For those Indians who gave Modi a full majority it was because the words ‘parivartan’ and ‘vikas’ came as music to their ears.

During the last four years, mobs of both kinds — the one, on the ground, and the other, in the virtual world, have grown in number and size.

On Wednesday, the Uttarakhand High Court declared all animals including “avian and aquatic” ones as “legal persons”. The jury is out on whether being vested with the rights of “a living person” is good news for Uttarakhand’s fauna.

The Law Commission has answered a question which has lingered in debate for decades, and found that it would be desirable to open sports to betting, with the caveat that it must be regulated.

On Thursday, the Karnataka government announced a Rs 34,000-crore scheme waiving defaulted crop loans up to Rs 2 lakh taken by 17.32 lakh farmers in the state till December 31 last year.

Pakistan’s persona non grata, ex-ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, in his book Reimagining Pakistan: Transforming a dysfunctional state, lists the reasons why Pakistan today finds itself swamped with crises it can’t resolve.

Prime Minister Morarji Desai had accepted the formula on the condition that Haryana CM Devi Lal apologise to him and Charan Singh endorse it.

Supreme Court judgment will enhance the AAP government’s appeal in Delhi, especially among poor.

Amendments to Kerala Shops and Establishments Act recognise gender dimension in work spaces and labour laws

Pak army’s political tinkering is setting the stage for electoral rise of fundamentalists

The hike in MSPs and the formula behind it is unsustainable, can lead to cropping distortions

Ram Madhav writes: Trust is the basic Indian virtue that we all should imbibe. Trust our own leaders; they have attained leadership positions because of that.

Punjab’s proposals for screening of all employees for drug use, death for peddlers are a misplaced response to a deep problem

On July 5, 1978, the Janata Party moved a step further towards a split when the Central Parliamentary Board (CPB) asked Haryana Chief Minister Devi Lal to step down for his refusal to dissociate himself from the July 17 rally.

By continuing to allow UPSC a say in the selection of DGPs in states, SC has hurt principles of federalism.

SC upholds a basic democratic principle: Elected governments have the upper hand. All actors in Delhi must comply

State-employed sportspersons must share commercial earnings with government

Delhi LG and bureaucracy can continue to influence a host of policy matters in Delhi.

An agriculture minister should focus on policy, not use state resources to focus cosmic energies on Mother Earth.

Prime Minister Morarji Desai had reportedly stated that he cannot spare Vajpayee from the government. General secretary of the Janata in Parliament, Digvijay Narain Singh, said Desai told him that Vajpayee could not be spared for party work.

Mexico’s new president, the country’s first left-leaning leader in decades, needs to deliver on growth and poverty alleviation.

PM needs to speak to the people about making vital distinctions while reading social media. He must, because he will be heard.

Institutions like the UGC are meant to embody this principle and are designed to act as buffers, insulating universities from the massive financial and political power of the state.

In approving the LIC-IDBI stake sale, the LIC board and the insurance regulator have gone against their mandates.