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The TMC spokesperson tried to make light of the matter by saying ‘it was a mistake of the research team’ and that it was ‘no big deal’.

The Delhi government has been impounding Uber and Ola cabs for ‘overcharging’, and has told the High Court that the operators are ‘unlicensed’ and ‘operating illegally’. SARAH HAFEEZ explains the licensing system for the capital’s

At the UNHQ in New York on Friday, 174 countries and the EU put signatures on the Paris Agreement on climate change that was negotiated in December 2015. AMITABH SINHA explains the significance of the

The Panama papers' revelations and the current drought and drinking water scarcity situation in several states would surely figure during the session.

CM Mamata Banerjee had included Nepali as one of the six "second official" languages of the state. However, till date Nepali is not offered as an optional subject in the West Bengal Civil Services Examination.

The Maoists had earlier demanded that the TRC be given powers to grant general amnesty had been turned down by the Supreme Court.

President Xi is now the commander-in-chief of the joint battle command centre of the Central Military Commission.

With increasing longevity and the rise in the number of the elderly, it was clear that the pension scheme would leave a huge hole in the government’s coffers in the medium and long term.

While the Syrian conflict has been the major driver of the migration, people have been fleeing war, abuses and poverty in other countries as well.

Key observations made by the High Court while quashing President’s Rule in Uttarakhand

The lesson for smaller parties has been clear: either surrender or be sabotaged by the two Dravidian majors. This is not a new phenomenon.

The government’s initial submission to the Supreme Court was out of sync with the Culture Ministry’s frequent stress on Indian asmita or pride.

The Global Integrated Drought Monitoring and Prediction System (GIDMaPS) map shows large patches of dry areas in every continent, indicating droughts of varying severity.

To say there is no legal framework under which India can ask for the Kohinoor may not be correct.

The learned Solicitor General needs to read up on the 19th century history of the Sikhs and the British.

Ministry officials state that Haryana, from where the scheme was launched last year, has shown visible improvements in Sex Ratio at Birth.

There is no dearth of expert opinion supporting Maneka Gandhi on criminalising marital rape, but successive governments have chosen the path of least resistance by simply ignoring them.

Last week, both women deserted their long-held affiliations and joined another camp —- the Samajwadi Party.

NIA, which probed the serial bombings that killed at least 37 people on September 8, 2006, had disagreed with the conclusions of the investigations carried out by the Maharashtra ATS and the CBI before it.

Cumulative storage in India’s 91 biggest reservoirs is currently about half of their January levels. Maharashtra has drawn the most water the fastest, going from 30% of full capacity to 14% today.

New Delhi needs to be clear-eyed about just how little the international sanctions regime is actually worth before deciding how to respond.

Pandey is not the only accused in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case to be rehabilitated. Over the past two years, since the investigation hit a dead end, all the accused in the case

Soon after the June 2009 elections, the Congress and TMC alliance got 30 seats in the municipal polls in Siliguri, the Left only 17.

In Maharashtra, India’s most rapidly urbanising state, Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns report abysmal water supply data and poor water infrastructure.

No, the tiger is not out of the woods. If numbers presented ahead of last week’s global tiger meet in New Delhi showed minor gains due to better counting methods, they also revealed massive losses.