Uddhav Thackeray announces Shiv Sena's alliance with Maratha outfit Sambhaji BrigadeTalking to reporters in Mumbai, Thackeray said the alliance with Sambhaji Brigade was ideological and forged to uphold the Constitution and...
27 Aug, 2022, 12.59 AM IST
Actress Carrie Fisher had cocaine, heroin in system, autopsy shows"Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher died at age 60 on December 27 last year, four days after she went into cardiac arrest on a flight from Lo...
19 Jun, 2017, 11.10 PM IST
Zakir Naik's speeches contradictory, won't be easy to charge him, say expertsInvestigating agencies will have to scrutinize his speeches to see if Zakir Naik actually instigates disaffection between two religious gro...
12 Jul, 2016, 03.34 AM IST
Brahmanical conspiracy: Maharashtra politicians split ranks over Babasaheb Purandare awardPurandare is a controversial figure as his opponents claim that his writings on Maratha warrior Shivaji has distorted history by casting as...
18 Aug, 2015, 09.58 AM IST
Our fear of freedom: Doniger's is just the latest case of courts, publishers, politicians failing to protect artistic rightsOne would have expected, and hoped, that they would have appealed in a higher court to have the freedom of expression of their esteemed aut...
13 Feb, 2014, 10.53 AM IST
Academics, writers decry Penguin's withdrawal of Doniger's book 'The Hindus'Eminent academics, writers and lawyers have come out strongly against the withdrawal of American academic Wendy Doniger's book.
12 Feb, 2014, 01.17 AM IST
Porto Santo Island: Romantic holidays with cycling, kite surfing, shopping & diningExplore Madeira from a different angle. The view of the coast from the sea makes this charming island seem even more beautiful.
24 Oct, 2013, 07.17 AM IST
Mumbaikars & the dance bar effect: It’s not always about righteousness Mr RR PatilThis subaltern market exists and thrives the same way many other unorganised city enterprises do, in the fault lines between the good, civi...
21 Jul, 2013, 09.54 AM IST
Jaipur Literature Festival: India must stop banning booksThat a book banned 33 years ago and its author can still stoke controversy and leave the organisers of a literary festival with their knick...
24 Jan, 2012, 08.30 AM IST
- Does Mahatma Gandhi need a law to protect image?
Numerous books have been written on Gandhi. The most recent one by Joseph Lelyveld has allegedly given some titillating insight into Mahatm...
04 Apr, 2011, 04.21 AM IST
- Partial response to BJP-Shiv Sena call for Pune bandh
The Pune bandh on Tuesday, called by the BJP and the Shiv Sena demanding the reinstallation of a statue from a mural by the municipal corpo...
29 Dec, 2010, 12.53 AM IST
- Pune bandh: Agitators damage eight city buses
A Shiv Sena-BJP sponsored Pune bandh to protest the removal of the statue of Dadoji Kondadev, considered the mentor of Shivaji, began on a ...
28 Dec, 2010, 10.54 AM IST
- Laine’s book on Shivaji okay: SC
In a blow to political censorship, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea by the state government to ban US author James Laine’s book ...
10 Jul, 2010, 04.39 AM IST
- Supreme Court lifts ban on James Laine's book on Shivaji
Supreme Court lifts ban on James Laine's book on Shivaji.
09 Jul, 2010, 10.57 PM IST
- Jaswant takes Modi to SC for book ban
Jaswant Singh on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the ban on his book on Mohammad Ali Jinnah by the Gujarat government.
29 Aug, 2009, 04.13 AM IST
- Legally Speaking: Jaswant an outcast for BJP, but his book must not be
Singh's assertions make a lot of practical, and importantly, legal sense.
24 Aug, 2009, 11.37 AM IST
- SC stops M'rashtra from acting against author
The Supreme Court has restrained Maharashtra from proceeding against the author of a controversial book, Shivaji - Hindu King in Islamic In...
10 Apr, 2007, 03.21 AM IST