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It matters little whether the Jama’at-ul-Ahrar flies the flag of al-Qaeda or the Islamic State or indeed, what its own name might be

Rajya Sabha has passed a Bill decriminalising attempt to suicide, and giving individuals with mental illnesses new rights that include access to health care and insurance.

At stake in years’ old dispute among three states: drinking water for parched lands and ecological concerns in fragile Ghats.

On August 4, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti told Lok Sabha that the government was planning to create “fish ladders” in the Ganga near the Farakka Barrage to help hilsa travel upstream to spawn —

The Kerala HC has asked for a judicial probe, and the government has ordered that a committee headed by the Advocate General, and comprising representatives from both sides, be set up to investigate the matter.

What are the roles, responsibilities and benefits of TA personnel?

A week’s protest in Parliament and simmering unrest in Andhra Pradesh has fed on a sense of betrayal among a people who continue to feel aggrieved by the 2014 bifurcation of the state. The Indian

The tussle between the BJP-led central government and Arvind Kejriwal’s government, with L-G Najeeb Jung acting as the eyes and ears of the Centre, can only become more bitter.

So, what is a Money Bill, and how does it differ from a Financial Bill — which the Opposition wants the coming Bills to be?

In Gujarat, the flogging of Dalits for skinning a dead cow has triggered spontaneous street protests, and circumstances that seemingly led to the resignation of Chief Minister Anandiben Patel.

the decision is set to open a new front for the soon-to-be appointed chief minister and might even influence the decision by the BJP on this.

The new law — Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 — is broad-based and more stringent than earlier, probably more so than any comparable law in any state.

Getting the GST law through this time is a reflection of “change with continuity” as Indian policymakers and politicians would say.

On Tuesday, the government introduced the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 in Lok Sabha, a landmark new law that will benefit India’s 4.87 lakh transgender persons.

The Constitution (122nd) Amendment Bill comes up in RS, on the back of a broad political consensus and boosted by the ‘good wishes’ of the Congress, which holds the crucial cards on its passage. Here’s

Many rivers are above the danger mark at several places across the Gangetic plains and Assam, but the CWC’s monitoring centres are not generating a ‘High Flood Situation Report’ yet. The waters are receding, and

The Supreme Court pointed out, keeping AFSPA indefinitely defeats the purpose of what is essentially an emergency provision.

Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains make up over 99% of Indians, “other religions, persuasions” fall from 108 in 2001 to 82 in 2011

Unlike arhar, chana dal prices have gone up from Rs 70 since the beginning of 2016 and could further harden in the coming days.

In between 1991 and 1993, India borrowed $ 2.2 billion from the IMF under two standby arrangements, besides the $ 1.4 billion under the Compensatory Financing Facility in early 1991.

Indian Express explains the background and context of the united opposition by industry, non-profits and MPs to the provisions of the Act that they say will affect “public servants” and their families adversely, and damage

Share of Muslims in official 3.7 lakh ‘beggar’ population is disproportionately larger than the community’s share in country’s population, show Census data.

Procured by the Haryana government at a cost of about Rs 38 lakh, the system can issue a warning 30 seconds before a strong earthquake hits, and turn water and energy systems like electricity and

China has a history of troubled relations with the foreign media, a trait that India has managed to overcome in this century, despite its instinctual suspicion of foreign journalists.

What is the deal that India signed over a decade ago, chose to unilaterally scrap, and is as a result now being forced to defend itself in international Tribunals?