PML-N’s clash with Pak establishment, a media revolution, played a role in Imran Khan’s victory

India must deal with defeat of the party keen to improve ties, and of only leader who challenged Army’s hold on foreign policy

The finding of liquid water on Mars brings us one step closer to astronomy’s biggest question: Is there life out there?

The CAATSA exemption, signing of COMCASA, indicate that a shadow over India-US ties is being dispelled

A baby girl, believed to be the first human conceived outside the womb, was born to a woman who couldn’t have a child by normal means.

Congress needs to frame a cogent stand on coalitions rather than looking at them merely as tactical necessity

Data on women migrants has policy implications in terms of securing public spaces, creating enabling infrastructure

The Morarji Desai-Charan Singh correspondence controversy cropped up in the Lok Sabha again with a united opposition renewing its plea that the letters be placed before the House.

Maratha stir in Maharashtra is not just about reservations. It is a reminder of rural distress, unaddressed grievances

The embrace in Parliament ushered spontaneity into stuffy corridors of power

Fear of rough justice at the hands of the mob keeps Mehul Choksi away from India. It’s a new argument

Pakistan goes into an election as army trips government, coopts judiciary, coerces media into submission

The Manipur valley area was declared a disturbed and dangerous area under the Armed Forces (Manipur and Nagaland) Act and the army was called out to assist the civil administration in dealing with the law and order situation.

Committees constituted to frame law on mob violence would do well to redirect attention to challenge of police reform

Mesut Ozil’s exit from the German football team says some bleak things about the current political moment

In reclaiming Jantar Mantar and Boat Club for protesters and dissenters, Supreme Court once again expands freedoms

#TalkToAMuslim campaign is patronising, reinforces community stereotypes

Middle Kingdom’s love for technology is a sign that it has bought into the essence of late capitalism.

Parliament must pass Trafficking Bill, Criminal Law Amendment for safety of minors.

Government must act against Hindutva activists who forced a Malayalam writer to withdraw his novel.

Killing of Rakbar Khan took place in a state where people used to lend a helping hand across social divides.

Fifth round of rationalisation of rates is welcome. There is work still to be done

A two-day international conference called for the establishment of a zone of peace in the Indian Ocean and for a nuclear-free zone in the South Pacific.

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister J Vengal Rao resigned his seat in the state legislative assembly and announced retirement from politics.