On a facetious note, I would like to end by expressing the fervent hope that our public servants discover how to make money out of providing us with the best public services and infrastructure, instead of making fortunes by giving us second-rate infrastructure and abysmal public services.

The city’s past experiences have shown that authorities and policymakers need to course-correct midway through the pollution season. This year, the least they can do is discard the inflexible ways of the past

A Congress minister echoes a BJP dogwhistle. Rahul Gandhi needs to figure out how to translate Bharat Jodo from politics to governance

In Dhaka, no motor vehicle or cycle-rickshaw was seen on the road, and attendance in government and commercial offices was very low.

It seems that there is a larger design to distort not just the election system, but the Constitution itself

An Italian tale's lesson for the season: Slow down, step away, make room for joy

Delhi HC will hear bail pleas in the cases for a third time. The bureaucracy of justice flies in the face of SC orders, Constitution’s promise

New survey frames urgent challenge before government -- inadequate creation of remunerative, productive job opportunities.

Since India doesn’t have a specific law that deals with risks that FDI might pose for national security, FEMA — a foreign exchange control law — doubles up as a legal instrument to screen foreign investment for national security, pointing to a legal vacuum.

If the political leadership has ordered the Thane “encounter”, there is no way to prove that. It is finally the four policemen who will lose out. That will be grossly unfair and unjust

September 27, 1984, Forty Years Ago: The five Sikh high priests cleared President Zail Singh of the charges levelled against him and held that in view of the satisfactory explanation offered on his behalf, there was no need for any further action in this regard.

‘It wasn’t me’: At the heart of the diplomatic row between Spain and Mexico, the refrain of the privileged when confronted with historical injustice

Stock indices edge higher, even as concerns over valuations and individual trading in F&O segment persist.

It is imperative to ensure that the judgment’s stringency is not misused to penalise rather than to protect.

It lies in the journey of the globally popular brothy noodles from famine food to gastronomic fare

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on September 26, 1984, Forty Years Ago.

Suffering unleashed by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon is made possible by complicity of Great Powers, including India. It has high costs

Environmental regulation is dogged by lack of expertise, autonomy

As the baby pygmy hippo’s viral fame shows, the rules of celebrity are the same for humans and animals

She bound together people and sensibilities with a larger artistic vision

When accused are killed and police get away with murder, it's a stain on the justice system. The courts should step in

September 25, 1984, Forty Years Ago: Home Minister P V Narasimha Rao was also present. Over 30 Punjab Congress (I) MLAs pled with them that the Golden Temple complex should be handed over to the high priests and the Army withdrawn.

Could it be that for the official entry, we often confuse our Indian identity with what we want the world to see about us?

There was always abundant talent in Indian chess. But a multitude of factors has contributed towards this sweep of medals. One of the critical reasons behind this chess boom is the tech revolution