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Defending rights activists is a must

26 March 2013 5:17 AM IST
In a landmark development, the United Nations on 21 March adopted a resolution to protect the defenders of human rights who risk their lives to work...

Reconciliation at long last

26 March 2013 5:17 AM IST
It is welcome that the issue of the two Italian marines has been resolved amicably between the governments of India and Italy. The Italian state has...

Putting a stop to land grabs

24 March 2013 4:53 AM IST
In a landmark judgement, a Chattisgarh Special Court has ordered the powerful Jindal Steel Power Limited (JSPL) to return the lands they had forcibly...

UPA resorting to ugly means

24 March 2013 4:52 AM IST
It is regrettable that the Central Bureau of Investigation has raided the home of top DMK leader MK Stalin, who is also the son of DMK supremo M...

Chinese hand of friendship

23 March 2013 4:40 AM IST
Xi Jinping’s recent overture to India is a welcome move that must be taken in the right spirit by the political and business classes back here....

No need to sell this family jewel

23 March 2013 4:39 AM IST
It is exceedingly unfortunate that the government has decided to sell a 5.82 per cent stake in the Steel Authority of India Ltd, (SAIL), a sale which...

DMK’s morality play is a sham

22 March 2013 4:41 AM IST
With only a year to go before the general elections, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has quit the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) placing it in...

Isn’t anti-rape bill just a farce?

22 March 2013 4:41 AM IST
Sharad Yadav, the leader of Janta Dal (United), has practically voiced the concern shared by the shaken but not stirred bastion of Indian patriarchy,...

To consent or not to consent

20 March 2013 5:31 AM IST
The government’s move to raise the age of sexual consent to 18 on Monday is a disastrous attempt to mollify the flare-ups from the opposition parties,...

Soldier suicides cause for concern

20 March 2013 5:30 AM IST
The report on suicides in the armed forces by Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh in the Lok Sabha is shocking. It appears that at least 120...

India must vote against Sri Lanka

20 March 2013 4:29 AM IST
As the United Nations Human Rights Council takes up the US-driven resolution against Sri Lankan war crimes on 22 March, the Indian government must...

Domestic helps are not slaves

20 March 2013 4:28 AM IST
It is shocking that a 13-year-old domestic help in New Delhi, a tribal girl from Jharkhand, was brutally beaten by her employer and had to be rescued...
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