Politics

The Bombay High Court granted Aseem Trivedi bail on a Rs 5,000 bond in September 2012, freeing the cartoonist three days after his sedition arrest.

September 12, 2012 · 1 min read

The sharpest of Aseem Trivedi's anti-corruption cartoons — and why the sedition charge under colonial-era Section 124A collapsed under legal scrutiny.

September 10, 2012 · 1 min read

The attempt by Matthew Heimbach, then a student at Towson University in Maryland, to form a White Student Union on campus in 2012 attracted national media…

September 10, 2012 · 2 min read

Days after the Norway children returned home, Indian papers reported another custody row in the US — a Bengali couple fearing the loss of their infant son.

September 9, 2012 · 1 min read

Aseem Trivedi was arrested for sedition over anti-corruption cartoons in September 2012 — the sedition charge was dropped a month later.

September 9, 2012 · 2 min read

The Washington Post's 2012 profile called Manmohan Singh 'a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat' — the UPA government demanded an apology.

September 8, 2012 · 2 min read

After Obama's Charlotte acceptance speech in September 2012, both parties had their nominees: the race was essentially tied, Gallup showing Obama 47, Romney 46.

September 7, 2012 · 1 min read

In 2012, Indian-Americans backed Obama by lopsided margins — up to 84% in exit polls. Immigration policy, more than economics, explains why.

September 6, 2012 · 1 min read

On September 6, 2012, Union Minister Sachin Pilot became the first serving minister commissioned as a regular officer in the Territorial Army.

September 6, 2012 · 1 min read

Alleged MNS workers vandalized a Maharashtra theatre screening a Bhojpuri film — part of a 2012 campaign against north Indians in the state.

September 5, 2012 · 1 min read

In August 2012 Paul Ryan told a radio host he'd run a marathon in under three hours. The record said 4:01:25. A small fib with a long shadow.

September 4, 2012 · 1 min read

The eve-teasing debate keeps blaming what women wear. The evidence — and plain logic — says the jeans were never the problem.

August 27, 2012 · 1 min read

Seventeen civilians, including two women, were beheaded in Helmand after a late-night music and dance party — in a Taliban-controlled district.

August 27, 2012 · 1 min read

Pakistan won zero medals at London 2012 — and its own media joked the country could only sweep the medals if corruption were an Olympic sport.

August 27, 2012 · 1 min read

Tropical Storm Isaac barreled toward the Gulf Coast on August 27, 2012 — forcing the GOP to delay its convention and reviving Katrina memories.

August 27, 2012 · 1 min read

On the eve of her 2012 RNC speech, Ann Romney recalled Mitt curling up beside her through depression and MS — the campaign's humanizing mission.

August 27, 2012 · 2 min read

India raised its panic-era SMS cap from 5 to 20 a day in August 2012 - but with WhatsApp and BBM in vogue, did the restriction matter at all?

August 23, 2012 · 1 min read

A 2012 book by Rich Miniter claimed Obama scrapped three bin Laden missions before Hillary Clinton pushed the raid through — claims the White House denied.

August 20, 2012 · 1 min read

During the August 2012 panic exodus, India blocked 250+ web pages accused of spreading morphed images — and pointed a finger at Pakistan.

August 20, 2012 · 1 min read

An August 2012 report claimed one of Hitler's senior aides secretly urged British contacts to help topple the Fuhrer — warning peace was otherwise impossible.

August 20, 2012 · 1 min read