Politics

A poem about communal violence and those who fuel it

Non-vegetarianism growing in Gujarat, over 50 percent of MP's population eats non-veg food

Ration cards are the new methods of inclusion and exclusion into food security, as the UP government issues “guidelines” to declare people“ineligible”

Court upholds power of both, Centre and states to legislate on GST; says GST Council regulations not binding on either

A powerful leader from Bihar, unkindly known as the shrewd weatherman of Indian politics, Ram Vilas Paswan, then a member of the National Front, spoke powerfully from the Opposition benches, in support of the proposed law and scathingly of the BJP’s destructive politics of demolishing places of worship (Babri masjid, December 6, 1991) while not sparing the Congress either

The UP farmer leader was a symbol of secularism in the agrarian community

The veteran workers leader struggled to empower many marginalised women workers in the capital city

Journalists write to the Israeli Prime Minister condemning the response to the reporter’s assassination

Pandits in Anantnag, protesting the killing of Rahul Bhat, question whether this is the new Kashmir Modi is talking about

The trade union called the order an administrative attempt to continue unfair trade practices