Indian court has been asked to rule on whether a revered Hindu guru is dead or alive – and whether it is a matter of religious faith or scientific fact His Holiness Shri Ashutosh Maharaj is thought to have died… Continue Reading →
By AMANA FONTANELLA-KHANJUNE 4, 2014 WHEN a distressed father is reporting his daughter’s disappearance to a policeman in India, there are some questions he doesn’t want to hear. “What is your caste?” is one of them. Yet, the father, Sohan Lal,… Continue Reading →
The Economist explains Why and how we make election endorsements Jun 1st 2014, 23:50 by A.M. The Economist hopes that Narendra Modi, India’s new prime minister, will reform his country’s economy and help his impoverished countrymen. But we did not support him… Continue Reading →
According to the police, three suspects arrested after an uproar over the rape and deaths of two teenage girls in Badaun, in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, have confessed [6] to their crime. Meanwhile, in western Maharashtra state, the owner of a charity was… Continue Reading →
June 2, 2014 Guest post by SHASHANK KELA So now the gloves are off. For the BJP, that is, whose victory in these elections gives India not only its most right-wing government, but, more to the point, a prime minister to… Continue Reading →
AFP | Jun 1, 2014, 07.01 PM IST Shock, protest against UP gang-rape KATRA SHAHADATGANJ: The nightly trek into the fields behind their homes under the cover of darkness leave the women of Katra Shahadatganj in northern India feeling scared and vulnerable at… Continue Reading →
RUKMINI S., The Hindu Leaner, a little younger, and with more women in positions of power — the incoming Council of Ministers is in some ways a change from the outgoing one. The average minister is worth over Rs. 13… Continue Reading →
Irfan Engineer Triumphant and victorious in the 16th general elections for the Lok Sabha, the Hindu nationalists are attributing their victory as rejection of secularism by the Indian electorate. Modi in one of his election campaign speeches came up with a… Continue Reading →
LEGAL CORRESPONDENT SHARE · PRINT · T+ ‘Need to ascertain adequacy of existing safeguards against wrong convictions’ The Law Commission has called for a reassessment of the need for the death penalty. In a consultation paper released on Friday, the Commission said: “At this juncture, an exhaustive… Continue Reading →
Time Magazine, 22 May 2014 Siddharth Varadarajan Often fiery and intermittently reasonable, sometimes banal but occasionally innovative, Narendra Modi’s statements on foreign policy over the past few years have been so meager and uneven that they cannot readily serve as a guide… Continue Reading →
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