Today in history

Odd-even brings on some heartening scenes of cross-party participation.

None of the celebrated sedition cases of recent years brought any credit to government

What was deemed an impossible political scenario until recently is playing to a full house in West Bengal as the state enters the last lap of the six-phase election

They may harm rather than preserve religious freedom.

The last quarterly survey by the Labour Bureau showed that India has never created so few jobs, since the survey started in 2009

Today in history

Proposal to criminalise ‘misleading’ endorsement unfairly shifts the onus from regulator to celebrity.

The devastating fire at the capital’s National Museum of Natural History exposes a cavalier attitude to conservation.

AgustaWestland probe must be concluded quickly, and insulated from the political point-scoring

It is clear now that Pakistan generals are unimpressed by the Modi initiative

It is a poor policy option. Alcohol abuse is a public health, not moral, problem.

Judiciary is part of the problem of judicial vacancy and case pendency. It must also be part of the solution

Today in history

Bangladesh government must see the murders of bloggers as a matter of national security, not politics.

Government must not buckle under pressure, should stick to interest rate cut.

Don’t lament flawed investigation of 2006 Malegaon bombings. Need to explore ways to institutionalise police accountability

Inter-linking of rivers holds the key to addressing water scarcity.

New Delhi’s missteps on the issue of visa to the Chinese dissident signal a lack of thought-through strategy.

CJI Thakur does some plainspeaking to government. But the judiciary is not blameless.

Stories of greed, vaulting ambition and inability to see the big picture in election-time Bengal.

Truth is, Indian sport and its average Olympic achievements could do with a Bollywood celebrity to increase their reach.

A neat separation of poverty estimates and entitlements won’t pass muster.

Is this the beginning of another scorching summer of discontent in the Valley?