Amid Delhi Sealing Drive, Traders and RWAs Turn to Govt for a Concrete and Legally Binding Solutionthewire.in - Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar New Delhi: Even as the ongoing sealing drive in Delhi has sent shivers down the spine of the trading community, which stands at 7 lakh traders, …
Play button 'Media Bol' Episode 40: Farmers' Long March in Mumbai and Party Anchors on TVthewire.in - The Wire Staff Urmilesh discusses the media coverage of the farmers' 'long march' in Mumbai and party spokespersons turning into TV anchors with journalists Amitabh …
Angry Over Decades of Mistreatment, Pashtuns in Pakistan Rally in Search for Dignitythewire.in - Mohammad Taqi Some have called it the ‘spring of Pashtun awakening’, some ‘an uprising’ and yet others have smeared it as a façade engineered by foreign …
'The Show Must Go On': A Personal Tribute to Joy Michaelthewire.in - Vivek Mansukhani There are many who blaze an individual trail of success in their lives but few who create institutions capable of nurturing generations of artistes. …
To Respect Human Rights, the Government Should Strategise to Coexist First, Not to Evictthewire.in - Neema Pathak-Broome and Eleonora Fanari On September 29, 2017, at the inauguration of Global Wildlife Plan, Harsh Vardhan, the Union environment minister claimed that “India is playing a …
PDP Drops Haseeb Drabu from Cabinet After Political Storm Over the Finance Minister's Kashmir Remarkthewire.in - Mudasir Ahmad Srinagar: After his controversial remarks that Kashmir “isn’t a political issue” created a political storm in J&K, the ruling People’s Democratic …
Recent Spate of Statue Vandalism Gives Us a Perspective on Iconoclasmthewire.in - Ajaz Ashraf Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s outright condemnation of the recent desecration of statues of political icons was in sharp contrast to his habitual …
CPI(M)'s Highs and Lows Under Its 'Media Savvy' General Secretarythewire.in - Vivashwan Singh In the last two decades, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has witnessed its highest highs and its lowest lows. From ruling three states and …
How Newspapers Covered the Farmers' Protest in Mumbaithewire.in - Karnika Kohli New Delhi: As many grieved the ‘death of journalism‘ after television news anchors and reporters dived into bathtubs to solve the mystery of …
Bilkis Bano Gangrape: SC Gives Gujarat Govt Last Chance to File Report on Action Against Guilty Copsthewire.in - The Wire Staff New Delhi: After months of hand wringing, the Supreme Court has given the Gujarat government a last chance to file a status report on disciplinary …
As Number of Murdered RTI Activists Rises to 67, It Is the Modi Government That Needs to 'Act Rightly'thewire.in - Venkatesh Nayak Yet another Right to Information (RTI) activist in Gujarat has paid with his life for demanding transparency. On March 9, Nanjibhai Sondarva (35), a …
Bangladesh Plane Carrying 71 People Crashes in Nepal; At Least 50 Deadthewire.in - Gopal Sharma Kathmandu: A Bangladeshi aircraft carrying 67 passengers and four crew crashed on Monday while coming in to land at the airport in the Nepali …
Maharashtra's Budget Explains Why Its Farmers Are So Angrythewire.in - Kunal Purohit Mumbai: For four years now, Maharashtra’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government has been calling its budgets ‘farmer-centric’. In 2016-17, it …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Twelve Indian States Think the Death Penalty Shouldn't Be Abolishedthewire.in - The Wire Staff New Delhi:Fourteen states and union territories have replied so far to the Ministry of Home Affairs’ query on the death penalty, and only two of them …
Women Employees of Adityanath's Helpline Claim Being Locked up for Protesting Over Salariesthewire.in - The Wire Staff New Delhi: Women staffers of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath’s 1076 helpline have claimed they were locked up and tortured for protesting …
I Walked 40 km With the Farmers in Maharashtra, Here's What I Learntthewire.in - Ayush Dubey “Meherbani nakko! Hakk Havet!” The farmers marching into Mumbai today are asking for their rights, not favours. An expected 30,000 of them, under the …
The Narendra Modi Government's Pursuit of Scriptural Authority Is a War Against Doubtthewire.in - Vasudevan Mukunth At a meet organised by the International Solar Alliance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that to find a way out of the quagmire climate change has …
Party Hopper Narayan Rane, 'Independent' Rajeev Chandrashekhar Get BJP Tickets for Rajya Sabhathewire.in - The Wire Staff For Upper House elections on March 23, Congress’s list 0f ten includes Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Kumar Ketkar and three from Karnataka, where assembly …
India Backs Mauritius's Sovereignty Claim Over Chagos Islands at ICJthewire.in - Devirupa Mitra New Delhi: India has submitted a written statement to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in support of Mauritius’s demand for sovereignty over …
After 140 Hours of Walking, Maharashtra's Protesting Farmers Arrive in Mumbaithewire.in - Sukanya Shantha Mumbai: “Let us take a break now. We have been walking for nearly two hours without a break,” said Dhanaji Havate. “That is fine. Let us walk till we …
Chinese State Media Defends Removing Presidential Term Limitsthewire.in - Reuters Beijing: Chinese state media on Monday attacked critics of ending presidential term limits, which effectively now allows President Xi Jinping to stay …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo With the Muslim Women Bill, the Government Is Repeating Its Mistakes Since the Shah Bano Judgementthewire.in - Amrita Nandy and Hasina Khan The great Indian rope trick is back. In its new avatar, it is called the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017. The rope trick …
Police Frame Jammu Lawyer Who Protested Against BJP/RSSthewire.in - Raqib Hameed Naik Jammu: On Monday, February 19, after languishing in jail for the past seven months, 32-year-old advocate and social activist Hassan Babur was …
India’s Weinsteins Have Nothing to Worry Aboutthewire.in - Sidharth Bhatia By finding, in a preliminary enquiry, that Prof Lawrence Liang, lawyer and academic, was guilty of sexual harassment, the Ambedkar University Delhi …
After Indian Diplomats Complain of Harassment, Pakistan Protests Unfair Treatment of Its Officialsthewire.in - The Wire Staff New Delhi: The India-Pakistan playbook for coercion of diplomats is being followed assiduously. After a series of ‘harassment’ incidents against …
Indian, French Forces to Access Each Other’s Naval Facilities in Indian Oceanthewire.in - The Wire Staff New Delhi: In a big move towards closer maritime cooperation, India and France signed an agreement to access each other’s military facilities, which …
How British Orientalists Were Responsible for Rediscovering Indian Historythewire.in - Zareer Masani For a generation brought up on Edward Said’s criticisms it may come as a surprise that it was British Orientalists who re-discovered our artistic …
