It is thrilling that the group of ministers for sexual harassment comprises Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Ramesh Pokhriyal and Smriti Irani. With the most powerful ministers taking harassers in hand,...

India’s criminal justice system has failed to stand on its feet when it comes to the checkpoint of reformative justice. Instead of formulating policies that could lead to restoration and healing, cr...

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking extension of the Vishakha guidelines to prevent sexual harassment of women devotees in all ashrams, madarsas and Christian institutions.The PIL, which...

As many as 110 people died of asphyxia while cleaning sewers and septic tanks in the country last year, the highest since 2015, Union minister Ramdas Athawale said on Tuesday. He said 57 people died c...

The Election Commission of India has asked political parties not to release their manifesto in the 48-hour period before polling. The restriction applies across the country, which means a regional par...

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The Assam government has banned manufacture, distribution, storage, sale, transportation and display of paan masala and gutka, which contains tobacco and nicotine, for a year.The Consumers’ Legal Pr...

Nityanjali Thummalachetty is a New York City-based cybersecurity entrepreneur and Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion, and was listed in BBC 100 Women in 2017. Abby DiCarlo is a New York City-based re...

Mizo National Front (MNF) chief Zoramthanga on Friday said his party would lift The Mizoram Liquor (Prohibition & Control) Act and re-impose total prohibition in the state if it comes to power.Ele...

Actor Shah Rukh Khan has been absolved of the charge of being a beneficiary of a benami property at the beach town of Alibaug in Maharashtra as an appellate authority under the law has “revoked” t...