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Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra (Photo: PTI)

Questions over CJI's role

The Supreme Court on Wednesday quite rightly dismissed a PIL by a little-known UP lawyer.

13 April 2018 7:18 AM IST

The ongoing Cauvery protests peaked on Thursday against the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Chennai. Slogans like Go back Modi rent the air in parts of South Chennai.

Cauvery stir targeting of cricket regrettable

The irony is that cricket, along with Bollywood films and their music, has been one of the great unifiers of India as a...

13 April 2018 7:14 AM IST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy. (Photo: AP)

Zuckerberg's tough times

A significant comment by the Facebook founder was that he wasn't against regulation, but it should be the right...

12 April 2018 7:08 AM IST

Kuldeep Singh Sengar, BJP MLA

Unnao, Kathua horrors jolt India; BJP unfazed

BJP spokesmen are being brazen. They speak of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) being constituted.

12 April 2018 7:05 AM IST

MoS Computer Baba on Wednesday said they have cancelled the campaign because the state government has fulfilled their demand to form a committee of saints and seers for protection of the Narmada river. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Setting a bad precedent

The questionable legality becomes important now so that things can be nipped in the bud.

11 April 2018 7:12 AM IST

Bhim Army Sena members stop a train during Bharat Bandh call given by Dalit organisations against the alleged dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes act, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Heal the rifts within, else India will suffer

No political party or caste outfit claimed authorship for the bandh call of the upper caste elements.

11 April 2018 7:06 AM IST

Despite a slew of Supreme Court directives for the effective implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act this month, the government has taken no step to constitute Child Welfare Committees (CWC).

SC makes Cauvery award crystal clear

The looming Karnataka elections and the fear of violence vitiating the poll process can't be allowed to interfere with...

10 April 2018 12:52 AM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (Photo: AP)

Nitish caught in a fix

Mr Kumar's JD(U) won the Bihar Assembly polls in the company of the RJD.

10 April 2018 12:51 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli (L) issued a joint press statement on Saturday afternoon. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

New dynamic enters ties with Kathmandu

With China, the Oli government has reached an agreement for a trans-border rail network through Tibet.

9 April 2018 1:05 AM IST

Justice Jasti Chelameswar.

Protecting judicial freedom

The Collegium is the forum Justice Chelameswar projects for this, so decision-making is more inclusive and not subject...

9 April 2018 1:03 AM IST

Farmers bury themselves neck-deep in the sands of Cauvery river at Odathurai bathing ghat on Friday demanding immediate constitution of Cauvery Management Board (CMB). (Photo:DC)

Don't mix IPL with politics

Their call to not hold IPL matches in Chennai straightaway mixes sport and politics.

8 April 2018 7:16 AM IST

BJP president Amit Shah made the statement while addressing party workers in Mumbai to mark the partys founding day.

Fierce antagonism lies ahead in politics

Amit Shah's intervention was perhaps the more striking for comparing the Opposition with snakes and dogs.

8 April 2018 7:13 AM IST