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PIL filed in Supreme Court seeking quashing of govt’s surveillance order

The public interest litigation calls for the home affairs ministry's blanket surveillance order be tested against the fundamental right to privacy.

Muzaffarnagar riots accused found dead, son alleges murder

Sodan Singh's body was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in Sikhda village in Muzaffarnagar. Singh was an accused in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.

Middle-aged women stopped from entering Sabarimala temple more than 2 months after SC order

Middle-aged women stopped from entering Sabarimala temple more than 2 months after SC's order

Supreme Court denies urgent hearing of BJP plea to carry out ‘rath yatra’ in Bengal

BJP's rath yatra was scheduled on December 21 but was cancelled after the Calcutta HC denied permission on grounds that it might cause communal tension.

Village at centre of Bhima-Koregaon violence is peaceful, but uneasy

Since clashes over a piece of history involving Dalits and Marathas, the village of Vadhu Budruk has lived under constant police presence. 

A corner of Pune is fast turning into the Kota for CAs, with a turnover in crores

Indulal Complex and Prestige Point have become a coaching hub for aspiring chartered accountants, with 15 coaching centres hosting thousands of students.

PM Modi releases Rs 100 commemorative coin to honour Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The Rs 100 coin was released a day before Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 94th birth anniversary.

A well-planned and efficient Delhi Metro: Tracing 16-year journey of capital’s lifeline

Metro, launched by Vajpayee in 2002, is now world’s 3rd largest rapid transit system, setting global standards for cleanliness & sustainability.

Decoding Justice Sen – story of Meghalaya judge who said India should’ve been Hindu nation

Contemporaries and juniors at the Meghalaya HC say Justice Sen's remarks may have been due to the state's history of Khasi-Bengali clashes.  

#MeToo: Mukul Mudgal, ex-chief justice of Punjab & Haryana HC, accused of sexual assault

Mukul Mudgal has been accused by a family friend of forcing himself on her in the 1990s. Former judge vehemently denies it.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.