Opposition parties had blocked the bill, which allowed the government to detain a person without trial for two years, in Parliament earlier that month.

Baffled police plead for more time to ponder criminal angle of sex toys.

While South Korea is a neglected and natural partner, Mongolia signals a fresh diplomatic vision.

Chief minister has the right to pick his babus. Lieutenant governor should not force a showdown.

Her death has raised voices of sanity against marauders in the name of religion.

India and China will be drawn closer by the shared priority of development for their peoples.

Were the court’s restrictions on government advertisements really dictated by ‘democratic wisdom’?

A look at the front page of Indian Express on May 19, published forty years ago.

Migrant crisis in the Mediterranean finds a tragic echo in the plight of the Rohingyas.

Three separate incidents reassert the urgent need for laws protecting whistleblowers and witnesses.

Aruna Shanbaug is dead. The life and death debate lives on.

Aruna Shanbaug’s passing should be a turning point in the euthanasia debate.

A look at the front page of Indian Express on May 18, published forty years ago.

Tracing the origins of jazz in India.

Government’s insistence on acquisition is rooted in a rush to impose the Gujarat model on the rest of India.

The Mahatma does not need the protection of the courts.

PM’s visit to China marked a reset in ties — less soaring rhetoric, more pragmatic engagement.

Government should engage with the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, instead of speaking of hierarchies.

Government’s amendments to the child labour law are pragmatic. But more remains to be done.

With B.B. King’s death, the world has another reason to sing the blues.

State governments cannot make cities livable. They must give urban areas freedom to manage themselves.

Without better quality schooling, attempts to curb child labour can only go so far.

A look at the front page of Indian Express on May 12, published forty years ago.

Salman Khan had to be sacrificed so that we can rest easy about the impersonal majesty of the law.