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Sabarimala: Kerala Police And RSS Misogynists Are Right, Only Feminists Are...
Recently I had an out-of-my-feminist-body experience when someone showed me an article by (as usual) a half-educated Sangh 'techie' on how the Kerala government's determination to implement the Supreme...
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Rajasthan Elections: Sachin Pilot Ahead By 53,000 Votes In Tonk
RajasthanCongress President Sachin Pilot is leading by more than 53,000 votes in the Tonk constituency against the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) Yoonus Khan, according to the latest numbers.Pilot...
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Urjit Patel’s RBI Stint Will Be Remembered For Two Flawed Policies
When Urjit Patel, who succeeded Raghuram Rajan as the RBI governor in 2016, announced his exit earlier this week, he threw investors into a tizzy. The news came as a surprise, even though there had...
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Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad Win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize For Efforts To End...
OSLO—Denis Mukwege, a gynaecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic...
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#MeToo Allegations: Prashant Jha Steps Down as Hindustan Times Bureau Chief,...
NEW DELHI —The Politics Editor and Delhi Chief of Bureau of the Hindustan Times, Prashant Jha, has relinquished both roles, after allegations of sending inappropriate messages to at least one other...
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BJP Leader Janardhan Reddy Arrested By Crime Branch In Bribery Case
The Central Crime Branch has arrested G. Janardhan Reddy, the former Karnataka minister and mining baron who had been on the run for three days before he appeared for questioning on Saturday, ANI...
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World Leaders Late To Ceremony To Mark 100 Years Since End Of First World War
Paris, FRANCE — World leaders walked side by side to commemorate the end of World War I in a sombre, rain-soaked line as bells finished tolling.Arriving a few minutes late, they missed the exact moment...
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Jyothika On ‘Kaatrin Mozhi’ And Why The Tamil Movie Industry Needs More Women...
In 2015, Tamil actor Jyothika returned to face the arc lights after a break of eight years with 36 Vayadhinile, and since then, there has been no looking back for the star who ruled the box office in...
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Sabarimala: Three Women In Kerala On Why They Are Fasting To Visit The Deity
On 28 September, the Supreme Court, in a 4:1 verdict, lifted the ban on women between the ages of 10 and 50 entering Sabarimala, a temple complex that sits about 1,574 ft above sea level, within the...
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Sabarimala Tense, Kerala Police Detains 28 People In Late-Night Move
Twenty-eight people were taken into preventive custody at the Sabarimala Temple late Sunday night after fresh protests broke out at Nadapanthal area in Sannidhanam where hundreds of devotees agitated...
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As RBI Board Meeting Begins, The Heat Is On Urjit Patel
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI—As Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government turns up the heat on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor to do its bidding ahead of next year's general election it is getting the...
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AIB Asks Tanmay Bhat, Gursimran Khamba To 'Step Away' Pending Investigation
Comedy collective All India Bakchod (AIB) said in a statement on Monday that co-founder and CEO Tanmay Bhat will not be associated with them "until further notice"."This implies that Tanmay will not be...
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Climate Change: A Scientist Explains Why It’s Not Radical To Say People...
On 8 October, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report that noted that the effects of global warming are already clearly visible in the world—extreme weather...
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MJ Akbar: Sexual Harassment Allegations Will Be Examined, says Amit Shah
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah said that the sexual harassment charges against MJ Akbar, the minister of state for external affairs, would be looked into, The Times of India...
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Anna Burns Wins Man Booker Prize For 'Milkman'
LONDON—Irish writer Anna Burns won the 2018 Man Booker Prize on Tuesday for Milkman, her third full-length novel.Set in an unnamed city during the bloody "Troubles" of Northern Ireland, Milkman tells...
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Sandakozhi 2 Review: This Tired Sequel Is Not Worth Your Time
N. Lingusamy's Sandakozhi 2, starring Vishal, Keerthy Suresh and Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, hits the screens 13 years after the blockbuster Sandakozhi.Frankly, 13 minutes is all it takes to guess the...
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Me Too Kerala: These Brave Women Are Fighting Rampant Misogyny in the...
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala—The #MeToo movement has sought to convey just how commonplace sexual violence is, by making it easier for survivors of sexual violence to speak out. But a press conference in...
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Steve Irwin's Family Is Launching A New TV Show
LONDON — The family of late Australian conservationist and "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin are following in his footsteps with a new television show dedicated to their wildlife conservation work.Crikey!...
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This Diwali, Will You Be Able To Buy Crackers? The Supreme Court May Decide...
NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on Tuesday on a plea seeking a ban on manufacture and sale of firecrackers across the country to curb air pollution.A bench of Justices...
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On Diwali, 'Green' Crackers Can Be Burst From 8 pm to 10 pm, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the sale and use of low-emission firecrackers across the country subject to certain conditions.On Diwali, crackers can be burst only for two hours, between 8 pm...
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