India needs more human rights defenders, constitutional law expert Faizan Mustafa said in Ranchi on Friday as he paid tribute to the late Father Stan Swamy and criticised the State’s tendency to...

The Supreme Court on Thursday said dissent was the “essence of a democracy” and the State should never browbeat political opponents and journalists. The bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kau...

The prime minister is worried. There are very few critics left in India, he said recently in a rare interview. Could the paucity of critics in India, a nation of, ostensibly, voluble, argumentative ci...

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Dissent — defined by Collins as a (strong) disagreement or dissatisfaction with a decision or opinion, especially one that is supported by most people or by people in authority — is the co...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday continued his discussions with senior party members from Punjab on the festering issue of factionalism in the state unit and met ministers and MLAs throughout th...

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BJP’s Bengal unit on Tuesday set up a disciplinary action committee with an intent to curb anti-party activities at a time when the saffron camp is rattled by agitation by workers at the grassro...