Video: ‘I opened a closed door’, India's first woman SC judge on breaking the glass ceiling

Justice Fathima Beevi reflects on the lack of gender diversity in the judiciary, and her journey to the top.

Smitha Nair

· Apr 27, 2018 · 05:20 pm

Video: ‘Failed, succeeded, for us he was always ‘apla’ Sachin’: Rajdeep Sardesai on Sachin Tendulkar

From the Archives: ‘For millions of Indians, Tendulkar was and always will be the God of Cricket,’ says Rajdeep Sardesai in his book ‘Democracy’s XI’.

Smitha Nair

· Apr 24, 2018 · 09:00 am

Video: PT Usha blazed a trail for women athletes. Hear the story of India's original Golden Girl

From her terror of running against the Russians as a teenager at the Moscow Olympics to the heartbreak at 1984 LA Olympics, PT Usha talks of her journey.

Smitha Nair

· Apr 21, 2018 · 07:00 am

Video: Why was a law enacted to prevent atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?

Rights activists say the Supreme Court’s recent order diluting the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act will roll back gains made in social justice.

Smitha Nair

· Apr 19, 2018 · 11:35 am

Video: Why Rajinikanth is asking CSK players to wear black bands when they take the field tonight

What is the latest flash point in the century-old Cauvery water dispute?

Smitha Nair

· Apr 10, 2018 · 07:00 am

Video: Salman Khan convicted in blackbuck poaching case, sentenced to 5 years in jail

Khan's co-accused, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre were acquitted by the Jodhpur court.

Smitha Nair

· Apr 05, 2018 · 06:47 pm

Interview: ‘It is against logic to say Dalits will file false cases’

Sukhadeo Thorat, economist and scholar of Dalit issues, says Supreme Court judges are wrong about the misuse of the SC/ST Atrocities Act.

Smitha Nair

· Apr 04, 2018 · 07:30 am

Video: How is a mridangam made?

An Indian percussion instrument, mridangam, also known as 'Deva Vadyam' or the divine instrument is a key part of the Carnatic music ensemble.

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Venkataraghavan Rajagopalan

· Mar 31, 2018 · 07:00 am

Video Explainer: Why India’s southern states think the 15th Finance Commission is unfair to them

States argue, apportioning central taxes on the basis of 2011 census data will punish those that have managed to control their population.

Smitha Nair

· Mar 28, 2018 · 07:00 am

Video Explainer: How is a Rajya Sabha MP elected?

The terms of 58 Rajya Sabha members will end in April and May this year. We break down the complicated electoral process.

Smitha Nair

· Mar 23, 2018 · 07:00 am

Video: Why has the Karnataka government given a separate religion status to the Lingayat community?

Lingayats are a politically and electorally powerful community in Karnataka.

Smitha Nair

· Mar 20, 2018 · 07:00 am

Karnataka’s decision to seek religion tag for Lingayats isn’t poll propaganda: Key community leader

The community’s demand to be treated as separate from Hinduism is years old, says SM Jaamdar, a leading advocate of religious minority status for Lingayats.

Smitha Nair

· Mar 19, 2018 · 07:41 pm