Quibbling over Rohith Vemula’s Dalit-ness is an attempt to deny the reality and resonance of his story.

Let’s celebrate the successes of Sindhu, Sakshi and Dipa. Let’s begin to pay more attention to sports at the ground level.

The skyjackers had seized the twin-engined Boeing 737 when it left Cairo with 96 passengers and six crew on flight to the popular Egyptian tourist centres of Luxor and Aswan.

Pakistan cricket team’s rise to the No 1 spot in the ICC Test rankings is a spectacular achievement

Dealing with vector-borne diseases requires monitoring systems far more sophisticated than those used so far

PM reaches out, puts Kashmiri people front and centre. Why is home minister inviting “Muslims” for talks on Kashmir?

Mental Health Bill tries to address complex issues, but it’s a work in progress

The tension between the executive and judiciary could play out in creative, or destructive, ways

The government needs to distinguish between crooked NGOs and genuine ones.

Cow protection, paradoxically, poses a threat to the BJP’s project of Hindu unity.

Asked whether there were many contentious issues, Mrs Gandhi said: “Naturally. It is such an urge group and some differences, especially on bilateral issues, are bound to exist.”

CMs mustn’t get carried away. They should roll up their pants and wade in.

Nagaland’s long insurgency is still on. Sushma Swaraj must use Myanmar visit to press home the need for peace.

New RBI Governor Urjit Patel would do well to take forward what Raghuram Rajan began.

India’s e-commerce industry is ripe for consolidation, which isn’t a bad thing even for consumers.

Farm incomes may not revive despite good monsoon. There are new challenges for policymakers.

India’s new line that Pak will have to pay for cross-border terror was overdue.

India didn't just participate in the Olympics, it competed. Going ahead, sports needs more investment, less ad-hocism.

Today in history

The brouhaha frames France’s sorry slide down the road to bigotry.

BJP plays the victim card even as it grows more successful. It diminishes the party

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should draw back from a dangerous, crowd-pleasing policy

In the I-Day speeches of PMs of India and Pakistan, blame-games that paper over hard realities.

Wrestlers lose face, and perhaps an Olympic medal, and NADA its credibility