• The Federal

    The Federal Special

    This is the real Gulf War, and the world is paying the price

    V Sridhar
    7 March 2026 12:26 PM IST

    The effects of the war on Iran have travelled far beyond the world’s most important major shipping lane for petroleum, the Strait of Hormuz, radically disrupting global trade and supply chains far...

    Oil
    The Federal Special
    Indian courts have an AI problem, and the Supreme Court is not amused
    The Federal Special

    Indian courts have an AI problem, and the Supreme Court is not amused

    7 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Between fear and hope: Living through the Gulf crisis as tensions reshape daily life
    The Federal Special

    Between fear and hope: Living through the Gulf crisis as tensions reshape daily life

    6 March 2026 8:02 AM IST
    SC’s textbook ban: Does judiciary move faster when its own image is at stake?
    The Federal Special

    NCERT textbook ban: Judiciary moves fastest when it's the one being judged

    5 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    How the Official Secrets Act has become a colonial relic in the AI age

    How the Official Secrets Act has become a colonial relic in the AI age

    24 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Karnatakas controversial Hanabu practice

    How outlawed caste practice of Hanabu persists in coastal Karnataka

    19 Feb 2026 6:47 PM IST
    camp for Sri Lankan Tamils in Tamil Nadu

    Should Sri Lankan Tamils in TN get Indian citizenship? Tamils are split

    17 Feb 2026 12:20 PM IST
    SC reversed Bombay HC’s refusal to terminate 30-week pregnancy; whats the reason

    When Supreme Court had to remind India that women own their bodies

    16 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
    LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran

    Prabhakaran killed 14 people to marry his love? Even his critics are stunned

    13 Feb 2026 3:03 PM IST
    Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Somnath Chatterjee and Speaker Om Birla

    Can the Lok Sabha Speaker truly be neutral?

    13 Feb 2026 6:20 AM IST
    New IT rules, lawful content

    AI three-hour takedown rule: When speed becomes the censor

    11 Feb 2026 5:10 PM IST
    Ghooskhor Pandat

    ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’ row: The heckler’s veto and test of India’s democracy

    8 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
    The Supreme Court has taken on WhatsApp over its privacy policy.

    WhatsApp’s privacy policy and the myth of user choice

    7 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    CJI comment on trade unions

    Trade unions in the dock? Reading the Constitutional stakes of the CJI’s remark

    4 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    What Justice Bhuyan’s remarks on judicial transfers reveal about state of judicial independence

    What Justice Bhuyan’s remarks on judicial transfers reveal about state of judicial independence

    V Aravinda
    30 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST

    Legal Lens | Judge warns that SC Collegium’s move to record and follow government requests on transfers reveals a striking intrusion into judicial...

    Budget 2026-27 curtain raiser: Abandoning rail budget

    Scrapping of Rail Budget: The original sin behind India’s railway crisis

    27 Jan 2026 3:50 PM IST
    Cyclone Ditwah

    Sri Lanka’s ‘Indian Tamils’ allege racial bias, seek justice and dignity

    25 Jan 2026 2:09 PM IST
    Matrimonial disputes and the Supreme Court

    Why Supreme Court is concerned with marriage battles choking its docket

    25 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Noida techie death: Two more builders arrested

    Noida techie drowning: What went wrong, and why it can happen again

    23 Jan 2026 9:26 AM IST
    DY CHandrachud at Jaipur Lit Fest

    Bail as punishment and the uneasy legacy of Justice DY Chandrachud

    20 Jan 2026 5:35 PM IST
    CPI turns 100 in India

    How Indian communism rose, split and slipped into decline

    28 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Rediscovering a Ramayana legacy: The Janakpur-Ayodhya corridor

    Rediscovering a Ramayana legacy: The Janakpur-Ayodhya corridor

    21 Dec 2025 5:14 PM IST
    How routine, diligent policing has kept communal peace in Mangaluru

    How routine, diligent policing has kept communal peace in Mangaluru

    18 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    A No Spitting poster on a pole on the high street in Kingsbury, North West London – an area which has a large Gujarati population.

    London's Wembley sees red as paan stains plague 'Gujarati neighbourhood'

    16 Dec 2025 3:15 PM IST
    Tamil gather in Sri Lanka to pay homage to civilians and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam guerrillas slain

    Colombo permits LTTE remembrance as JVP–Tamil dialogue unfolds in London

    28 Nov 2025 3:05 PM IST
    Why SIR has left Cooch Behar migrants in Rajasthan in a fix

    Why SIR has left Cooch Behar migrants in Rajasthan in a fix

    15 Nov 2025 7:44 AM IST
    When promises run dry: Maharashtra’s farmers and the post-Diwali uprising

    When promises run dry: Maharashtra’s farmers and the post-Diwali uprising

    5 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Hindu economics

    How India's constitutional order is eroding under dharma-driven policies

    5 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    How Indias dharma-ordained caste system has killed its prosperity

    How a 'dharma-ordained' caste system has killed India's prosperity

    4 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    How Shram Shakti weakens workers, shields Centre from constitutional duties

    How Shram Shakti weakens workers, shields Centre from constitutional duties

    3 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
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