Crackdown on abattoirs, processing plants in UP threatens to derail dairy economy.

Atheism is the NOTA button of religious choice. It deserves every safeguard from law and the state.

Protests in Russia are subtle in their attempt to undermine the Putin regime.

Lessons from Rwanda genocide tell us to worry about hatred on WhatsApp.

What next for UP police? Keeping a headcount of legit butchers, and confiscating meat cleavers?

Past efforts at out-of-court resolution of Ayodhya dispute have been non-starters

Narendra Modi government has political room to bring long-term reform. Direct transfer of fertiliser subsidy is a good start

India, Pakistan must recognise that Indus waters could be the basis for a very different relationship between them

Immediately after Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Morarji Desai set out the task before the new Lok Sabha in clear terms

New NITI Aayog recruitment rules should trigger a revamp of the Indian state’s human capital

The citizens’ faith in the judiciary is matched by the confidence the judges have in their own power.

Amit Shah put a spoke in Manoj Sinha’s candidature at the last minute by warning there were murmurs against Sinha from a section of the party.

There is not a country ruled by religious men that allows normal human beings to go about the normal business of living joyfully, without the interference of morality policemen.

Successive governments — especially state governments — have miserably failed to look after the children of India.

At this time of (justified) political triumph of India’s majority party, let’s recall a few Emergency stories

For Nawaz Sharif, one shows the way to hardening hostility, the other to fragile peace

In his first public pronouncement after being sworn in as prime minister, Morarji Desai set out the aims of his administration.

The Ganga is a persona alright, but a haggard ecological entity

A video clip draws attention to a Shiv Sena MP’s grotesque sense of entitlement, an ordinary citizen’s sense of fairplay

At a crucial moment in India’s political history, Supreme Court yet again refuses to compromise

Police squads checking on couples violate citizens’ rights and dignity. Is this the New India PM spoke of after UP triumph?

With BJP in power in three Northeastern states, a chance to solve the Naga problem.

Live streaming of sexual violence raises disturbing questions that have to do with law enforcement and public morality

A steady war of attrition continues. There must be no letting down of guard, or complacency