Overcrowding on Mumbai local trains continues to claim thousands of lives every year. These deaths occur almost entirely on non-AC trains, which run with open doors and face severe peak-hour crowding

Both the US and Iranian strategies have led to claims and counter-claims over their legality. Here’s a look at the international legal framework that governs maritime passage and maritime combat

Within the larger dispute over voters deleted from the electoral rolls rests a narrower problem—what happens to candidates, people who had filed their nomination papers and publicly campaigned, when their own names turn out to be among those deleted?

What will the scrapping of the Italy defence deal mean for Israel? What is the EU-Israel pact that some countries want reviewed?

Amit Shah said that the BJP would implement UCC in West Bengal and Assam upon coming to power. On B R Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, it is worth recalling what the architect of India’s Constitution said about the Code.

On top of the already low minimum wage workers in the state were receiving, rising costs due to the ongoing war in West Asia have been an additional burden.

Although Parliament passed a constitutional amendment in September 2023 to reserve one-third of the seats for women, its implementation was linked to delimitation after the first Census taken after the Act gets published.

Noida and Manesar have seen protests over wages in recent days. At their core are delays in wage hikes and confusion over the new Labour Codes

The RBI last week said it expects inflation to average 4.6% in 2026-27. But this was based on the assumption of a normal monsoon this year

Iran suggested the alternative of shifting their fixtures to Mexico, but FIFA, while insisting that Iran would feature in the spectacle, stubbed their suggestion, which would involve a hasty logistical rejig

Anti-sacrilege Bills concerning the holy scripture of the Sikhs were introduced in 2016 and 2018 in Punjab as well. Here is what happened then, and what is different in the current Bill.

The remains of the Titanic, which sank on April 14, 1912, remained elusive for decades due to technological constraints, until Robert Ballard located it in 1985.

On April 15, 1948, Himachal Pradesh was formed with the integration of 30 erstwhile princely states, but it would take years for it to become a full-fledged state.

The move comes amid a push for a Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system, which allows vehicles to pass through toll gates at high speeds, without stopping at toll plazas.

Government sources say it will mention the proportionate increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats for every state with its Bills to allay fears of southern states, but it is unlikely to pacify a restive Opposition. We explain.

MPs are gathering today to decide on Bills pertaining to delimitation. Their passage will pave the way for implementing women’s reservation.

The ruling sits at an intersection of two constitutional guarantees, the freedom of the press under Article 19(1)(a) and the right of fair trial under Article 21, and raises a question: at what point does reporting a crime become trying the accused?

Bank nationalisation undoubtedly remains the most important economic decision taken by any Indian government. Not even the 1991 reforms are comparable in their consequences — political, social and, of course, economic.

While these short-term waivers, particularly the one pertaining to Russian barrels already loaded on tankers, helped bring more oil to the market, their impact on international oil prices is not so clear as prices have remained elevated since early March

Sterling Group promoter Manoj Sandesara sought a gag order against media reports about the group’s bank fraud case, but the order has been challenged.

The promises of consumer goods in Tamil Nadu's poll manifestos often make news. But how different is Tamil Nadu from other states, and what is really changing in its welfare approach?