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Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a press conference regarding the new criminal laws, in New Delhi, Monday, July 1, 2024. The three new criminal laws, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, to replace Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and Indian Evidence Act, respectively, came into effect from Monday. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Bharat Bhushan | Vote Deletion & ‘Infiltrators’: Amit Shah’s Great...

Mr Shah is not dubbed as a modern-day Chanakya by his acolytes for nothing. His infiltrator narrative also links easily...

18 Oct 2026 8:34 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | When Books Were Our Map To A Wild, Hazy World

Ranjona Banerji | When Books Were Our Map To A Wild, Hazy World

In a judgmental fashion, I was appalled to find some popular fiction. My mother, as I remember it, was very strict about...

17 Oct 2026 9:20 PM IST

Devi Kar | Is The Art Of Critiquing Disappearing?

Devi Kar | Is The Art Of Critiquing Disappearing?

Then there is this confusion between opinion and fact. All the time we are subjected to opinions being paraded as facts....

17 Oct 2026 8:57 PM IST

Manish Tewari | A Brief History Of Student Movements

Manish Tewari | A Brief History Of Student Movements

An All-India Conference of student activists was convened in Karachi on March 26, 1931, to establish an All-India...

17 Oct 2026 8:08 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | As Britain Softens Stance On Europe, Farage Takes A Dangerous Gamble

Farrukh Dhondy | As Britain Softens Stance On Europe, Farage Takes A...

Last week Farage declared that if Reform won the next election, he would ban all immigration and asylum seekers from the...

16 Oct 2026 10:01 PM IST

Wasbir Hussain | Has BJP Finally Breached Assam’s Muslim Fortress?

Wasbir Hussain | Has BJP Finally Breached Assam’s Muslim Fortress?

The most striking feature of the Nagaon verdict is Mr Ajmal’s defeat. For years, the AIUDF chief cultivated a political...

16 Oct 2026 9:38 PM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Festival Of Barricades: Who Is Covered In Viksit Bharat?

Patralekha Chatterjee | Festival Of Barricades: Who Is Covered In...

Outside Nirvachan Sadan, the headquarters of the Election Commission of India in the heart of Lutyens’ Delhi, there was...

16 Oct 2026 1:07 AM IST

Skand Tayal | Tech, Edu Areas Where India, US Should Deepen Collaboration

Skand Tayal | Tech, Edu Areas Where India, US Should Deepen...

After India conducted nuclear tests in 1974 and 1998, Washington imposed sweeping economic, technological and military...

16 Oct 2026 12:46 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee |Govt Can’t Secure Its Future Just by Hassling Protesters

Shikha Mukerjee |Govt Can’t Secure Its Future Just by Hassling...

Protests over voter roll revisions challenge the government’s response to dissent and raise concerns over electoral...

14 Oct 2026 10:47 PM IST

M.P. Nathanael | Top Cops Must Lead by Example, Push for Law Against Torture

M.P. Nathanael | Top Cops Must Lead by Example, Push for Law Against...

Custodial torture calls for strict oversight, police reforms and a dedicated anti-torture law.

14 Oct 2026 10:29 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta Ray | Oil U-turn, Greenland Deal: Trump’s Credibility At Risk

Sunanda K Datta Ray | Oil U-turn, Greenland Deal: Trump’s Credibility...

The Mongol sacking of Kyiv in 1240 shattered Kievan Rus, sending the northern principalities (which eventually grew into...

13 Oct 2026 9:13 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Despite Govt Claims, Why India Not Even ‘Partly Free’

Aakar Patel | Despite Govt Claims, Why India Not Even ‘Partly Free’

The Freedom House report had two parts. The first, carrying 40 per cent weightage, concerned political rights. Here...

12 Oct 2026 9:26 PM IST