3+ week, 18+ 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…...

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…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (187+ words) The Hindu A deadly mix of social media influence, cinematic inspiration, and unchecked access to smartphones is believed to have driven the alleged brutal murder of a 65‑year‑old man, reportedly plotted by his 13‑year‑old…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (83+ words) The Hindu Meta is facing a landmark U.S. trial over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed to encourage compulsive use among young users. A coalition of 29 states also accuses the company of misleading the public about platform safety and improperly…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (380+ words) Published - August 14, 2026 05:58 pm IST - NEW DELHI From the Nepal border to a bulk storage point in Wazirabad and then into the hands of local distributors, an international charas network had built a supply chain designed to keep the drugs moving…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (418+ words) A new 40-acre prison complex, including a dedicated high-security facility, is scheduled to open in Narela by November 2027 as Delhi’s prisons grapple with an inmate population exceeding twice their combined sanctioned capacity. The prison department also faces a manpower crunch,…...

2+ day, 6+ 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…...

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…...

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…...