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The writer is an author and lawyer based in Mumbai

US President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters. (Photo: AP)

Wave of intolerance

The 13 far-right parties in Europe may not be homogeneous, but Islamophobia unites them in their opposition to...

12 Nov 2017 12:03 AM IST

The couple were acquitted by the Allahabad High Court on October 12 after they were convicted in 2013 by a lower court for the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. (Photo: PTI)

Complex cases help expose flaws in justice

The high court censured the trial court judge, Shyam Lal, for convicting the Talwars.

5 Nov 2017 12:02 AM IST

Former Intelligence Bureau director Dineshwar Sharma said he would go to Kashmir in eight-to-ten days. (Photo: ANI)

A policeman posing as a postman in Kashmir

Sharma will have sustained interaction and dialogue to understand the legitimate aspirations of a wide cross-section of...

29 Oct 2017 12:30 AM IST

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, 50, had been convicted on Friday of raping the two women at the sprawling headquarters of his hugely popular Dera Sacha Sauda sect in Haryana, in a case dating back more than 15 years. (Photo: AFP/File)

How our religious right exploits faith

What concerns the workings of democracy is how he could evoke such fierce loyalties.

22 Oct 2017 12:56 AM IST

Election commissioner O.P. Rawat

BJP's secret poll dealings need to be exposed

No government has the right to take such a decision without consulting all major political parties.

15 Oct 2017 12:19 AM IST

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday set up a nine-judge bench to decide if the contentious issue of right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution. (Photo: PTI/File)

Press and privacy

These rules give a broad idea of where the right of privacy ends and rights of the press prevail.

2 Oct 2017 12:26 AM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh addresses at a conference on Role of Defence Public Sector Undertakings and Ordnance Factory Boards in Supporting Central Armed Forces organised by the Department of Defence Production at DRDO Bhavan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

No Kashmir policy, still

Article 370 of India's Constitution is under challenge in the Supreme Court.

24 Sept 2017 12:06 AM IST

Activists take part in a protest rally against the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh at India Gate. (Photo: AFP)

Laws alone can't stop the hate

The Press Council of India set up a fact-finding committee which visited 11 states and submitted a detailed Report on...

17 Sept 2017 12:08 AM IST

Women celebrate Supreme courts decision to strike down triple talaq.

Of politics, talaq and judgments

The two Quranic safeguards render triple talaq void. The courts will determine whether the reason for divorce was ...

3 Sept 2017 12:32 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said the condition was tensed last year in the valley and now the situation is slowly normalising. The people of the state think that their identity can be in danger. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmir suffocated

Regardless of the political impasse, the routes of old should be reopened at least on humanitarian grounds.

27 Aug 2017 12:56 AM IST

Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar will be the 44th Chief Justice of India. (Photo: PTI)

Broken promises

Political manifestos attracted public notice in England in the 19th century when political warfare was at its peak.

20 Aug 2017 12:32 AM IST

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. (AFP)

Cult of secrecy

Foreign minister Abba Eban described continued Israeli rule as a potential powder keg .

13 Aug 2017 12:36 AM IST