The MP who wants cannabis legalised in India

The Biju Janata Dal MP from Dhenkanal says crime will come down if cannabis is legalised. Nikita Puri reports. Even on the phone, Tathagata Satpathy comes across as confident and candid. When I......

This has NEVER happened before

Purvi Patel is the first woman in America to be sentenced to prison for foeticide. Chaya Babu/Rediff.com reports on the verdict and the ripples of shock and fear it set off. Purvi Patel, who was......

How the government suppresses dissent

The mother of intolerance is the Union home ministry, run by ultra-conservative bureaucrats who are inclined to take a hard line on matters ranging from fighting insurgencies to putting citizens......

The Action Taken report of the Liberhan commission

Memorandum of Action Taken on the Report of the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry SR. No. RECOMMENDATIONS ACTION TAKEN 1. General 1.1 The constitutional scheme to separate religion......