Bihar polls: A year after Dalit-on-Dalit clash, old hierarchies shiftIn Bihar's Nawada district, the interplay of caste affiliations and land disputes is casting a long shadow over the upcoming elections. Rec...
Caste, feudal systems still reflect in MP judiciary where district judges treated as 'shudras': High CourtThe Madhya Pradesh High Court has strongly criticized the judicial structure in the state, highlighting a "caste system" and "feudal mindse...
King Charles III accused of pocketing millions from dead Brits, funds were meant for charity under ancient lawsThe Guardian's report exposes King Charles III for allegedly diverting tens of millions intended for charity, using ancient laws governing ...
Conspiracy within Congress in not going to higher court for Rahul Gandhi, suggests BJPUnion ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Anurag Thakur hit out at the Congress over its criticism of the court judgment convicting Gandhi and...
West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee raises ‘BJP hatao’ slogan in assemblyBanerjee said the country should move forward to bring a “people’s government to end anarchy”. “BJP is resorting to misusing the power of t...
Exorcise the ghost of this bad lawLack of awareness about laws and rights among the general populace is a matter of concern, too, for anyone who believes in the value of ope...
- Free speech, social conditions apply
The collective chuckle from the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and Al Yamamah Palace near Riyadh could power a small SpaceX vehicle to...
Feudalism of corporate debtors gone after IBC implementation: CEA K V SubramanianAccording to Subramanian, the entire concept of dharma is that there is a much bigger goal and if you think from an economist's perspective...
SC to decide validity of provisions governing restitution of conjugal rightsCourts usually order restitution of conjugal rights to force warring couples to get along.
SC to examine whether forcing woman to stay with husband against her will is violative of her rightsCourts usually order restitution of conjugal rights to force warring couples to get along
Mani Shankar Aiyar had Rahul's approval to use derogatory language against PM: Ravi Shankar Prasad"Modi was targeted by Aiyar because he had questioned why Dr B R Ambedkar was given Bharat Ratna in 1990 when he had died in 1956."
Muslim personal law is barbaric: Justice Markandey Katju"The Muslim personal law is barbaric, backward and unjust...it is a feudal law. All countries in the world have one law...why shouldn't we?...
Elections 2014: Rethinking democracyLeaders in 2014 must have the competence to run government and adapt to more power-sharing with women in Parliament.
- Grisly tradition: The fight in Haryana is as much against khaps as against rape
The measures announced by Haryana CM Hooda after a spate of rapes in the state, to ensure quick trials in such cases.
- The Pakistan abyss
The assassination of PPP leader and Punjab Governor Salman Taseer is another marker of Pakistan's descent into a social and political black...
- Should I die to prove Pakistan is dangerous: Fatima Bhutto
She is 27, serious-minded and is still haunted by the violent death of her adored father. Fatima Bhutto, neice of Benazir Bhutto, talks to ...
- Frisk everybody
Dr Kalam himself had no complaints about the frisking.