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By Nitya Chakraboty Amidst the countrywide euphoria over the successful air strikes on terror camps in Pakistan, the Supreme Court has opened a Pandora’s Box by agreeing to hold an open hearing on the review petitions calling for the recall of the verdict given by the apex court on...
By Sushil Kutty Rest assured one of these days we’ll wake up and be told the Indian Army has exacted revenge from Pakistan for Pulwama. This Modi regime, which is on its last legs, will by then have also extracted the last drop of electoral advantage out of Pulwama....
By Amritananda Chakravorty In one of the most regressive and anti-tribal actions, the Supreme Court has dealt a huge blow to the letter and spirit of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (‘Forest Rights Act’). On 13th February, 2019, the Supreme...
By B. Sivaraman It was a heart-rending tragedy. When the news last came in, 145 poor tea garden labourers in Assam had lost their lives on 24 February 2019 and another 200 were struggling for their lives in the hospital—around 30 of them in a serious condition. A tragedy...
By Amulya Ganguli The Prime Minister’s call for ending the targeting of Kashmiris living in other part of the country in the wake of the Pulwama outrage has come not a moment too soon. The young Shiv Sena leader, Aditya Thackeray, has also done well to sack those party...
By Sushil Kutty India’s promised response to Pulwama was at whatever speeds Mirage and Sukhoi fighter jets achieved early Tuesday morning and like a twin, Pakistan has sworn to return the compliment ASAP at a “time and place of its choosing”, a choice of words borrowed from the Indian...
By Kalyani Shankar Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is back at his old game of street- level confrontation with the Union Government as part of his political strategy. This time he is going on an indefinite fast from March 1 to get full statehood for Delhi. Can he achieve...
SC ordered the reopening of Sterlite plant set aside – The Supreme Court set aside the National Green Tribunal order, which had permitted the reopening of the Sterlite plant at Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. The plant had not complied with conditions prescribed by the Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board...
By K R Sudhaman With tourism expected to create 50 million jobs in India by 2028, artificial intelligence and blockchain technology can play a critical role in promoting this ever growing industry particularly with more and more travellers seeking personalized services. “We are now at the cusp of time...
By Ben Chako The firm line taken by Jeremy Corbyn and Emily Thornberry at the weekend rally in Broxtowe gives a lead to our movement on how to respond to breakaway MPs. “Not understanding where we have come from is a bad mistake,” the Labour leader charges. He is...