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A lynching is a crude way of telling a section of the population that the law cannot protect them.

Mob lynching under the aegis of law

The inept law enforcement or the lack of trust in the law of the land motivates vigilantes.

16 Sept 2018 12:16 AM IST

The governments plea in the SC that it has no view of its ownâ€ on decriminalising homosexuality is a sham. (Photo: AP)

Approach culture wars with caution

Navtej is not the only instance of the court's acti-vism in the face of pusillanimity by the legislative and executive...

16 Sept 2018 12:13 AM IST

Rising oil prices could cause significant inflation, dampen economic growth and alter geopolitics in multiple ways this year.

Rising fuel prices: The road ahead

US sanctions against Iran, the third biggest exporter of oil to India, make it difficult for its allies like India to...

9 Sept 2018 6:24 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India

Currency crisis: The rupee dilemma

With no signs of global issues easing up, the experts believe that the rupee may slide further.

9 Sept 2018 6:17 AM IST

Members of MNS Womens Wing (left) stage a demonstration to protest against hike in fuel prices, in Navi Mumbai.

Govt in trouble over floundering economy?

The speculation is rife that government might resort to either cutting the excise duty or compromise on its fuel...

9 Sept 2018 6:11 AM IST

Gauri Lankesh (55) was shot dead outside her residence in RR Nagar. (Photo: File)

Felled by bullets, but Gauri hits the 'right' target

The involvement of right-wing extremists was the focus of investigation and much speculation.

2 Sept 2018 5:43 AM IST

Gauri would never have backed down, she would have defended the activists who have just been arrested too, says Kavita, who still hears Gauris voice in her head.

Too great a tragedy to cope with: Kavitha Lankesh

The death of a sibling is perhaps, too great a tragedy to cope with, maybe distraction is the most one can hope to find.

2 Sept 2018 5:35 AM IST

Army personnel evacuate local residents in Aluva, Kochi. (Photo: Arun Chandrabose)

Death by water: Anatomy of a disater

The contention of ecologists, including myself, is that damages to ecology will exacerbate the fallout from natural...

26 Aug 2018 4:34 AM IST

Army personnel on rescue and evacuation operations in a flood-affected region of Kerala. (Photo: PTI)

Balancing act at work

The balancing act of nature that contains all the things including what life forms create is unremitting.

26 Aug 2018 12:20 AM IST

Soldiers clear the debris off a road in a flooded affected area at Wayanad.

Sinking feeling

The relentless rain that lead to unimaginable flooding and the loss of almost ninety lives has left Kerala shattered.

19 Aug 2018 1:34 AM IST

An aerial view of some flood-hit areas in Kerala

Listen to the falling rain, listen to it fall

Kerala's 'God's Own Country' hyperbole is built on its greenery, comparing it metaphorically to a Divine Garden.

19 Aug 2018 12:13 AM IST

Article 35A is a clarificatory provision to clear the issue of constitutional position as observed in the rest of country in contrast to J&K.

Article 35A touches a raw nerve

Parliament has no power to legislate law about the subject's administration of justice, the land and the other immovable...

15 Aug 2018 12:21 AM IST