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Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur on Saturday said that the Ministry of External Affairs’ statement that a passport is only a travel document and not proof of Indian citizenship is a “misreading” of the law with potentially serious constitutional consequences, Live Law reported. Addressing an event in New Delhi, Lokur said that…

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The Jan Suraaj party on Sunday announced that its founder Prashant Kishor will contest the upcoming bye-poll from Bihar’s Bankipore Assembly constituency. The seat fell vacant after Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Nabin was elected to the Rajya Sabha in March. The Election Commission has said the notification for the bye-election will be issued on…

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The Union government has issued a notice to social media conglomerate Meta, directing it to disable all advertisements and content allegedly promoting access to child sexual abuse material, ANI reported. The government has demanded that the company provide a detailed explanation on the matter within seven days, the news agency quoted unidentified sources as saying.…

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What is modern life but an endless chase of the ever-receding star of desire? Poetic as it may sound, this is an undeniable and unavoidable reality that fashions the contours of modern life. Unavoidable because chasing desire is no longer a matter of wish; it is a carefully designed mode of market capitalism where anyone…

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Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand on Saturday travelled to Churachandpur district to attend the funeral of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Vungzagin Valte, a victim of ethnic violence in the state. This was the first visit by a chief minister to the Kuki-majority district since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3, 2023. The…

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Art is not an afterthought, Narayan Khandekar is often fond of saying. The Lascaux caves in France, sometimes called the Sistine Chapel for Prehistoric Art, are his favourite example. Living on hunted bulls, bison, and reindeer, some early humans still took the time to grind ochre into yellows, browns and reds to paint the walls…

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The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday suspended eight officials and terminated a contractual employee from service after “pro-separatist content” in two books in school libraries sparked protests by the Bharatiya Janata Party, The Hindu reported. The books – Personalities and Legends of J&K by Hilal Ahmed and Santosh Meena, and Great Personalities of Jammu…

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On July 4, as the United States marks 250 years of independence, the words of one its founding fathers come to mind. “An elective despotism was not the government we fought for,” writes Thomas Jefferson in Notes on the State of Virginia. Jefferson was among the authors of the US Declaration of Independence. For Jefferson…

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The Indus Waters Treaty will stand in abeyance till Pakistan “irrevocably” stops its support for cross-border terrorism, the Union government reiterated on Friday. New Delhi’s position on the treaty is consistent, said Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. The comment came in response to a reporter’s question about a conference organised by Pakistan on…

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Few Kashmiris have not heard the name of Insha Mushtaq. Even if they haven’t heard her name, almost every Kashmiri is likely to have seen an image of her disfigured face. On July 11, 2016, as protests broke out in southern Kashmir’s Shopian district, Mushtaq, as you’d expect any curious adolescent to do, opened her…

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