Death by breath: How mining dust in Aravallis is killing residentsUnregulated Aravalli mining in Rajasthan has triggered a fatal silicosis crisis, claiming dozens of lives in villages like Syalodra. Affect...
20 Sep, 2026, 06.56 PM IST
California bans addictive social media features for under-16s, AI chatbot toysCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed technology laws protecting children online. These measures restrict social media features designed ...
11 Sep, 2026, 07.13 AM IST
Luxury litigation, poor pay the priceThe Supreme Court has issued a warning against what it terms 'luxury litigation', leading to the dismissal of a persistent case. With over ...
28 Aug, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
1,292 Chakma voters objected to SIR in Arunachal Pradesh; CDFI seeks ECI observersThe Chakma Development Foundation of India has urged the Election Commission of India to intervene. They allege systematic targeting of ove...
24 Aug, 2026, 07.06 PM IST
Nagaland Baptist Church Council opposes compulsory Vande Mataram singingThe Nagaland Baptist Church Council opposes making Vande Mataram singing compulsory. Students' federation also asked institutions to avoid ...
15 Aug, 2026, 12.32 AM IST
India drives Bitchat’s growth despite government takedownBitchat, the internet-free messaging app founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, is gaining popularity in India despite a government ord...
27 Jul, 2026, 01.57 PM IST
Emergency among darkest chapters of Indian history: Vice President RadhakrishnanVice President C P Radhakrishnan has labelled the Emergency period as a dark chapter in India's history, honouring those who defended democ...
25 Jun, 2026, 11.52 AM IST
- Raids a brazen attack on democratic rights, reminiscent of infamous Emergency: Left parties
The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation said the arrests and raids are an attempt to brand all dissenting voices as "ant...
01 Jul, 2025, 10.07 PM IST
View: Indian freedom declines from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’. But it remains resilientBJP clams it will improve the lot of Kashmiris through closer integration with India. But its credibility in the Valley is negligible. Free...
23 Mar, 2021, 11.21 PM IST
India falls to 51st position in EIU's Democracy IndexIndia's overall score fell from 7.23 in 2018 to 6.90 on the Index that provides a snapshot of the current state of democracy worldwide for ...
23 Jan, 2020, 10.34 AM IST
Global community largely silent on India’s J&K moveThe international community is conspicuously not challenging or objecting to India’s legislative and constitutional moves regarding the sta...
09 Aug, 2019, 11.28 AM IST
Accused were trying to destabilise government and incite the youth: Pune Joint CPIn June, the Pune police had arrested lawyer and suspected members of the banned CPI (M), Surendra Gadling and activist Rona Wilson, on cha...
29 Aug, 2018, 11.24 PM IST
Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayyar no moreNayyar died at around 12.30 AM at a private hospital, his elder son Sudhir Nayyar said. He was suffering from pneumonia and was admitted to...
23 Aug, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
Hindutva outfits stayed away from freedom struggle: HistorianHistorian Mridula Mukherjee has said the idea of nationalism in India, as in all third world countries, is essentially rooted in 'anti-impe...
18 Apr, 2016, 01.27 PM IST
Supreme Court extends interim bail to Teesta Setalvad and husband Javed AnandSC summed up the allegations levelled by one Ferozkhan Saeedkhan Pathan against the couple and wondered if they were enough to render their...
20 Mar, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Implement solemn assurances given in Constitution: PresidentMukherjee asked the fresh officers to implement these "solemn assurances" given in the preamble of the Constitution during their service of...
12 Dec, 2014, 05.38 PM IST
US's John Kerry promises to blunt impact of immigration curbs on technology companiesWhile the two sides discussed a range of issues, there was little to inject new vigour in a relationship that has suffered a gradual accumu...
25 Jun, 2013, 04.39 AM IST