Karnataka HC upholds govt ban on PFI with immediate effect

The high court of Karnataka has upheld the recent ban imposed on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and stated that the Centre has the power under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 to......

Tiranga And The Battle For Hyper Nationalism

The War of the Tiranga is a metaphor for a new battle of ideas in national politics, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal waves a national flag during the launch of......

Another plea filed in SC against Karnataka HC's hijab verdict

A fresh plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the Karnataka high court verdict which dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear a hijab inside the classroom saying......

'Coronavirus crisis is a wake-up call'

'You cannot fight a disease as complex as COVID-19 without a carefully calibrated, localised response.' IMAGE: A mobile testing van in Kolkata, June 26, 2020. Photograph: Rupak De......

The year in four faces

Urjit Patel, Binny Bansal, Nirav Modi and Rahul Gandhi personify the big trends that defined 2018. Well, almost... says Shailesh Dobhal. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Two thousand eighteen......

Why the FRDI Bill must be JUNKED!

Why do we need a cure here for peculiarly Western diseases when we don’t have those diseases, and which the West itself is not trying to cure, asks Debashis Basu. Illustration: Uttam......

Rajat Gupta, freed from jail but confined to home

Rajat Gupta was freed from Federal Medical Centre Devens, a federal correctional facility in Ayer, Massachusetts, on January 5. Image: Rajat Gupta started serving a two-year prison term from......

Volkswagen CEO's days appear numbered as emissions crisis deepens

The CEO was due to have his contract extended at a supervisory board meeting on Friday, but is now facing questions over why the scandal wasn't averted. Martin Winterkorn's days as head of......

Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: Frances all the way!

Frances McDormand's thumping central performance is a masterclass in how to sock the screen with flawless outrage, notes Sukanya Verma. The truth is rarely pure and never simple, professed Oscar......

Akshay's Jumbo meal!

What's it about Dumbo, Horton or even Heffalumps that makes them so disarming, cute and cuddly at once? Big ears? Bouncy belly? Wide, innocent eyes? Quite contrary to their enormous size, elephants......

FIFA scandal: US law may struggle to reach all defendants

FBI agents carry boxes from the headquarters of CONCACAF after it was raided. Photograph: Joe Skipper/Getty Images US prosecutors may find it difficult to get a number of the people they have......

New Zealand vs Zimbabwe, statistical highlights

New Zealand vs Zimbabwe: Scorecard | Match report | Images - Daryl Harper was officiating in his 100th ODI. His firstODI was the NZ v SA match in the Benson & Hedges World Series at Perth on......