'Whenever Dalits have agitated on the streets, the government has blamed Naxalites.'Jyoti Punwani reports from the Bhima-Koregaon commission hearings. IMAGE: Professor Jogendra Kawade. Photograph:......
'I cannot conceive of any reason than my unsparing criticism of government policies that the government picked me to send a message to many who dare to take it on.' Author and scholar Professor......
'The BJP never accepts that Indian society is a caste-ridden society.' Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit A Shah and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis garland a statue of Dr B R......
'The Constitution, which talks about democracy and equality, is something that will be applied in this country, and not Manusmriti in which the RSS believes.' IMAGE: Dalits protest during the......
'Muslims and Dalits must erase the way they remember their past, or carry out their performances in private,' says Jyoti Punwani, as Maharashtra's Censor Board denies permission to a play Jai......
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was granted bail by a New York court shortly after he was formally indicted on all sexual assault charges. The court agreed to free Strauss-Kahn from a New......
Here is what the industry leaders have to say about the budget: "Maintaining excise duty rate constant is a great relief to the industry"Deepak Jalan, Managing Director, Linc Pen The budget has......
In January 2010, the Securities and Exchange Board of India appointed a committee under the chairmanship of former Reserve Bank of India governor Bimal Jalan to recommend changes in ownership and......
It is as if life has come to a standstill. The days ahead seem to be filled with worry for the common people. Just as the traffic signal forces you to stop, inflation has halted the aspirations......
Prakash Mehra passed away on Sunday morning. The late filmmaker was 69, and had been suffering for a while, and died of multiple organ failure. May he rest in peace. Mehra gave us some sensational......
England will undergo another searching examination at the hands of an increasingly potent Pakistan attack in the final Test starting at Lord's on Thursday. Pakistan, who drew 1-1 with Australia......
It took about two years for Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin to come out of retirement. Kimiko Date Krumm waited 12 years before letting the fire inside her burn again and Dinara Safina felt the......
The fist pumps were back and so were the profanities he had sworn off as Tiger Woods showed both sides of his game and personality in a combative third round at the US Masters on Saturday. Fans......
Triumphant Michael Phelps did not need to rely on hi-tech swimsuit wizardry to reaffirm his worth at the world aquatics championships. He came to Rome a little rusty after a post-Beijing Olympics......
Sri Lanka's most successful pacer Chaminda Vaas left the Sinhalese Sports Ground never to return to Test cricket again. It was a befitting end to an illustrious career as Sri Lanka, back against......