Sedition law report: A regressive step by Law Commission

The commission’s report on the sedition law is neither unbiased nor does it protect human rights.

Kaleeswaram Raj

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Indian Railways: Past, present, and future

The Indian Railways is a vital part of the Indian economy, and it employs over 1.3 million people. But it’s infested by a series of maladies.

‘Deployment of Rashtriya Rifles must not be disturbed’: Lt. General (retd.) Syed Ata Hasnain

The former GOC of 15 Corps in Jammu and Kashmir says that public outreach programmes cannot be effective without taking the Muslim clergy on board.

Ashutosh Sharma

Jammu and Kashmir

Militancy returns to Jammu after 15 years of relative peace

The Pir Panjal region of Jammu and Kashmir is seeing a fresh bout of terrorist attacks.

Ashutosh Sharma

Oil palm plantations prove to be a disaster in Mizoram

Farmers have made no money, and efforts to replace oil palm with other crops have failed because of the depleted soil.

New forest laws and ‘development’ push: A prelude to a ‘land grab’ in India’s north-east?

The root of the violence in Manipur can be traced to measures that threaten the rights of tribal communities over land and resources.

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: Fountainhead of fundamentalism in India

To the venom that Savarkar was, we only find an antidote in Gandhi, writes Tamil writer Jeyamohan.

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An employee of Bank of Baroda counts Rs 2000 notes after the Reserve Bank of India announced the withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency notes from circulation, in Bikaner, Saturday, May 20, 2023

All you wanted to know about India’s demonetisation drive

Here’s a collection of Frontline stories that may help you gain a holistic view of India’s note-ban and its impacts.

Women from Solgaon village protest against the refinery project in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district.

Battleground Barsu: Ecology versus economy conflict continues in Maharashtra

Protests against a refinery in Barsu have pitted the industrial complex against activists and villagers, putting the State government in a tangle.

Nandita Narain, Professor, St Stephen’s College, and former president of the DUTA, at a protest by student activists demanding justice for Professor Samarveer, on April 27 outside the Hindu College in Delhi.

Delhi University in the dock following suicide of ad hoc teacher

It blew the lid off one of the university’s worst-kept secrets and drew attention to a serious lacuna in teacher appointments.

T.K. Rajalakshmi

Former Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja during an interview in New Delhi

K.K. Shailaja: ‘I am an ordinary party worker’

In her powerful memoir, the former Health Minister of Kerala urges women to be bolder and question regressive beliefs.

T.K. Rajalakshmi

Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force evacuate people following the gas leak in Giaspura on April 30, 2023.

Gas poisoning deaths in Giaspura reveal infrastructure neglect

The urban slum for migrant workers in Ludhiana exposes the government’s neglect of planning and pollution control.

Ashutosh Sharma

Rachna Dhingra, social activist.

‘Court abdicated its responsibility’: Rachna Dhingra on the Bhopal gas tragedy

The social activist discusses several critical issues concerning the disaster from the survivors’ perspective.

HEC’s machines, purchased from the erstwhile USSR and Czechoslovakia, are more than 60 years old and need urgent modernisation or replacement.

Future of HEC hangs in the balance as salaries remain unpaid for over a year

As employees suffer, there is no clarity whether the government intends to privatise a PSU with good potential for profitability.

T.K. Rajalakshmi

Katheeza Beevi being honoured by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in late April.

10,000 deliveries in 33 years: Tamil Nadu midwife’s remarkable service wins all-round applause

Katheeza Beevi, an auxiliary nurse midwife at health centre in Villupuram since 1990, retires in June.

Ilangovan Rajasekaran

Vehicles are seen burning after being set alight by protesters in Imphal on December 18, 2016. The violence began when protesters angry with an ongoing economic blockade imposed by several Naga tribal groups in the state took to demonstrating over the issue and attacking vehicles coming from the Naga-dominated hill districts.

Violence in Manipur: An insight into the State’s complex sociopolitical history

Communal violence has erupted in the northeastern state of Manipur, displacing over 9,000 people from their villages. The violence broke out during a

Nana Patekar (right) plays an “encounter specialist” in Ab Tak Chhappan (2004).

Cops and criminals: Brothers in arms

Both popular cinema and its audiences are enthralled by the brutal encounter cop. But does art imitate life or is it vice versa?

‘Encounter Pradesh’ model of instant justice indicates terror may become state policy

The Adityanath government has ushered in an era of unapologetic state vigilantism in Uttar Pradesh.

Ashutosh Sharma

Editor’s Note: Impunity for the state means impunity for the mobs

To replace a slow-paced and seriously flawed judicial system with “instant” justice via vigilantism is to stare into the abyss of anarchy.