India and Pakistan may be at loggerheads on most occasions, but when needed, borders can be eased for humanitarian purposes and hearts and wallets can be opened to help someone from the other side. Just ask Ayesha Rashan who got an Indian heart recently

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Pakistan's three political parties, including Imran's PTI, and the military establishment must first be on the same page. Then they must realise conflicts with India, Pakistani Taliban and people of Balochistan are pushing the country fast towards doom

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The alleged sex scandal involving incumbent Lok Sabha MP Prajwal Revanna and his father HD Revanna is getting uglier by the minute as leaders and political parties trade insults and spar over who's to blame

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After TOI+ put up a first-hand account of a young woman from Kerala who was harassed by her husband and in-laws to produce a male heir, we were inundated with similar horror stories of women from across the country. Here’s what they told us

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The Constitution does not endorse reservation in jobs and education along religious lines. However, some governments have interpreted its provisions to extend reservation benefits to certain Muslim communities. The BJP has objected to it

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The debate on allowing for backdoors to encryption raises multiple concerns. From a constitutional standpoint, it needs to be seen if Rule 4(2) will pass the four-fold test of legality, legitimacy, proportionality and presence of procedural safeguards

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A legal battle over the appointment of the spiritual head of a prominent Islamic sect lasted nearly a decade. Here’s how the court made its decision

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Why should only men with religious identities or those with political lineage be leaders? We got glimpses of women’s democratic leadership during the campaign against the triple talaq and CAA-NRC

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Rajya Sabha member and Congress minority affairs chief, 36-year-old poet and party spokesperson Imran Pratapgarhi tells TOI that campaign language matters, how Congress pulled back the campaign to issues, and that ‘polarising’ speech has run its course

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In the wake of the Ukraine war, the West tried every trick in the diplomatic playbook to get India to loosen ties with Russia. After that strategy failed, it is using trade to force New Delhi’s hand

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GOI’s foreign minister writes that the largest democratic exercise in history will be consequential far beyond India. What the world prizes is political stability and policy predictability, he argues

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Students got mad when the first protests led to suspensions. Police action made it worse. Now, politicians have joined in, given this is a presidential election year

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If you are dreaming of a cosy life abroad for your ward or looking to shift overseas yourself, exercise caution. The grass may no longer be greener on the other side

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It has taken continual SC push for the company to apologise. But misleading ads are rampant across the pharma industry. Commercial interests widely prevail over public health interests

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Manoj Kumar’s overall hopefulness, and child-like faith in certain ideals, is maybe why he is unfashionable today. His conservatism can seem laughable to woke sensibilities.

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No fewer than seven Oscar nominated films – ‘Poor Things’, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, ‘The Zone of Interest’, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Maestro’, ‘The Colour of Purple’, and ‘El Conde’ – had black and white interludes.

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The increasing weaponisation of thought and speech in our public and private universes needs to be acknowledged, to resolve it. Our ‘ahankara’ or ego bloats because we are not in touch with our true side, which can’t be violent

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From reaching the world’s highest polling station; to creating a poll booth for a lone voter deep in Gir forest; to making sure a particularly vulnerable tribe in Andaman and Nicobar Islands votes – ‘every vote counts’ is not just a slogan for the ECI

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Explainer: WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging app by far — with 2bn users. Within this humongous user base — the size of 30 UKs – India is the largest market, with 390mn users. Which means one in five WhatsApp users is in India.

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The US government pumped more stimulus during Covid than other countries. That is still keeping American economy looking strong. But when the effect wears off, and it will at some point, the landing will be rough

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