Monday’s quake was measured 7.5 on the Richter scale — Nepal was 7.8 — and the extent of death and destruction appears to have been far less.

Radchenko says that documents in the Hungarian archives show that the Soviets had shared with the Hungarians India’s plans to attack Kahuta.

For the past two weeks, 23 fishermen have been in the custody of the British Navy after they strayed into the British Indian Ocean Territory of Diego Garcia.

Coming in the midst of the Bihar elections, his praise of Ambedkar was seen as a way to make amends for his “time to rethink quota” remark.

African Nations’ Bilateral Relations With India: Trade, Assistance And Other Ties.

During the hearing of the bunch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi had told the five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court that the collegium system was “dead and buried forever”, and wouldn’t be revived even if the Bench quashed the NJAC. Last week, the Bench […]

The case prompted the Finance Ministry to act quickly on operationalising the Securities Appellate Tribunal in 1997.

How the Chief Minister is working with Singapore agencies to build a ‘smart, green, sustainable People’s Capital of Andhra Pradesh’.

The President is clearly trying to say something beyond the cliches about “brotherhood”. He has asked a rather provocative question: “Is tolerance and acceptance for dissent on the wane?”

Google and Facebook are working on beaming the Web on to the world from drones and balloons cruising at the edge of space. How this might happen?

The six-day Malabar 2015 exercise that concluded in the Bay of Bengal on Monday needs to be viewed in the light of these stated positions, which have been articulated by each of the participating nations for long now.

According to some professors its changing character with an increase in the number of students has led to an alienation of those who come from weaker backgrounds as the main reason for the suicides.

The price of dal is the big talking point in the Bihar elections. But the govt must think farther than immediate electoral considerations — and focus on incentivising production in the long run.

ED claims officials of BoB indulged in money laundering, claiming duty drawback by over-invoicing, inflating export bills, showing non-existent imports. What are these alleged ways of financial manipulation?

The story and background of the dramatic Nadigar Sangam elections, in which a group of young, progressive actors overthrew a largely discredited old guard on Sunday.

RSS has said Panchjanya is not its ‘mouthpiece’. ASHUTOSH BHARDWAJ examines the claim.

Ahead of local body polls, Hindu Ezhava leader Vellappally Natesan, a BJP ally, faces allegations in a mysterious death that took place in 2002.

Article 44 of the Constitution, which is one of the Directive Principles of State Policy, says: “The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India.”

Under the new law, ‘cow’ includes bull, bullock, ox, heifer or calf, as well as a disabled, diseased or a barren cow. ‘Beef’ means the flesh of the ‘cow’ in any form — including flesh that is packed in sealed containers, and which has been imported into the state.

In a Facebook post, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has attacked Sibal directly, and asked, “What about the Ministers who conspired to create a fabricated chargesheet, and a retired Judge who, for the sake of a post-retirement assignment, agreed to lend his offices for the same?”

Last year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime recorded that “poppy cultivation in the ‘Golden Triangle’ of Myanmar and Lao PDR rose in 2014 to 63,800 ha, compared with 61,200 ha in 2013.

Amendments cleared by the Assembly in the last session can fundamentally change land use patterns. It is being alleged that lands meant for the poor will now be given to the rich. PARIMAL DABHI explains the key issues.

It was Yashwant Sinha who first mentioned the sale of assets of Public Sector Undertakings in his interim budget of March 4, 1991.

Indian Express explains the Trans-Pacific Partnership that 12 Pacific rim nations agreed upon last week, and how this trade pact is likely to impact India.