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
A pot of treasure unearthed in a Telangana village most likely from the 1940s and not the Kakatiya era (12-14th century) as earlier believed
BJP’s Dilip Ghosh warns of more ‘Sitalkuchi cases’ while Amit Shah and Mamata continue to exchange barbs as political discourse in West Bengal hits a new low
Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s daughter Sharmila announces her political entry in Telangana, to launch her party in July
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 ...
Rumble in Mumbai Lyla Bavadam The demolition of Ambedkar Bhavan galvanises anti-BJP groups and Dalits to regroup ...
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 ...
Social issues In the name of tradition SATHISH G.T. in Hassan Discrimination against Dalits thrives in Karnataka as mainstream political parties ...
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 ...
Social issues In cold blood ILANGOVAN RAJASEKARAN The uneasy calm in the western region of Tamil Nadu that followed the protests against ...
Interview ‘He should have realised his birth-based limitations’ ILANGOVAN RAJASEKARAN Interview with K. Gopal Ramesh of the Kongunadu Jananayaga Katchi.
State of Dalits Dalit nation RAMESH CHAKRAPANI The findings of Census 2011 provide remarkable insight into the lives of Dalits across the ...
Issues in Focus Left high and dry The dependents of the victims of the Hashimpura massacre have been further disadvantaged ...
Reservation Flawed reading V. VENKATESAN The Supreme Court misinterprets “historic injustice” while denying the benefits of ...
Essay Muslims & police A.G. NOORANI Enduring “institutional prejudice”—this conclusion of a famous inquiry report in the U.K.
Essay Muslims & police A.G. NOORANI Enduring “institutional prejudice”—this conclusion of a famous inquiry report in the U.K.
Nobel Prize For globalisation of compassion Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace laureate, talks about his work, his mission and the award.
Untouchability Another ‘Gujarat model’ Anupama Katakam A study on untouchability practices in 1,589 villages in Gujarat provides critical data ...
Health care Onus on the state A Delhi High Court verdict says the State government is bound to ensure that poor and ...
Manual Scavenging Raising a stink V. VENKATESAN The Supreme Court’s intervention has brought significant results in the Safai Karamchari ...
Transgenders Gender justice The Supreme Court judgment recognising the third gender, while restricting itself to the ...
Social Welfare Unkept promise T.K. RAJALAKSHMI The tussle within some Central government Ministries over proposed cuts in the budget for ...
Defence Less equal Purnima S. Tripathi The Central government has for decades denied defence personnel their due in pension and ...
Events Growing concerns T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in Bodh Gaya The 10th national conference of AIDWA deliberates on important issues that confront Indian ...
Tamil Nadu Tragic end Ilangovan Rajasekaran IT is a heart-wrenching tale of a couple in love that ended with the death of the boy, in ...
NAC recommendations gathering dust AMID the conflicting pulls at different levels of the government and the not-so-subtle ...
PESA and pressures IN order to understand violations of the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, it ...