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Bharatiya Sakshya Act 2023: What you need to know. (Image by redgreystock on Freepik)

AA edit | Let new criminal laws strengthen democracy

India transforms criminal justice: New laws, effective July 1, replace IPC, CrPC, and Evidence Act

25 Feb 2024 9:34 PM IST

Long after these events passed into history, the case would continue to capture the popular imagination books would be written, films made and it would even feature in TV series such as the Simpsons. By Arrangement

Book Review | Writer's muse parses a Victorian court drama

Zadie Smith's novel encompasses the Tichborne case but its scope is far wider

25 Feb 2024 1:20 PM IST

Rajens family business was in the hosiery trade in Calcutta (Kolkata). His granduncle D. Mehra had been introduced to the family business at an early age and was quite adept at selling hosiery, setting up shop at a pavement outside Kolkatas iconic New Market. DC Image

Book Review | How a hosiery salesman launched India's first indie...

Rajen had already moved to Delhi a decade earlier to establish Rupa's branch

25 Feb 2024 12:57 PM IST

What the national media grossly under-reported was that maximum farmer suicides, the highest in the country, took place when Naidu was at the helm. DC Image

Book Review | A tale of two CMs who put Andhra Pradesh on the path of...

The other figure in focus in this book is Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, arguably the only people's CM undivided Andhra...

25 Feb 2024 12:53 PM IST

Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma. (PTI)

Assam Cabinet Repeals Muslim Marriage Act

It is significant that Muslims make up about 34 per cent of Assam's total population

25 Feb 2024 1:43 AM IST

AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj, Atishi Singh and Sandeep Pathak with Congress leaders Mukul Wasnik, Deepak Babaria and Arvinder Singh Lovely during a joint press conference, in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

LS polls: AAP, Cong to share seats in Delhi, Gujarat, Goa, Haryana;...

The AAP will field its candidates on four seats -- New Delhi, South Delhi, West Delhi and East Delhi

25 Feb 2024 1:41 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually attends the Viksit Bharat, Viksit Chhattisgarh programme, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Congress can't think beyond dynasty, graft: Modi

Unveils multiple projects worth Rs 34,427 cr for Chhattisgarh

25 Feb 2024 1:24 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 4th groundbreaking ceremony of UP Global Investors Summit, in Lucknow, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi to Review Ministers' Performance, Seeks Actionable Plan for...

Speculation is rife within the government circle that Election Commission could declare the schedule for the Lok Sabha...

25 Feb 2024 1:23 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (PTI Photo)

New Criminal Justice Laws to Be Rolled Out Across India from July 1

The new laws got Parliament's approval on December 21 last year and President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent on December...

25 Feb 2024 1:20 AM IST

Farmers pay tribute to a farmer who was allegedly killed in Police action at Khanauri border amid their ongoing protest, during a candlelight vigil at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border, in Patiala district, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Manish Tewari | Miscalculated MSP and other unkept promises

Tragic death underscores need for addressing India's agricultural challenges with fair MSP and inclusive solutions for a...

25 Feb 2024 12:05 AM IST

Farmers during their Delhi Chalo march, near the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border, in Patiala district, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Suman Sahai | India must fight to protect food & farm subsidies at Abu...

As the WTO's ministerial conference approaches, India faces crucial discussions on agricultural subsidies and fisheries...

25 Feb 2024 12:05 AM IST

In our society, it is the ability to speak English fluently that raises and ruins ones image. (Image by Arrangement)

Sucheta Dasgupta | How not to navigate language chauvinists

Navigating language chauvinism in India: Unpacking its influence on identity, mobility, and the post-colonial linguistic...

25 Feb 2024 12:05 AM IST