The nation is supposedly trying to do away with these social ills – and yet these outdated ideas are propagated unquestioned, with textbook dignity afforded to them.

In a dramatic late night move on Tuesday, the usually passive Panneerselvam claimed that he was forced to resign as chief minister to pave the way for Sasikala. Within minutes, he was sacked from his position as party’s treasurer.

Even a line drawing of a dead kitten is present, which makes you wonder who drew it and who let that pass into print, uncensored?

Kailash Satyarthi's 2014 Nobel Prize medallion has been stolen today from his Delhi residence. But it is not the first time the prestigious Nobel keepsake has been burgled since the turn of the century.

At Bandra college, segregation of males and females puts the onus of safety on women.

In the aftermath of Jayalalithaa's demise, in a matter of two months, Sasikala has not only inherited her position, party and power – but also inherited AIADMK's sycophancy.

Questions raised over her lack of experience in running the government along with the disproportionate assets case do little to ease her situation.

Some of the developments leading to the day’s events also hint that the transfer of reins between O Panneerselvam and Sasikala may not have been amicable.

The party faced similar trouble in Bihar last year during the state Assembly elections, when anti-reservation comments by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat ticked off millions of pro-reservation voters, ultimately adding to the party’s defeat in the election.

Several authoritarian governments and their leaders appear to revel or at least eagerly dance to the tune of Trumpian United States.

By the time the elections were declared null and void, the protestors had already taken bodies of the two youth to Kohima, sat in protest and set 4 PM of February 2 as deadline for the chief minister’s resignation.

As oil sludge is being removed manually using large buckets since, the slick has travelled more than 30 km and tarred Chennai’s Marina Beach.

If a girl is "ugly" her family pays a higher dowry -- a school textbook reads. There is no reference to the boy's physical appearance, however. By virtue of his gender, the boy is assured dowry, irrespective of his physical features, profession or nature.

Raut has been remanded to judicial custody for 10 days and there are indications that the case against him is likely to be pursued more vigorously this time.

A victory in Punjab would lead Rahul Gandhi’s official taking over of the party and his headaches will be more within the party than outside.

It makes one question how warped we are as a people in our thinking, and in terms of treating others with basic respect and dignity.

News reports may call S Adarsh -- the stalker who set K Lakshmi ablaze -- a "jilted lover" and his crime "a crime of passion" due to “one-sided love”. But this was murder of an innocent, closely followed by the suicide of her psychologically disturbed murderer.

If you pull back for a moment from the distracting cacophony engineered by Trump, you'll realize that there is a plan after all. The dots do connect.

Yadav alleged in his post that several officers were siphoning off money meant to pay for the food of jawans and on many occasions they had to go to bed empty stomach.

While Iran and Iraq – two of the seven targeted countries -- have strongly criticized Trump's order and vowed to retaliate, the criticism for what is widely labeled as a “Muslim ban” from rest of the Muslim-majority countries has been subdued and slow to trickle in.

While Jaitley mentioned the central government will commission railways lines of 3,500 kms this year, and even stressed on tiny details like certain trains would be dedicated for religious tourism -- there was no mention on how safety of women in these railways would be improved or looked into

The BJP, which initially planned to highlight surgical strike and demonetisation in UP, is now banking on consolidation of Hindu votes, so there is much focus on Kairana exodus of Hindus at least in debates.

Krishna has cited his sidelining by the Congress party on age considerations as the primary reason for his decision to quit the Congress party.

Even if Sanjay Leela Bhansali did take a few dramatic liberties and 'meddled' with history, does it give a band of goons (or anyone else for that matter) the right to assault him?