Rehnuma-e-Deccan, in its editorial on July 25, writes: “Congress and other secular parties recorded their protest against such a barbaric act of ‘Brahmanical terrorism’.

The problem is not the home minister’s SAARC visit. It is the lack of reflection within.

Goods and services tax, which will facilitate the movement of commodities and lead to expansion of economic activity, is one of the boldest reforms in post-Independence India.

Rise in e-commerce raises competition issues that are being addressed

SC decision that extends the 20-week cap for abortion could imperil reproductive rights.

The ISI had always recruited jihadis from Bangladesh “who are facilitating radicalisation and anti-Bharat feelings in the eastern neighbourhood”.

Peoples’ desire for freedom is greater. Can the government continue to control the flow of information?

Donald Trump has sent shock waves around the world by distancing himself from most of the things that the Republican Party has stood for in recent years.

All child labour should have been outlawed, with no exceptions.

While crimes against Dalits are increasing, the state has time and again let them down, with little action against the perpetrators.

Further political instability could kill Nepal’s fledgling constitution

Political compulsions ensured that the process was done slowly, steadily and stealthily

The incentive structure, currently skewed in favour of rice and wheat, needs to become crop-neutral

Arun Jaitley was surprised to find that P Chidambaram wanted to discuss the changes the government was prepared to concede in the proposed GST Bill, as Sonia Gandhi had asked him to do so.

The Congress failed in the 50 years after Independence to win over the minds and hearts of the people of the Valley. The reconciliation process began with Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

In his first address from the Red Fort, the Prime Minister made the grand gesture of abolishing the Planning Commission.

No one is surprised when PM Modi seizes the occasion and speaks. It is only when he ignores the occasion and withdraws into silence that questions are raised.

For her, the story came first. The lymphoma that ate away at her couldn’t take that away.

Mahasweta Devi. She with the pen. The passion. For words. Words that cut. To the core. She with the passion of a knife. Sharpened over a lifetime of throwing herself into the fray.

An open letter to new students entering Jawaharlal Nehru University.

With the latest figures on industrial output, the case for a stimulus is pressing.

Mahasweta Devi drew imaginary landscapes to narrate stories of the oppressed and the marginalised.

Arundhati Ghose will be remembered for her role in India’s nuclear diplomacy.

The current bill does not take into account any of the criticism voiced against an earlier version, proposed under the UPA government in 2013; it continues to ignore the Forest Rights Act.