3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (761+ words) Pressure on reigning Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra escalated on Saturday (August 22, 2026), after a senior BCI member and its Co-Chairperson Y.R. Sadasiva Reddy demanded his resignation and called for an independent probe into a series of allegations…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (298+ words) Karnataka’s Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar sought a fairer share of national resources for southern States, highlighting his State’s contribution to India’s economic growth, and cautioning that excessive enforcement action was driving some wealthy businesspersons out of the country. On August…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (331+ words) Updated - August 15, 2026 11:07 am IST - CHENNAI On the morning of August 15, 2001, as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa hoisted the national flag at Fort St. George, about 3.5 km away, scores of journalists sat on a fast outside the M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium, near…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (633+ words) Updated - August 18, 2026 01:44 pm IST The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 18, 2026) is hearing pleas alleging police excesses on students during the recent protests in Delhi against NEET paper leak. The Supreme Court announced that it will constitute a high-powered committee to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (458+ words) The evolution of policing in Hyderabad over the past fifty years is a story of profound structural, technological and cultural transformation, balancing hard-nosed security enforcement with progressive, citizen-centric policing. Fifty years ago, Hyderabad was a relatively small and compact city…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1197+ words) From her room in a town in Assam, Tanisha Som, 24, would spend hours watching courtrooms, hundreds of kilometres away, come to life on her screen. She would watch women lawyers command the courtroom, threading their arguments through a thicket of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (24+ words) Former Supreme Court judge B. Sudarshan Reddy urged journalists to unite to protect media freedom and resist attempts to weaken laws safeguarding their rights....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (259+ words) The Hindu report ‘Smoke, shock spread over New York’ published on September 12, 2001. His article ‘Smoke, shock spread over New York’, appeared on the frontpage of the newspaper the next day, captured the chaotic atmosphere on the streets even as both…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (376+ words) Published - September 10, 2026 12:39 am IST - CHENNAI Advocate General Vijay Narayan on Wednesday (September 9, 2026) played three video clips of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly proceedings before the Madras High Court to prove that it was only an amended resolution against the proposed…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (301+ words) A coalition of States suing Meta Platforms over claims Facebook and Instagram were designed in ways that harmed young users’ mental health will begin making its case on Tuesday in California at a federal court in a trial that could…...