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Picture this: You’re scrolling through your news feed when suddenly, a snarling beast fills your screen. Gleaming fangs, narrowed eyes, ears pinned back in pure aggression. This isn’t some thriller poster – it’s how major Indian news outlets chose to illustrate the Supreme Court's recent order on Delhi’s stray dog…

On Monday, our overworked justice system, which still hasn’t been able to give a verdict on Umar Khalid’s case or hear the case suo motu, found time and inclination to address a far larger problem — the stray dog menace in the capital. You read that right. It appears rapes,…

When stray animals make headlines in India, the narrative often follows a certain script: dog lovers versus those who see them as a menace. 

Concern over lack of preparedness and dearth of well-maintained shelter homes to house stray dogs

My parents met in Delhi in 1980. My father had just written a biography of his political idol, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; my mother was sent to interview him. That night they went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant called the House of Ming. Then they disappeared together for a week.…

Judge cites attacks on children among grounds for ruling but animal protection groups say decision is inhumane

Police briefly detain some lawmakers at the demonstration, including opposition leader Rahul Gandhi.

India’s top court has ordered authorities in New Delhi to start removing all stray dogs from its streets and to sterilize and relocate them to shelters permanently

With its rotary phones, clanking printing presses, news rooms full of typewriters, ticker tapes and other details of vintage setting, New Delhi Times should feel like a time capsule. But this 1986 film’s recent appearance on YouTube shows it remains tragically relevant for all the wrong reasons. 

Jo bhi hai wo theek hai, zikra kyon karenHum hi sab jahaan ki, fikra kyon karen.– Sahir Ludhianvi, Phir Subah Hogi, 1958. Truth, when repeated often enough, starts sounding very banal. It just doesn’t register. Take this sentence: India is an economically unequal country. The evidence is all around us, and…

American president’s targeting of India with hefty levies, coupled with his efforts to strengthen ties with Pakistan, could cost him a powerful ally in the Asia-Pacific region, reports Alisha Rahaman Sarkar