The X factor: Is it time to take Prashant Kishor seriously?Starting with 2012 as Modi's political aide, he has taken positions in varying roles in 9 elections.
23 Feb, 2020, 06.21 AM IST
Blanket labelling of dissent as anti-national hurts ethos of democracy: Justice ChandrachudDelivering a lecture here in Gujarat, Justice Chandrachud also said that use of state machinery to curb dissent instills fear, which violat...
15 Feb, 2020, 10.42 PM IST
Time to heal: After conversion of state to UT, let opposition parties back into KashmirWhile the political debate on the decision to revoke Article 370 has been more or less settled in the rest of India, the hard part begins n...
02 Nov, 2019, 10.36 AM IST
View: Has British Raj returned?For judicial officers to show such abysmal ignorance both about the law and what superior courts have pronounced, is unpardonable.
12 Oct, 2019, 11.41 AM IST
SC extends house arrest of rights activists in Koregaon-Bhima caseThe five rights activists under house arrest are Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha.
17 Sep, 2018, 03.54 PM IST
Activists arrested for evidence on their link with Maoists, Maharashtra police to SCThe apex court had on August 29 directed to keep them under house arrest at their homes till tomorrow. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipa...
05 Sep, 2018, 01.25 PM IST
Anyone speaking for human rights can't be treated as a Maoist: Supreme Court in 2011SC had in 2011 rapped the Chhattisgarh govt for treating historian Ramchandra Guha, academic Nandini Sunder, social activist Swami Agnivesh...
03 Sep, 2018, 10.49 PM IST
No curb on people's democratic rights: Rajnath SinghSingh was answering a query on the Supreme Court's comments that "Dissent is the safety valve of democracy. If you don't allow the safety v...
01 Sep, 2018, 05.50 PM IST
House arrest for 5 rights activists till Sept 6: Supreme CourtA bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra questioned the Maharashtra police for arresting these persons after around nine months of the B...
29 Aug, 2018, 10.56 PM IST
US, India have 'historic opportunity' to enhance ties: ExpertsFor decades India remained off the US policy radar screen during the Cold War but since the mid-1990s India.
27 Feb, 2015, 10.50 AM IST
AAP's victory: Angry and restless, Indians charge against corruptionThe AAP’s victory is symbolic of a larger social churn, one where civil complaints have tripled, senior politicians are jailed and bureaucr...
15 Dec, 2013, 11.09 AM IST
We need reforms, but not to sell out everything: MamataI agree that Sensex must be stable, but policy should not be used to impose back-breaking burden on the common people, she said.
17 Sep, 2012, 11.34 AM IST
Do we really want a superpower India populated by angry Indians?The daily reports of violence, molestations and murders across the country point to a problem that goes beyond law and order.
07 Aug, 2012, 08.22 AM IST
- 'India still protected economy'
Making a case for further trade liberalisation, noted international economist T N Srinivasan today said even after many years of economic r...
17 Jul, 2007, 09.22 PM IST