After Rashtriya Janata Dal and Samajwadi Party, Shiv Sena backs Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation sets aside Rs.1,400 crore for the rejuvenation of Mumbai’s rivers
The Goa Foundation says a new proposal of the Ministry of Mines infringes on the rights of State governments and would lead to the sale of mines at below-market prices
Tamil Nadu government bans registration of land within 5km radius of Madras Atomic Power Station at Kalpakkam
Jitendra Tiwari, Trinamool MLA and former Mayor of Asansol, joins BJP on a day when ECI notifies first of eight-phase Assembly election
An international online symposium of university teachers calls for the creation of a forum to address the major disruption in academics caused by COVID-19 pandemic
Influential Bengal cleric Abbas Siddiqui takes the stage at Left-Congress Kolkata rally, announces support of his ISF to Left Front in election
Mamata Banerjee slams EC for eight phase election in West Bengal and asks if the schedule was made on orders of Modi and Shah
Reservation for Vanniyars ‘only a temporary measure’ until caste census report becomes available, says Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami
Spotlight The sordid tale surrounding Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide ANUPAMA KATAKAM There are so many disturbing factors in the case around Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide ...
Media Lapdog narratives of the Kannada media VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED A report looks at the way hate speech flourishes in the Kannada media and tries to locate ...
Spotlight How the media reacted to Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide T.K. Rajalakshmi Powerful sections of the electronic media have built up mass hysteria around actor Sushant ...
Essay India’s double standards on human rights: Violations at home even as its diplomacy preaches liberty A.G. Noorani India has consistently followed double standards on human rights and people’s right to ...
COVID-19 Update Kerala local body polls: Mass mobilisation violating COVID safety norms R. Krishnakumar In Kerala, the opposition parties’ mass mobilisations for the local body elections ...
COVID-19 Update Karnataka to become the State with highest number of active COVID-19 cases after Maharashtra VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED The number of COVID-19 cases continues to spiral in Karnataka, making it the State with ...
COVID-19 Update Madhya Pradesh witnessing alarming spike in coronavirus cases as political parties compete to win the byelections in the Gwalior-Chambal region Anando Bhakto In Madhya Pradesh, the issue of oxygen shortage took centre stage even as case numbers ...
COVID-19 Update Pandemic situation fails to stop West Bengal from celebrating Durga Puja Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay In the midst of the raging pandemic, the State resumes Metro services and is gearing up ...
COVID-19 Update Odisha’s COVID-19 strategy to involve private hospitals, hopes to reduce infection rate Prafulla Das By opening up more private hospitals for COVID care, easing pressure on hospitals in ...
COVID-19 Update COVID-19 cases show no decline in Assam, political parties busy in electioneering Sushanta Talukdar In Guwahati The number of cases in the State shows no signs of declining, and with political parties ...
COVID-19 Update COVID-19 in Rajasthan: Congress government finally takes serious COVID-19 management measures T.K. Rajalakshmi Amid the rising number of infections and deaths in the State, the Ashok Gehlot-led ...
COVID-19 Update COVID-19 in Haryana: Study reveals 8 per cent sero-positivity across 22 districts surveyed T.K. Rajalakshmi A sero-surveillance study conducted in 22 districts of Haryana in August revealed an 8 per ...
COVID-19 Update COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath turns to Hindutva as COVID situation worsens in the State Venkitesh Ramakrishnan COVID situation is worsening in Uttar Pradesh, but the Yogi Adityanath regime manages to ...
COVID-19 Update COVID-19 in Delhi: Health workers protest against non-payment of wages, poor working conditions Divya Trivedi Health care personnel and workers from other sectors protest against non-payment of wages ...
COVID-19 Update Maharashtra government forced to give undue importance to politics during the pandemic Lyla Bavadam The fight against COVID-19 fades into the background as the opposition tries to beat the ...
COVID-19 Update COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu: Data discrepancy and flaws in protocols mar the State’s battle against coronavirus R.K. Radhakrishnan Tamil Nadu’s anti-pandemic strategy is marred by flawed protocols and alleged manipulation ...
Controversy A dividing wall at Santiniketan Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay The impasse at Visva-Bharati that followed the violence over the issue of constructing a ...
Interview: Dr Bevinje Srinivas Kakkilaya Dr Bevinje Srinivas Kakkilaya: Lockdown created unnecessary fears VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED Interview with Dr Bevinje Srinivas Kakkilaya, consultant physician who writes regularly on ...
Communalism Tablighi Jamaat: Vindicated, finally Ziya Us Salam The recent High Court verdicts ordering the quashing of cases filed against members of the ...
COVID-19: Government's statistics COVID management: Hollow claims by the government T.K. Rajalakshmi Statistics belie the government’s self-congratulatory proclamations on the management of ...
Interview: Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh Poonam Khetrapal Singh: The pandemic is far from over T.K. Rajalakshmi Interview with Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, World Health Organisation, ...
COVID-19 COVID-19: A chain of blunders by the Central government R. Ramachandran The Centre’s top-down approach to COVID-19 and its exercise of control on the release of ...
Jammu & Kashmir Political parties rallying forces again in Kashmir Anando Bhakto In New Delhi The August 22 declaration of six mainstream political parties represents the first major ...
Interview: Ranbir Singh Ranbir Singh: Reforms were long overdue T.K. Rajalakshmi Interview with Professor Ranbir Singh, Chairperson, Committee for Reforms in Criminal ...