The Supreme Court of India was compelled to do what Maharashtra’s government ought to have, but has not done so far. The Apex Court has...

The clamour for President’s Rule in West Bengal has grown louder. A scathing report from Governor C.V. Ananda Bose, submitted to the...

Temple stampedes are not accidents but failures of planning, of governance and institutional memory. India has seen far too many of them....

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s knee-jerk reaction to the Bhakra Beas Management Board’s (BBMB) recent decision to release 8,500...

The Narendra Modi-led BJP government, long resistant to the idea, has now embraced a caste census which is to be the first such exercise...

Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to set up an Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) of its own. Dubbed ‘MahaInvIT, the...

In a Valley often scarred by blood and cynicism, it is rare to witness a politician step away from the podium of opportunism and speak...

History is often an inconvenient companion. It tells stories of grandeur but also tales of horror, conquest and cruelty. Today’s India,...

In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror strike on April 22, in which 26 people were butchered in cold blood, the Narendra Modi-led BJP...

The blood has barely dried in the meadows of Pahalgam, where more than 25 tourists, mostly Hindus, were gunned down in cold blood. But...

The shocking massacre of more than 25 citizens, mostly tourists, in a terror attack in Pahalgam was a grisly reminder that Pakistan’s...

Another slaughter in Kashmir. Another sea of bodies, blood and broken promises. The massacre of more than 25 persons, mostly tourists, in...

For decades, Mumbai was perceived as a rare urban oasis, where the saline sweep of the Arabian Sea blunted the worst ravages of India's...

In Maharashtra, the language of instruction has become a new battlefield. The state government’s recently announced that Hindi would be...

In Maharashtra’s endlessly theatrical politics, the prospect of a Thackeray reunion makes for irresistible drama. Uddhav Thackeray, the...

In a democracy worth its name, the legislature makes the law and the judiciary interprets it. Occasionally, however, courts cross the...

A town better known for its ancient temples, Ambajogai in Beed is now to be transformed into a ‘village of books.’ The project is being...

Few political families have commanded as much reverence or wielded as much unchecked power as the Gandhis. For decades, the Congress...

After years on the run, Mehul Choksi, the diamond dealer-turned-fugitive at the heart of one of India’s most egregious banking scandals,...

‘Ambedkar Jayanti’ on April 14 has grown into one of the most resonant public commemorations in the Indian calendar. The man being...