking is a sphere where dissenting voices are indispensable. Certitude, a vice of the ideologue, leads to disaster. But in the U.S. and in India professional values in foreign policymaking are discounted. By A.G. NOORANI
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Apr 25, 2018
There is a sense of injustice among Muslims over the acquittal of all the accused in the Mecca Masjid blast case. By DIVYA TRIVEDI
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Apr 25, 2018
The existence of the power to select colleagues on the bench over which the Chief Justice of India presides or to allocate cases to his colleagues is not in question. It is the manner of the exercise of the power that has led to the immediate crisis. By A.G. NOORANI
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Apr 25, 2018
ON July 10, 1869, 75-year-old Ameer Khan was arrested at his home in Calcutta. So was Hashmadad Khan. Both were suspected to be Wahabis, who were in the forefront of the Mutiny in 1857. They applie...
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Apr 25, 2018
The Supreme Court's judgment dismissing the petitions seeking an independent probe into Judge B.H. Loya's death in 2014 leaves crucial questions unanswered. By V. VENKATESAN
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Apr 25, 2018
The National Nutrition Mission, with all its hype, is confined very much to fixing targets, and its focus does not seem to consist in addressing the causes for the high prevalence of malnutrition, stunting or wasting among children. By T.K. RAJALAKSHMI
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Apr 24, 2018
New government measures seek to curb freethinking and expression of dissent in universities, and some of them are apparently aimed at keeping marginalised communities out of institutions of higher learning. By DIVYA TRIVEDI
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Apr 24, 2018
A serious crisis of credibility mars the tenure of the current Chief Justice of India as he seeks to overcome one challenge after another to his moral authority. By V. VENKATESAN
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Apr 11, 2018
Interview with Prof Romila Thapar. By ZIYA US SALAM
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Apr 11, 2018
Interview with Prof Romila Thapar. By ZIYA US SALAM
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Apr 11, 2018
The violent protests by Dalits across north India add to the discomfiture of the Narendra Modi government, which is already rocked by failures on several fronts. By VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN
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Apr 11, 2018
The families of the men kidnapped in Mosul are sore at the government's handling of the tragedy and the way they had been fed false hopes for close to four years. By DIVYA TRIVEDI
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Apr 11, 2018
The press has a right and a duty to keep a vigil on the executive, the legislature and the judiciary.The courts and the media cannot afford to cling to the past. It is time for both to be honest and fearless.
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Apr 10, 2018
IT has been two years since the 22-year-old Dalit man V. Shankar was murdered for marrying Kausalya, a 19-year-old girl belonging to the most backward caste of Agamudaiyar, by paid killers in broa...
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Apr 10, 2018
In Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district, protests against Sterlite's copper smelter plant get a second wind as local residents' health and environmental concerns over the company's expansion plan lead to the revival of a long-forgotten people's movement. By ILANGOVAN RAJASEKARAN
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Apr 10, 2018
THE location of the Sterlite plant, in Thoothukudi, is a sore point with environmentalists. They blame the Tamil Nadu government for allowing the industry to be located just 14 kilometres from the...
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Apr 10, 2018
Major communal flare-ups during Ram Navami celebrations point to a paradigm shift in the essential nature of West Bengal's politics. By SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY
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Apr 10, 2018
An imam who lost his son in the communal violence in Asansol brings peace with his timely intervention. By ZIYA US SALAM
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Apr 10, 2018
The Supreme Court order placing restrictions on the arrest and filing of cases under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act sparks intense nationwide protests from Dalit organisations. By DIVYA TRIVEDI
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Apr 10, 2018
In a case in Britain, one of its most highly respected judges was told off in sharp terms by the famous TV personality and journalist David Frost in a long letter to The Times (London) on July 18,...
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Apr 10, 2018
A survey conducted earlier this year finds that the direct benefit transfer project is exacerbating the problems of hunger, food insecurity and poverty in Nagri block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand. By ANINJIT PAKHALE and BARUN BARNWAL
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Apr 10, 2018
A sting operation conducted by the website Cobrapost pushes a section of the Indian media into a credibility crisis. By PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI
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Apr 10, 2018
The people of Tamil Nadu have shown their anger at what they see as the Centre's betrayal over the Cauvery waters issue and the State government's capitulation, and the DMK has seized the moment to try and regain popular trust. By R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN
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Mar 28, 2018
Interview with Akeel Bilgrami. By JIPSON JOHN and JITHEESH P.M.
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Mar 28, 2018
A massive march by farmers from Nashik to Mumbai makes the Devendra Fadnavis government sit up and make a fresh round of promises, but the crisis-ridden farm sector of Maharashtra needs much more. By LYLA BAVADAM
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Mar 28, 2018
The long-held suspicion that right-wing elements were involved in the gunning down of the activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh is getting strengthened. The arrest and naming as accused No.1 of K.T. N...
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Mar 28, 2018
CIVIL services aspirants across India are protesting against the Central government's refusal to allow them to appear for the examination one more time although the government has granted aspirant...
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Mar 28, 2018
It is not only wrong but dangerously subversive of the rule of law and democracy itself to put a soldier on a pedestal above the "ordinary" citizen. By A.G. NOORANI
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Mar 27, 2018
A forest fire claims almost an entire team of trekkers at Kolukkumalai in Tamil Nadu's Theni district, and even as official rescue efforts come up short, the local people launch a night-long operation to search for and bring down survivors. By ILANGOVAN RAJASEKARAN
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Mar 27, 2018
Delhi's trading community, distressed by the municipal corporation's sealing drive, is up in arms against both State and Central governments. By DIVYA TRIVEDI
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Mar 27, 2018
IN a State where the wheels of administration are known to move at their own pace irrespective of the urgency of the situation—recall the Chennai floods in 2015 and the water release from dams for...
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Mar 27, 2018
The Supreme Court paves the way for voluntary withdrawal of medical support by individuals to hasten their death in cases of terminal illness. By V. VENKATESAN
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Mar 27, 2018
Interview with Pinki Virani, journalist, author and activist. By Anupama Katakam
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Mar 27, 2018
Interview with Ashok Dhawale, national president, AIKS. By ANUPAMA KATAKAM
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