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    The Federal Special

    FCRA amendment gives Centre sweeping powers over NGOs, with no oversight built in

    V Aravinda
    1 April 2026 3:59 PM IST

    Legal Lens | New Designated Authority can seize, transfer or sell assets built with foreign funds, with no independent review or prescribed timeline

    FCRA 2026 amendment tightens noose on NGOs, civil society groups
    The Federal Special
    A tale of two progressive verdicts: High courts split on womens autonomy
    The Federal Special

    Living in vs marital rape: High courts split on women's autonomy

    31 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    From 2G to coal, why India’s biggest ‘scams’ keep ending in acquittals
    The Federal Special

    From 2G to coal, why India’s biggest ‘scams’ keep ending in acquittals

    30 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
    How CAPF Bill overrides SC verdict, stunts careers in paramilitary forces
    The Federal Special

    CAPF Bill locks IPS dominance in paramilitary forces, defying SC order

    27 March 2026 7:47 PM IST
    Matthew VanDyke and Maran Tu Awng

    Matthew VanDyke reveals US-based mastermind behind hiring mercenaries in Myanmar

    27 March 2026 4:35 PM IST
    WOmens reservation bill and the formula needed for this

    Women's reservation is finally coming, but the formula carries its own tension

    25 March 2026 7:19 PM IST
    India test-fires BrahMos missiles and the Pinaka weapon systems.

    Integrated Rocket Force: India’s missing piece in conventional deterrence

    25 March 2026 5:14 PM IST
    Elvish Yadav is free, but his punishment came from a case built on sand

    Elvish Yadav is free, but his 'punishment' came from a case built on sand

    22 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Who is a worker? SC bench to revisit landmark 1978 ruling

    Who is a worker? SC bench to revisit landmark 1978 ruling

    19 March 2026 6:01 PM IST
    Why Vandyke, other mercenaries present a headache for India

    Six Ukrainians, an American, and a North East security nightmare for India

    19 March 2026 5:11 PM IST
    What does the Telangana Speaker’s defection verdict mean legally?

    Telangana Speaker’s actions test anti-defection law’s evidentiary limits

    17 March 2026 4:18 PM IST
    Euthanasia

    Harish Rana case: What did the SC actually decide and why it took so long?

    12 March 2026 9:07 AM IST
    Can the CEC be removed? Decoding the legal bar for INDIA blocs motion

    Can CEC be removed? Decoding INDIA Bloc's impeachment motion

    12 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    RN Ravi move to Bengal breaks constitutional convention; can judiciary stop transfer?

    RN Ravi's move to Bengal breaks constitutional convention; can judiciary stop transfer?

    9 March 2026 1:55 PM IST
    Oil

    This is the real Gulf War, and the world is paying the price

    V Sridhar
    7 March 2026 12:26 PM IST

    The effects of the war on Iran have travelled far beyond the world’s most important major shipping lane for petroleum, the Strait of Hormuz, radically...

    Indian courts have an AI problem, and the Supreme Court is not amused

    Indian courts have an AI problem, and the Supreme Court is not amused

    7 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Between fear and hope: Living through the Gulf crisis as tensions reshape daily life

    Between fear and hope: Living through the Gulf crisis as tensions reshape daily life

    6 March 2026 8:02 AM IST
    NCERTs textbook, Supreme Court

    NCERT textbook ban: Judiciary moves fastest when it's the one being judged

    5 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    How the Official Secrets Act has become a colonial relic in the AI age

    How the Official Secrets Act has become a colonial relic in the AI age

    24 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Karnatakas controversial Hanabu practice

    How outlawed caste practice of Hanabu persists in coastal Karnataka

    19 Feb 2026 6:47 PM IST
    camp for Sri Lankan Tamils in Tamil Nadu

    Should Sri Lankan Tamils in TN get Indian citizenship? Tamils are split

    17 Feb 2026 12:20 PM IST
    SC reversed Bombay HC’s refusal to terminate 30-week pregnancy; whats the reason

    When Supreme Court had to remind India that women own their bodies

    16 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
    LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran

    Prabhakaran killed 14 people to marry his love? Even his critics are stunned

    13 Feb 2026 3:03 PM IST
    Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Somnath Chatterjee and Speaker Om Birla

    Can the Lok Sabha Speaker truly be neutral?

    13 Feb 2026 6:20 AM IST
    New IT rules, lawful content

    AI three-hour takedown rule: When speed becomes the censor

    11 Feb 2026 5:10 PM IST
    Ghooskhor Pandat

    ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’ row: The heckler’s veto and test of India’s democracy

    8 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
    The Supreme Court has taken on WhatsApp over its privacy policy.

    WhatsApp’s privacy policy and the myth of user choice

    7 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    CJI comment on trade unions

    Trade unions in the dock? Reading the Constitutional stakes of the CJI’s remark

    4 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    What Justice Bhuyan’s remarks on judicial transfers reveal about state of judicial independence

    What Justice Bhuyan’s remarks on judicial transfers reveal about state of judicial independence

    30 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Budget 2026-27 curtain raiser: Abandoning rail budget

    Scrapping of Rail Budget: The original sin behind India’s railway crisis

    27 Jan 2026 3:50 PM IST
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