India emerged as the world’s largest beef exporter in 2014, ironically the first year of the BJP-led government.

Voting is now compulsory in Gujarat. What does it mean? What if you disobey?

Reports of victory claims by the Indian Commander at Exercise Indradhanush lack in perspective, and miss some crucial details.

Should a Constitution Bench hear ‘privacy’ challenge to Aadhaar project? SC decides today — but it has had a fairly consistent view on the right to privacy so far.

Language data based on data from 2001, when the Hindi-speaking population was 5.9 per cent of Assam, would suggest there are between 15 lakh and 18 lakh Hindi-speakers in Assam today.

Indian government have voiced concern that the law will be used by China to extend its military influence, but they have been assured by the Government of Maldives that Indian Ocean would remain “a demilitarised zone”.

Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan is merely one of the ways that will help it fulfill an existing pledge to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28% by 2025 from 2005 levels.

In 2008, the Deep Impact spacecraft captured a similar view of Earth and Moon, but from 31 million miles away, and showing the Moon passing in front of Earth.

The amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, are still in the works — only to be challenged anew by a 14-year-old rape victim.

Village Councils are the equivalent of panchayats, and the “passes” have traditionally acted as certificates of land ownership for agricultural purposes within the Council’s territory.

Parliament this week raised from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 2 crore the ceiling to which district courts in the capital can hear civil suits and proceedings.

The government defines “consequential accidents” as those with “serious repercussions in terms of loss of human life, human injury, loss to railway property or interruption to rail traffic”.

It was clear to both Manmohan Singh and the RBI that given the severity of the crisis, an immediate, steep devaluation of the rupee was imperative.

The existing fence consists of three rows of angle iron pickets that hold up coils of concertina wire. The height of this double-row fence varies between 2.4 m and 3.2 m.

They want ‘backward’ status, say OBC quotas for others hurting them. PARIMAL DABHI explains

Since coming into force on January 15, 1986, the Karnataka Lokayukta Act has helped countless ordinary people, brought errant public servants to book, and ensured a general improvement in administration.

Thousands of migrants fleeing war in Asia and Africa are battling riot police every night in an attempt to get on trains and trucks headed to the UK. Who are these people, and where is the situation headed?

The DoT order says that content hosted on porn sites relate to morality and decency and is, therefore, subject to “reasonable restrictions” on the Fundamental Right to freedom of speech and expression.

As the signing of the historic Naga peace accord was announced on Monday, though, sources said there was an small improvement in Swu’s condition.

Since Independence, Naga groups have signed several pacts with New Delhi, designed to end India’s longest-running insurgency. But success has been elusive.

Excerpts from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement after witnessing the signing of the Naga Peace Accord.

The groundwork had been done under the UPA government when I was the interlocutor. The breakthrough indeed was made in 2012.

Vajpayee not only recognised the “unique history” of the Nagas, but also admitted that mistakes had been committed, and lamented the unnecessary spilling of blood in the state.

Here is the story of the long-running Naga insurgency — and the peace moves that picked up pace with the efforts of Prime Ministers from P V Narasimha Rao to Narendra Modi.