K.T. Jaleel, Minister in the LDF government in Kerala, resigns after the State Lok Ayukta finds him guilty of ‘abuse of power’ and ‘nepotism’
Andhra Pradesh government order makes Chief Minister the final authority on performance appraisals of All India Services Officers posted in the State
Election Commission bars Mamata from campaigning for 24 hours, cites violations of model code, the IPC and the RPA; Mamata to sit in dharna in Kolkata
BMC launches a project to restore Khotachiwadi, Mumbai’s 200-year-old heritage enclave with colonial and Portuguese legacies
Faced with rapidly rising number of COVID-19 infections, Telangana government sends SOS to Centre for 30 lakh doses of vaccine
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy cancels visit to Tirupati for Lok Sabha byelection campaign as COVID cases increase
Communalism Lynch victim Pehlu Khan: Victim as accused T.K. Rajalakshmi A magisterial court in Rajasthan takes cognisance of the State police’s charge sheet of ...
Communalism Law against lynching in Madhya Pradesh: Pointless punishment Anando Bhakto Madhya Pradesh proposes changes to the law against cow slaughter in an attempt to stop ...
Crime Murder of a DYFI activist in Tamil Nadu Ilangovan Rajasekaran A young Dalit functionary of the DYFI is slain for his work against caste-based atrocities ...
Freedom of expression Unlawful arrests V. VENKATESAN By arresting journalists for their social media posts under the provisions of the IT Act ...
Crime Speedy justice Divya Trivedi The Pathankot Sessions Court sentences three main accused in the Kathua rape case to life ...
Exclusive: Inquiry report on Elavarasan's death A closed chapter? Ilangovan Rajasekaran The report of the Singaravelu Commission, which probed the death of the Dalit youth ...
Minimum wages Bare minimum T.K. Rajalakshmi The expert committee of the Ministry of Labour and Employment appointed to fix the ...
NGMA Palekar controversy Art and dissent Anupama Katakam Amol Palekar’s experience at the NGMA and certain decisions by the gallery are indicative ...
AMU sedition case Loyalty test Mohammad Asim Siddiqui and Mohammad Sajjad The sedition charges against AMU students show that the university continues to fall prey ...
Gujjar agitation On a tightrope T.K. Rajalakshmi Rajasthan’s newly elected Congress government tries to do a fine balancing act in ...
ILO Report World of disquiet T.K. Rajalakshmi In the centenary year of its founding, the ILO releases a report that reflects the ...
Protests in Assam over Citizenship Bill Assam’s angst Sushanta Talukdar Protests erupt in Assam and other north-eastern States over the passage of the Citizenship ...
Devadasis Lives on the margin VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED in Chikkodi and Kushtagi Devadasis live a life of discrimination on the periphery of village society in north ...
Labour issues Ringing hollow T.K. Rajalakshmi The government’s failure to ensure that workers are paid the promised wages in hitherto ...
Interlinking of rivers A pipe dream S.G. Vombatkere The interlinking of rivers is an ill-conceived, ruinously expensive, technically ...
Reservation Zero-sum game Venkitesh Ramakrishnan The 10 per cent reservation for the “economically weaker sections” is hailed by ruling and ...
Controversy Steamrolling ahead Venkitesh Ramakrishnan The demolition drive in Varanasi continues, bringing down heritage edifices and polarising ...
BJP's rath yatra in West Bengal Yatra contest Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay Competitive “yatras” by the BJP and the ruling Trinamool Congress mark a new twist in West ...
Bulandshahr violence Botched game plan Divya Trivedi The Bulandshahr violence in Uttar Pradesh, in which a police officer was killed, suggests ...
Institutions Deeper rot DIVYA TRIVEDI Manish Kumar Sinha, one of the CBI officers investigating the Moin Qureshi case, files a ...
Tribal girl's murder Gruesome assault Ilangovan Rajasekaran The murderous sexual assault on a tribal girl in Dharmapuri district shocks Tamil Nadu.
A ghastly murder Ilangovan Rajasekaran The gruesome killing of a 13-year-old Dalit girl in Salem district brings to the fore the ...
Controversy Battleground Sabarimala R. Krishnakumar The hill shrine of Sabarimala in Kerala erupts in unprecedented violent protest as young ...