US DHS to vet immigrants for what it calls extremist views, raising free speech concernsThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security will scrutinize immigrants' past statements, including criticism of Israel and pro-Palestinian pro...
28 Apr, 2026, 09.54 AM IST
The delimitation debate reflects our inability to eschew the politics of handouts, caste and ethnicityIndia faces a critical juncture as a proposed constitutional amendment fails. This highlights a growing divide between economically prosper...
19 Apr, 2026, 11.35 PM IST
Transgressionary state: Transgender Amendment Act is a step back on freedom, democracy and growthIndia's Transgender Act faces criticism for undermining individual rights and autonomy. This law's restrictions on self-determination and t...
31 Mar, 2026, 11.17 PM IST
The State is 'Moi' as strategic conflationThe US intervention in Iran, allegedly at Israel's urging, highlights the dangerous conflation of government and state. All parties involve...
24 Jun, 2025, 12.31 AM IST
The law can't doze off by bulldozingThe Supreme Court emphasised that neither accusation nor conviction justify 'bulldozing', adding that guidelines must apply across the coun...
06 Oct, 2024, 10.55 PM IST
Secularism, the best thing since hot rotiThe ongoing debate on secularism in India has been reignited by Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi. He traces secularism to the French principle ...
24 Sep, 2024, 10.47 PM IST
SC stays HC verdict declaring UP Madrasa Act 'unconstitutional'A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud observed that the view taken by the HC is "prima facie not correct." The benc...
05 Apr, 2024, 11.30 PM IST
Innovation can't be excuse for tech firms to ignore user harm from their actions: MoS IT Rajeev ChandrasekharApart from making child sexual abuse material, pornography, and religiously inciting content a “no-go area” for intermediaries, the governm...
01 Jun, 2023, 10.49 PM IST
SC appoints 2 nodal counsels in petitions challenging CAAAt least 220 petitions against the CAA were filed before the top court. CAA was passed by Parliament on December 11, 2019 and it was met wi...
01 Nov, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
For voters, this isn't (just) the 'semifinal'The means to get voters to send a candidate of a party to the state assembly may be many - invoking the virtues of a central government, hi...
09 Feb, 2022, 11.35 PM IST
Delhi High Court rules Amazon's attempt to control Future violative of FEMA FDIThe High Court had on Monday upheld Amazon's right to make representations to statutory authorities against the Future Group-Reliance Retai...
23 Dec, 2020, 06.52 PM IST
ET View: No Iftar - or Diwali, Christmas - at Rashtrapati Bhavan doesn't mean a sinister matter is afootThe non-celebration of iftar in the Rashtrapati Bhavan is being seen in some quarters as a sinister departure from tradition. It’s a depart...
07 Jun, 2018, 01.06 PM IST
Poke Me: Fake encounters are seen as normal, legitimate and justifiedGopal Pillai was not the home secretary when the operation against Ishrat Jehan and others was undertaken in 2004. Nor was RK Singh who suc...
03 Mar, 2016, 11.27 PM IST
Idea of a 'homogeneous' nation is problematic: Vice-President Hamid AnsariVice President Hamid Ansari today cautioned against connecting faith and history and propagating a "homogeneous" national identity when the...
28 Dec, 2014, 07.30 PM IST
Force alone cannot quell MaoistsThe fact that central funds to modernise anti-Naxal forces have been largely unused is a charge that Patna has not been able to convincingl...
03 Jul, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Vodafone should pay tax by the Shome panel's own principlesAs per the Shome panel's own principles, retrospective amendment of the law was appropriate to remove confusion in the legal expression of ...
11 Oct, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
- Advantage Taliban?
India must focus on the dangers of a post-Osama US deal with the Taliban
07 May, 2011, 04.49 AM IST