Institutions of basic welfare cannot become instruments for political conformity.EYEING withheld funds from the union government to the tune of Rs. 1,158 crore, the Kerala government decided to sign the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme earlier last month, in what was a surprise U-turn of the left’s consistent opposition to the scheme.

Israeli draft resisters are refusing military conscription and deployment to Gaza, many in hopes of ending the genocide.ON November 27, Soul Behar Tsalik, an 18-year-old from Tel Aviv, is expected to show up at an induction center for the Israeli military, but he isn’t going to enlist.

Muslims in Tiruppur district have made a donation of land worth 6 lakh for a temple in Tamil Nadu. They also collaborated 30,000 for a temple feast held in its inauguration.A HEARTRENDING instance of communal harmony has emerged from the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

The whole playbook of electoral tactics is now deployed in the state with PM Modi himself leading the battle.

ON November 10, when the first list of BJP candidates for Gujarat assembly elections was announced in New Delhi, there was a palpable sense of surprise among political observers though in Gujarat itself what was coming was anticipated. According to reports, among the 160 candidate names announced for

In today’s interpretation of the law in some States, the tempter’s provocation is overlooked and the tempted found guiltySHAKESPEARE, speaking through Angelo in Measure for Measure, asks a pertinent question that resonates even today: “The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?” In the law on sedition, the Supreme Court of India made it clear that the one inciting violence is the guilty person. Ergo, the tempter sins most.