As Assembly elections approach, both the Congress and SAD make strenuous efforts to milk an old, emotive issue.

The Indian Express explains the changes made this week to the 1968 Enemy Property Act, intended to plug loopholes that have allowed courts to honour claims by heirs of people who left India in the wake of wars with China and Pakistan.

Lee, an 18-time world champion, was grim and ashen after the game, saying he was “speechless”. The remaining games run until Tuesday.

Wilful defaulters can be individuals, juristic persons (groups of individuals, such as corporations, which are treated by law as though they are persons) and all forms of business enterprises.

Art of Living can hold its mega festival on the Yamuna’s floodplains, but must take steps to restore the area to its original state afterward. What kind of damage is the event likely to cause, and what will restoration take?

In 1999, a year into Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s NDA government, as India’s mounting debt burden started to reflect in worsening indicators such as the fiscal deficit and the financial health of states, the Finance Ministry under Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha braced for the return of an economic crisis like the one of the late 80s. […]

For only the fifth time in India’s parliamentary history — and the second time since last year — an amendment to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address was carried in Rajya Sabha; an unambiguous testimony to the importance of the Upper House in our polity and our democracy.

By the end of June, a redevelopment master plan will be ready for Delhi’s landmark Pragati Maidan. The National Buildings Construction Corporation, the Project Management Consultant, will commission a world-class convention centre, exhibition halls, and underground parking. Ring Road and Mathura Road, which skirt Pragati Maidan, will be decongested using tunnels from within the 130-acre […]

Govt’s expert panel on Saraswati is the latest in a long line of initiatives to trace the course of the stream mentioned in the Rig Veda.

Internet pioneer Ray Tomlinson, who is credited with the invention of e-mail, has died at the age of 74

Like all things associated with the tennis world’s biggest brand, meldonium too has benefited Sharapova. It is now among the most-searched on Google; it’ll no longer be just another hard-to-pronounce word in medical journals.

A doctored or tampered video is one in which the actual visual or sound captured by a camera is manipulated to project an altered reality.

Hakimji, Babaji, Abdul Quddus and Tunda. These are the names that Abdul Karim, the 73-year-old with flowing, henna-dyed beard, was referred to by his associates. The alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) “bomb expert” was accused of conspiring to carry out a string of bombings following the Babri demolition of 1992. After his arrest from the India-Nepal border […]

SP has won 31 of 36 UP Vidhan Parishad seats that went to polls last week, giving itself a boost and a majority in the House. How does the second chamber function? How are its members elected?

The pro-‘leave’ camp says the 28-nation bloc is a bureaucratic behemoth that sucks up billions from British taxpayers while imposing undemocratic laws.

Inside Afghanistan, many see Dand-i-Ghori as an abyss that the peace talks could fall into — and should that happen, India too could pay a heavy price.

A reconstruction of what happened in the three weeks in which simmering Jat resentment exploded into frenzied rage in Haryana, and claimed 30 lives.

The original purpose of the UID scheme was to establish the identity of individuals to ensure targeted delivery of subsidies and services under various welfare programmes of the government.

The investigation into the encounter soon ran into a cloud of suspicion, and a High Court-appointed Special Investigation Team and the CBI found it to be ‘fake’.

Two clinical trials are planned in India, which is among the high-burden countries.

The issue is price vs quantity, and residents believe they have got a bargain so bad they may starve

Recent Budgets have been cautious, and the one Arun Jaitley presented this week probably represents the complete disappearance of risk-taking.

What is the EPF, and why does the salaried class consider it a reliable social security net? Why does the government want to take it out of the EEE category and make it EET? What is the government’s rationale for making the change?

In the last 3 months, at least 7 infants have had to be taken to hospital after being subjected to homespun remedies, including branding by hot iron nails or glass bangles by traditional healers.