From atrocities on Jamia Millia Islamia and JNU students to firing on protesters in Nandigram, India's policemen have been puppets at the hands of political forces
In the first 18 months of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, 67 people were killed in more than 1500 police encounters. The intolerance against a particular community is evident
From protecting the controversial Kolkata police chief Rajiv Kumar to changing the narrative of a rape case, Mamata Banerjee's signals to the West Bengal police have been well taken
The recent arrest of journalist V. Anbazhagan, who compiled a book on the AIADMK government's list of corruption, is a glaring example of how the TN cops work
Over the past couple of years, activists say, a series of high-profile cases—running the gamut from suspected electoral fraud and false FIRs to unlawful detention, torture and alleged extrajudicial killings—point to a nexus between political leaders of all ideological hues and the police.
There was a time when other states sent officers to learn from Delhi Police. The signs are disturbing, writes Ravi Pawar, a former Indian Information Service officer
The Centre is in for a faceoff with federal power as 11 states, including a few ruled by BJP allies, oppose implementation of NRC. Some oppose CAA as well.
With 4,196 hours of internet blackouts that cost more than Rs 1,000 crore in 2019, India is the third worst-hit and economically affected country after Iraq and Sudan
Cho Ramaswamy's 'Thuglak' was the first-ever Tamil political magazine. It continues to be a top draw for its ability to make fun of politicians and their never-ending stories of faux-pas
The arrest of top cop Davinder Singh while ferrying militants in his car has brought back memories of a 2004 letter by Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru to his lawyer in which Singh was named.
The CAA has opened an old wound in Assam where the people who identify themselves as indigenous have been demanding deportation of all “illegal immigrants”, irrespective of religion.
The death of over 100 children in Kota in Congress-ruled Rajasthan has once again exposed the rift between chief minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot.
B.S. Yediyurappa became Karnataka CM when 17 MLAs of the then ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition switched sides to the BJP. Six months later, he is potentially facing a similar problem.
In 2014, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Najmi Waziri wrote sports administration appears to be mired in power play, where money, influence and chicanery play a dominant part. Six years down the line, nothing has changed
Like a willow ripened, Husain’s patient immersion over decades into Kashmir’s tortured lives, told in the half-tones of conflict, has borne sombre fruit
Lit up by the artistic genius of Allah Baksh, enhanced by Bhalla’s brilliant exposition, this volume of miniatures of the Mewari Gita is a sight
to behold
