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
Parenting Family matters KALPANA PURUSHOTHAMAN SANGITHA KRISHNAMURTHI The country needs “parental leave” legislation that will take into account the diverse ...
Communalism Midnight mayhem T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in Nuh Alwar in the Mewat region Murder, gang rape, and vandalism in the name of cow protection are changing the face of ...
Surrogacy Surrogacy and law T.K. RAJALAKSHMI The surrogacy Bill sends out a conservative political message about what kind of families ...
Interview: Dr Soumya Swaminathan ‘Surrogacy a hot topic’ T.K. RAJALAKSHMI Interview with Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Director General, Indian Council of Medical ...
Rumble in Mumbai Lyla Bavadam The demolition of Ambedkar Bhavan galvanises anti-BJP groups and Dalits to regroup ...
Dalits Protest Torture and backlash ANUPAMA KATAKAM in Rajkot Ahmedabad Dalits of Gujarat show unprecedented determination in their response to the recent beating ...
Dalit Issues Bolder by the day G.T. SATISH in Hassan Chikkamagaluru The recent attack on Dalits by hoodlums in a Karnataka village, for allegedly killing a ...
Movements Relentless crusade S.G. VOMBATKERE The Narmada Bachao Andolan started its work 30 years ago. Today, it is a moral force, and ...
Social issues ‘I don’t want to bow down to higher castes anymore’ KUNAL SHANKAR Interview with Radhika Vemula and Raja Vemula, Rohith Vemula’s mother and brother, on ...
Essay The ban on cow slaughter A.G. NOORANI The provision in the Constitution to ban cow slaughter, Article 48, was conceived in ...
Social issues In the name of tradition SATHISH G.T. in Hassan Discrimination against Dalits thrives in Karnataka as mainstream political parties ...
Highlights from the case THE hearing of the writ petition that Shakti Vahini filed in the Supreme Court has brought ...
Caste constituencies WHEN the Dalit youth V. Shankar was brutally murdered right in front of his hapless wife ...
Legal Issues Legal quest V. VENKATESAN A petition pending in the Supreme Court since 2010 seeking appropriate directions to ...
Honour killing In the name of honour ILANGOVAN RAJASEKARAN The brutal killing of a Dalit youth, who had married a caste Hindu girl, in Udumalpet ...
Honour killing Deceptive calm? VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN recently in western Uttar Pradesh There seem to be fewer honour killings than before in western Uttar Pradesh. But it is not ...
Crimes against S.Cs Victims of violence RAMESH CHAKRAPANI The spurt in crimes against Scheduled Castes in recent years underscores the need for ...
Development Road map for Kerala An initiative focussed on Kerala’s development experience exposes a worrying trend of ...
'Unpaid' labour In the master’s service Bitti Chakri, a retrograde practice of engaging Dalits for the household work of landlords ...
Haryana Burnt alive The events of October 20 at Sunped village in Faridabad district of Haryana where an ...
NALSA report A call for dignity The National Legal Services Authority recommends various steps to curb human trafficking ...
Labour Issues Storm in a tea garden R. KRISHNAKUMAR in Thiruvananthapuram A spontaneous agitation by a collective of women labourers has thrown Kerala’s plantation ...
Germany refuses to sign treaty GERMANY has refused to sign the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with India, citing ...
