SC's Justice Oka pulls up Maharashtra govt for poor judiciary infrastructure, praises KarnatakaSupreme Court Justice Abhay Oka criticized the Maharashtra government for the lack of basic infrastructure for the judiciary, contrasting i...
15 Feb, 2025, 03.47 PM IST
Protester breaks silence on China's crackdown on COVID demonstratorsChina's Public Security Bureau did not respond to a faxed request for comment. The public security bureaus of Beijing and Shanghai could no...
19 Apr, 2023, 02.46 PM IST
The curious case of politicians' love for bulldozersPoliticians love bulldozers. Sitting on big machines gives good photo opportunities, and the hope of association with their brute power. Mo...
28 May, 2022, 12.51 AM IST
What's happening with Afghanistan evacuations?Afghans trying to reach the Kabul airport face a gauntlet of danger, and there are far more who want to leave than will be able to do so. T...
25 Aug, 2021, 09.09 PM IST
Under Taliban rule, life in Kabul transforms once againNine days after the Taliban walked back into power, government services were still largely unavailable. Residents are struggling to lead th...
25 Aug, 2021, 11.58 AM IST
India advises Turkey to implement its UN resolutions before preaching othersIndia was exercising its Right of Reply in response to the statement by representative of Pakistan during the High-Level Segment at the cur...
24 Feb, 2021, 10.43 PM IST
Biden vows to repeal 'Muslim ban' imposed by Trump admin if electedIn a video message to Muslim Advocates, a civil rights organisation, on Thursday, Biden also promised to push lawmakers for legislation to ...
16 Oct, 2020, 05.58 PM IST
TikTok to leave Hong Kong as security law raises worriesThe short-form video app's planned departure from Hong Kong comes as various social media platforms and messaging apps including Facebook, ...
07 Jul, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
How to salvage Kashmir: An initiative, with security, political and economic dimensions, is neededThe effectiveness of our armed forces in Kashmir must be urgently upgraded to minimise the frequent loss of lives of our brave soldiers and...
29 Apr, 2017, 11.13 AM IST
Give us our due -- Women's Bill: Sonia Gandhi to governmentSonia noted that it was due to Rajiv Gandhi's vision that women accounted today for over 40 per cent of elected local body and panchayat po...
08 Mar, 2016, 04.40 PM IST
Don’t ignore the saner voices of moderate MuslimsThere is much in common between those who hit Paris last week and Mumbai on 26/11. Let nobody pretend that Paris was just revenge against W...
22 Nov, 2015, 12.00 PM IST
Text of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Facebook postFollowing is the Facebook post of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on one-year of BJP-led NDA government.
19 May, 2015, 09.47 PM IST
How many kids will have to die before Pakistan faces up to the truth?By killing humankind’s most vulnerable resource, the Peshawar butchers have proved they are one step ahead in this senseless war.
21 Dec, 2014, 11.10 AM IST
How India Inc's top names like Azim Premji, Ratan Tata, others are driving philanthropic initiativesRatan Tata, chairman emeritus of the group, believes India is still feudal in its mindset and that much of the inequity in society can be a...
02 Oct, 2014, 12.51 PM IST
Centre to introduce new Juvenile Justice Act in HouseThe bill to repeal and re-enact the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, has been cleared by the law ministry, to ...
29 Jul, 2014, 06.07 AM IST
How Indian philanthropy has side-stepped human rightsIndian philanthropy has side-stepped human rights. It’s mostly out of an inability to comprehend what it really means and how it pans out. ...
07 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Improvement agenda for CBI: Investigation and prosecution must be done independently, as in the US and UK
With enormous expectation from them, institutions like the CBI must be strengthened, made independent of politics, but systemic flaws ingra...
05 May, 2012, 04.26 AM IST