Several questions have been raised about our estimates of the savings from the DBT scheme for cooking gas. But all parties accept that the programme reduced subsidised sales by 24 per cent.

The question is, is it mandatory to chant ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ to prove one’s patriotism?

The most effective ally of terrorism is complacency

Yes, except that farmers suffer rules other businessmen never encounter

India has found itself a new hero in Virat Kohli.

While not oblivious to the challenges Punjab faces, I am proud to see my state surging ahead despite its many problems.

Sustainable development, however defined, is about future cost and benefit, neither of which is known with certainty.

The Organiser points out that the the government’s “political resolution” underlines the “promised objectives of economic and social inclusion, social justice, infrastructure development and good governance”.

From the contaminated Sutlej waters to farmer suicides and drug abuse by youth — Punjab is home to building crises.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to attend the India-EU Summit, despite last week’s terror attacks, sends a strong message that will resonate across the world.

Sahitya Akademi seems to have turned away from Dinanath Nadim.

It’s natural for India and Pakistan to spy on each other. But it’s time they instituted spy swaps to bring them home when they get caught.

A new election approaches. But unless the two political blocs offer a new path for the economy, the state must continue to live by exporting labour — in times when the Gulf is reeling under low oil prices.

The picture is completed by the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (crop insurance) and e-market platform that he is going to launch on April 14.

India does need these toilets badly. Over half a billion people practice open defecation, the highest number in the world.

Molenbeek has a street culture where drug dealing and commerce in weapons is not absent. In such a context, you may feel stigmatised and unaccepted as an adolescent.

In Gujarat, Congress members have been supporting a group which was on a hunger fast demanding that cow be declared the national animal.

This year is crucial for the Congress. If it fails to retain either Assam or Kerala, the death knell will begin to sound.

In India, jihadi violence has a longer history than almost anywhere else because of the Islamic Republic next door.

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'Project Nationalism' seeks to bludgeon the people to submerge their individual identities in a presumed national identity

By not responding to extreme provocation by Congress, BJP is showing that it is learning to lead.

To become a nation, you don’t need one language or one religion. You need a shared value system. Is this a dangerous notion?

There aren’t many different ways to show the aftermath of a terror attack.