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What the law says about the Bar Council's move against NALSAR students

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Until 1961, a law graduate in India entered the profession at the pleasure of a High Court. Enrolment, discipline, and removal from the rolls were judicial functions. The Indian ... Read More


From unity song to war cry

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Amid the bedlam in both Houses of Parliament, the government unyieldingly secured the passage of a Bill for inclusion of the "full" national song, Vande Mataram, among the object... Read More


Sit down, beta

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Dear Reader, This week, an interesting yet sad episode occurred in Uttarakhand during the Mukhyamantri Yuva Vidyarthi Manthan (Chief Minister's Youth Student Dialogue), an inter... Read More


Not a question of bias: Sumit Sarkar

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Sumit Sarkar, Professor of Modern Indian History in Delhi University, spoke to Sukumar Muralidharan about his involvement with the "Towards Freedom" project, sharing his percepti... Read More


A 19-year acquittal gave 12 men their freedom, not their lives

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- A year ago, on July 21, 2025, 12 men who were arrested in 2006 and accused in the Mumbai local train blasts case were acquitted-after 19 agonising years. The Bombay High Court ov... Read More


India's e-warfare resilience gap demands course correction

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- India's existing electronic warfare (EW) infrastructure represents decades of sustained investments by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and is considerabl... Read More


Documents show Modi government pushed coal reforms despite internal criticism, benefiting major mining firms

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- In late 2025, the Union Coal Ministry amended the Colliery Control Rules to scrap a legal obligation on mining companies to seek permission from the Coal Controller's Organisatio... Read More


Kashmir's Saturday school of stories

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- On a hot, humid August afternoon, a group of literature lovers gathered at Heera Manzil in Srinagar's Abi Guzar area, where twoafsana nigar(short-story writers) read new work in ... Read More


Rethinking SAARC's revival

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- On July 26, while celebrating the Maldives' 61st Independence Day, its President Mohamed Muizzu called for the revival of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SA... Read More


Gen Z has lost faith in the system: P. Chidambaram

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- In this episode of SpeakEasy with Amit Baruah, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram discusses the growing political alienation among young people, the decline of faith in establ... Read More