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After Balaji’s exit from cabinet, Supreme Court closes plea to recall bail order

Senthil Balaji’s exit from the Tamil Nadu cabinet on Sunday came a day before the top court’s deadline to make a choice “between post and freedom” was to end

DMK leader V Senthil Balaji resigned from the Tamil Nadu council of ministers on Sunday ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on a plea to recall his bail order. (PTI FILE)

india news

Updated on Apr 28, 2025 05:43 PM IST

ByAbraham Thomas

Devise a new labour law regime for gig economy workers

Carefully-drafted laws that recognise the reality of platform work, and guarantee to platform workers both procedural rights (such as collective bargaining) and substantive rights (such as minimum wages and safe working conditions) are the only solution to this problem.

The employee/contractor binary, however, is based upon an outdated vision of work, where the factory or the shop floor was the predominant site of “work”(HTPhoto)

analysis

Updated on Sep 22, 2020 11:40 PM IST

ByGautam Bhatia

Essay: The art and law of love

In this essay to commemorate Pride month, Saikat Majumdar writes that Indian society will have truly ‘arrived’ only when same-sex romance is treated no differently from heteronormative romance

LGBT activists celebrate at the Town Hall in Bengaluru on September 6, 2018, after the verdict by the Supreme Court of India which stuck down section 377 of the penal code that penalised people for their sexual orientation and ordered that gay sex among consenting adults is not an offence.(Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

books

Updated on Jun 15, 2020 04:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaikat Majumdar

Humour: Offensively yours

A delicious put-down – whether real or apocryphal – sticks in one’s memory like glue

It’s so much more fun when insults are traded between real people. And here the writers truly, wickedly shine.(Photo: Shutterstock)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 01, 2020 09:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRehana Munir

19-year-old takes charge as head of sociology department at Lucknow University!

Class 12 student Ruby helmed the prestigious position as part of an initiative organised by the NGO Plan India to mark the International Day of the Girl Child

Ruby working as head of sociology department, Lucknow University, on Friday(HT)

cities

Updated on Oct 12, 2019 07:01 AM IST

ByRajeev Mullick, Lucknow

Why Aaditya Thackeray is deviating from the Thackeray family tradition not to contest the elections

Since Bal Thackeray founded Shiv Sena in 1966, neither him nor any members of his immediate family contested elections.

opinion

Updated on Oct 03, 2019 12:50 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByShailesh Gaikwad

Where women inclusion went missing

People talked about electric vehicles, blockchain, augmented reality and the necessity of creating a workforce that understands such issues.

A female project manager raised the issue of the difficulties faced by young girls and women in going to skill development institutes and joining the workforce.(PTI Photo)

cities

Updated on Sep 19, 2019 12:04 PM IST

Gurugram | ByArchana Mishra

Secrecy around illnesses of Sonia Gandhi, Manohar Parrikar not comparable, says Randeep Surjewala

Congress national spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that only those in positions of power, especially as heads of state, should disclose the nature of their affliction in public interest.

Congress national spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the cloak of secrecy surrounding the illnesses of Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi are not comparable .(HT File Photo)

india news

Published on Nov 17, 2018 09:00 PM IST

Panaji | ByIndo Asian News Service

Bollywood’s new bold: Why Bhumi Pednekar is being recognised as the face of strength and confidence in the Indian film industry

With films on sex, sanitation, and body positivity, Bhumi’s choice of roles is placing her in a position of power

Bhumi Pednekar may be just four films old, but she is being looked at as the new bold face of Bollywood (Styling by Mohit Rai; assisted by Shannon Tanwani and Miloni Shah; make-up by Sonik Sarwate; hair by Florian Hurel, The Artist Factory; location courtesy: The St. Regis Mumbai)(Photos shot exclusively for HT Brunch by Abheet Gidwani)

lifestyle

Updated on Oct 21, 2018 01:11 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByJamal Shaikh

A Calmer You, by Sonal Kalra: Fake friends or friends forever?

‘I would take 100 real enemies over one fake friend any day. At least the enemies let you know where they stand, and don’t pretend to care’ – Anonymous.

Why do we sometimes get a feeling that the people close to us are actually putting up an act when they don’t really care?

columns

Updated on Aug 18, 2018 04:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySonal Kalra, New Delhi

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