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
Rohingyas Hounding Rohingyas Divya Trivedi India deports seven Rohingya men to Myanmar, attracting sharp criticism from human rights ...
Social Issues Day of reckoning T.K. Rajalakshmi Social media in India erupt with #MeToo complaints as women from various fields, including ...
Livelihood Issues Enemies overnight Lyla Bavadam in Ahmedabad The attacks against migrant workers in Gujarat are symptomatic of jobless growth and a ...
Personal Law Questionable haste ZIYA US SALAM The presidential Ordinance making triple talaq a punishable offence attracts intense ...
Section 497 of IPC Axing adultery law T.K. Rajalakshmi Making constitutional morality as the basis of its judgment, the Supreme Court ...
Reservation Setback for social justice Divya Trivedi The apex court’s decision to extend the concept of creamy layer to S.Cs and S.Ts in ...
Sabarimala temple End of exclusion R. Krishnakumar The Supreme Court in a 4-1 judgment upholds the right of women of all ages to pray at the ...
Allegation of rape by Kerala nun Bishop in the dock R. Krishnakumar An unprecedented protest by a group of nuns in Kerala leads to the arrest of a bishop on ...
Faulty hip implant Implant anguish Lyla Bavadam Persistent efforts by affected patients and a new government report expose the huge trauma ...
Interview ‘Economists should also engage with popular movements and people at large’ Jipson John and Jitheesh P.M. Interview with Jean Dreze, economist.
Assam immigration issues Migrants and beyond Harekrishna Deka Against Assam’s chequered history of illegal immigrants, the recent campaigns against the ...
Anti-Trafficking Bill Drafted in a vacuum By Divya Trivedi There are serious concerns over the efficacy of the Anti-Trafficking Bill, which neither ...
Gender Issues End of an unjust law V. Venkatesan The Supreme Court finally decriminalises Section 377 of the IPC, granting the LGBTQI ...
Targeting of Dalits Blind and brutal Divya Trivedi The police crackdown on Dalits in Uttar Pradesh following the April 2 Bharat bandh does ...
Resettlement Model move Kunal Shankar The successful resettlement of tribal communities from a village in the Tadoba Andhari ...
Konkan region Resisting a refinery Lyla Bavadam Opposition mounts against a proposed gigantic refinery that threatens to affect the lives ...
Tribal relocaton in KTR Waiting for a new home Kunal Shankar S. Harpal Singh In a rare situation, bureaucratic delays are hampering the relocation of willing ...
Dalit women’s collective Scaling up the fight Divya Trivedi A report presented at the U.N. Human Rights Council signals Dalit women’s resolve to end ...
IRW Act, 1986 Halting abuse Divya Trivedi The government’s move to update an existing Act to ban indecent portrayal of women online ...
Interview: Martin Macwan Of Dalit awakening, upper-caste jealousy LYLA BAVADAM Interview with Martin Macwan, Dalit rights activist.
Social issues Expendable lives LYLA BAVADAM The recent case of the murder of a Dalit man by upper-caste people yet again shreds the ...
Rohingya crisis Going through fire DIVYA TRIVEDI The regularity with which fires break out in Rohingya settlement camps in India raises ...
Livelihood issues Women divers of Rameswaram INCONGRUITY can evoke laughter and sometimes derision; it can also signal admiration or ...
Labour Issues Unsettling reform T.K. RAJALAKSHMI The Centre’s decision to introduce fixed-term employment in all sectors sparks a ...
