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Should a lawyer practise in a court where his relative is a judge?

The eligibility criteria for the post were changed to facilitate the employment of Justice PK Mishra’s son as the state’s second-highest law officer.

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Kolkata rape and murder: Protesting doctors to partially withdraw strike from Saturday

The doctors will resume essential and emergency services, but out-patient departments will remain suspended.

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Salman Khan seeks apology from ANI for allegedly defamatory article

The actor said that the lawyer of two men accused of firing a gun at his home had spread false claims about him in an interview to the news agency.

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Hindi paradox: Language of cultural pride that few Indians can read and write properly in

Arrogant claims about Hindi representing Indian identity ignores the reality that it is a second and even marginal language that is taught and learnt badly.

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Video: The resplendent idea and faltering practice of Indian secularism

A discussion of pain and hope about an idea under attack.

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How Rakhaldas Banerji, who discovered the antiquity of Mohenjodaro, was embroiled in idol theft

An excerpt from the new Afterword to ‘Finding Forgotten Cities: How the Indus Civilization was Discovered’, by Nayanjot Lahiri.

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‘Jo Tera Hai Woh Mera Hai’ review: An easy-going comedy about a Mumbai house capture

Raj Trivedi’s Hindi film, starring Amit Sial and Paresh Rawal, is out on JioCinema.

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Hockey: Gurjot Singh carves his own path from Hussainabad to the Indian national team

Gurjot Singh is one of the younger players head coach Craig Fulton is keeping an eye on for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic cycle.

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