It is vital that the highest standards of criminal justice are rigorously applied. Much is at stake in the case

South Delhi corporation’s proposal to ban public display of non-veg food smacks of prejudice, threatens freedoms

In a ghost town in Australia, the future of fake news has been born — real fake news, not fake fake news

The triple talaq bill is a textbook case of overcriminalisation

Within hours of the statement, seven pro-Indira leaders — Kamlapati Tripathi, Syed Mir Kasim, P.V. Narasimha Rao, Veerendra Varma, Buta Singh, A.P. Sharma and Maragatham Chandrasekhar — resigned from the Congress Working Committee in protest against Devraj Urs’s suspension.

Government and Opposition are talking to each other again in Parliament. It’s a good beginning to the new year

Mumbai’s first air-conditioned suburban train is a reminder of work yet to be done on modernising urban transport systems

Tamil politics is a crowded affair. Is anyone missing Rajinikanth?

Those opposing law on triple talaq must look closer at Muslim countries

For both Pakistan and India, Kulbhushan Jadhav has become a pawn in a high-stakes game

With 2G verdict, Congress may claim a moral victory but it cannot get back what it lost.

In a bitter reaction to his suspension from the Congress, Devraj Urs described it as the first step taken by Brahmananda Reddi, ‘‘president of the moth-eaten, mutilated, Congress, in the direction of splitting the party.”

This was the year of WhatsApp. Mostly, that means forwards of fake news and vile opinions, and some nice jokes too.

Christmas meeting arranged between Kulbhushan Jadhav and his family cannot paper over lack of consular access, fair trial.

Noise from Karnataka: The terms of political debate will coarsen further in the new year.

Message from Gujarat elections: The Muslim is more alone than ever before.

The RK Nagar bypoll can hardly be deemed a bell-weather election. However, in a state where bypolls generally tend to favour the ruling party, TTV Dinakaran has upset the pattern.

Inquilab’s family underlines the uneasy relations between the writer and state by declining the Sahitya Akademi award

The crew overpowered the man and the flight 105 from Bombay landed safely at Rome’s Fiumicino airport. The man identified as Josef Homolov, 31, was turned over to the Italian police.

Yes, the BJP plays petty, but the DMRC undermines its autonomy by not inviting the Delhi chief minister

Urban growth should address needs of children from poorer sections of society

If the Congress needs to worry about its urban base, the BJP has to work on a rural message

RBI report underlines that the bad loan problem will get worse before it gets better. In long run, bank governance will be key

The problem isn’t the student arrested for off-colour memes. It is the state of West Bengal, which has cracked down on him