3-judge SC bench to hear pleas on Places of Worship Act on Thursday

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a batch of PILs challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law that prohibits filing a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek......

Ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt acquitted in 1997 custodial torture case

A court in Gujarat's Porbandar has acquitted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1997 custodial torture case, citing that the prosecution could not "prove the case beyond reasonable doubt".......

Jyoti Punwani: December 6, 1992, All Over Again?

Can ordinary citizens counter this backward march? Can peace activists ensure that the two communities retain their bonds? Do they have a choice, asks Jyoti Punwani.   IMAGE: Karsevaks on the......

Cong questions poll integrity; Kharge talks tough on loss in CWC meet

The integrity of the entire electoral process was being "severely compromised" and the Congress would soon launch a nationwide movement against it, the party said on Friday, while its chief......