Swaminathan was commended by Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug as the driving force behind the Green Revolution in Asia
28 Sep 2023 11:28 PM
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has given to the Supreme Court its opinion on triple talaq and polygamy.
11 Sep 2016 1:29 AM
The blockbuster Marathi film Sairat (Wild), rated as the most important film of 2016, has grossed Rs 80 crores in 29 days and is heading towards surpassing the Rs 100-crore magic figure.
10 Jun 2016 6:52 AM
Sexual abuse of women and children by spiritual gurus and swamis is not uncommon in India. Most involve long-term abuse of young women, which started when they were minors.
13 May 2016 12:38 AM
A recent article published in the British medical journal Wired has brought out an alarming fact: that suicides have toppled the more conventional cause of death, maternal mortality (deaths due to pre
05 May 2016 11:05 PM
Each of the five women awarded on the occasion of European Day of the Righteous, which was held on March 8 this year to coincide with International Women’s Day in Milan, Italy, had a heroic story that
17 Mar 2016 12:45 AM
Three years ago, when we had just started Rahat, a survivor support programme for rape victims, I had gone to meet a 16-year-old in a shelter home situated in the congested part of the old city in sou
10 Feb 2016 5:40 AM
Justices of Madras high court while hearing rape cases have been passing sensational comments. In June 2015, Justice D.
29 Jan 2016 6:01 AM
Will the suggested penalty of chemical castration for child rapists bring down the incidents of child rapes in the country
19 Jan 2016 10:43 PM
The mounting public pressure against the release of the juvenile, at the expiry of the three-year sentence — the maximum which can be awarded to a juvenile offender — has led to a knee-jerk amendment
27 Dec 2015 6:03 AM
As we approach the third anniversary of the gruesome gangrape and murder of the paramedic in Delhi, it has become ritualistic to take stock of what has happened since then.
13 Dec 2015 5:38 AM
The October 16 judgment of a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, on a bunch of petitions in respect of whether the amendment of 2005 to the Hindu Succession Act (The Amendment Act) is prospective or
21 Nov 2015 6:20 AM
Within a political climate of minority bashing, the request for derecognition of their adoption centres by the Missionaries of Charity (MoC), the religious institution founded by Mother Teresa, has ac
05 Nov 2015 11:02 PM