The judgment in the disproportionate wealth case against Jayalalithaa says the Chief Minister was the real source of the wealth and delineates the way

Narendra Modi’s sublime gifts to Barack Obama and the two leaders’ visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr memorial was ironically followed by a renewal o

Special Public Prosecutor G. Bhavani Singh’s actions and statements have been contradictory and controversial. As such his appointment, too, has seen

The Occupy Central Movement in Hong Kong fails to go the full distance. While the Western media laud the protesters for their lily-white idealism, the

With the Karnataka High Court denying bail to Jayalalithaa, her only hope of securing bail is through a special leave petition in the Supreme Court.

AIADMK activists stage bizarre acts of protest across Tamil Nadu after Jayalalithaa’s conviction on September 27 and the rejection of her bail plea on

The Modi sarkar is all set to unleash a privatisation drive that will result in the sale of valuable public assets. The exercise defies economic log

The privatisation move comes against the backdrop of a Supreme Court judgment against mala fide and arbitrary allocation of natural resources to priva

Fishermen’s associations protest against an expert committee’s recommendation for a revision of the guidelines for deep-sea fishing in the Exclusive

The crucial gaps in the investigation and trial of the Nithari case that have come to light are expected to have some impact when the Supreme Court he

The silence of the Sangh Parivar outfits and NDA constituents on the issue of PSU disinvestment is deafening.

“Drawn from Light”, an exhibition of photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries by British and Indian photographers, shows how the new medium

Growing corruption and malpractices in the medical field raise the question whether measures like regulation and audit of medical practice will have t

Rahaab Allana, curator of the “Drawn from Light” exhibition, says the photographs featured are marked by a creative tension between universal aspects

Turkey decides to send its troops inside Syria and Iraq to fight the jehadis even as evidence emerges that a blowback from its earlier actions promoti

Interview with Flavia Agnes, lawyer and activist.

The government is in a hurry to sell public sector equity, instead of borrowing, to fund its expenditures, thus losing an income greater than the inte

Two of India’s biggest public sector companies, SAIL and ONGC, are on the disinvestment block at prices that raise doubts about the timing and the int

Interview with Sitaram Yechury, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M).

In Haryana, the electorate is reluctant to re-elect the Congress, and the Modi wave of the Lok Sabha elections has disappeared. This situation may thr

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has perpetuated the Indian bullishness in border relations with China by raising hostile questions during Chinese Preside

The books provoke serious thought on the neglected subject of the freedom of the high seas.

Maharashtra faces a multi-cornered contest for the 288 Assembly seats. There are no clear favourites, but the State may throw up a few surprises.

In collaboration with the Maharashtra government, Rahat, an organisation working for victims of sexual assault, guides them through the traumatic proc

Low insurance penetration in India is the key reason why loss of life and property on account of climate change disasters remain unmitigated.