The Congress is clearly eyeing a pre-poll alliance with the TRS in Telangana and a post-poll alliance with the YSR Congress in Seemandhra. In this cyn

The latest report from the IPCC states in stronger language than ever before that human activity has set the earth on an irreversible path to climate

Civil society's limited victory in blocking the passage of two of the three Bills in Parliament perceived to be seeking to shield the political class

On a small band of freethinkers of the old Madras province who provoked anxiety and dread in missionary and religious circles.

The book brings out many unknown facts about an extraordinary peace researcher.

In a Haryana village, intolerant parents murder their daughter and behead the boy she eloped with for violating the gotra norm.

The Gujarat High Court stalls the Narendra Modi government’s plan to evict Sikh farmers who were invited to settle in Kutch to develop agriculture an

In 19th century Bombay, Parsis and Muslims fought each other on the streets on two separate occasions but eventually buried the hatchet and moved on.

Cuba commemorates the 15th year of incarceration in the United States of four of its five citizens who were unjustifiably sentenced to life on charges

Amin Gulgee, in his latest exhibition of sculpture and video art, has successfully innovated with the material of the past and also made a break from

Interview with Dylan Mohan Gray, director of the documentary film Fire in the Blood.

The civil war in Syria is causing a severe refugee crisis in the region, including in Lebanon. Financial assistance is imperative, but there is no su

A CBI special court convicts Lalu Prasad on the basis of circumstantial evidence. In the present economic environment, the corrupt politician-bureaucr

The Supreme Court upholds the right of the voter to reject in secrecy all the candidates in an election and be counted.

Interview with Union Minister Vayalar Ravi.

Interview with Sanjay Parikh, Supreme Court advocate.

A series of judicial verdicts in recent months bewilder the political parties but raise popular expectations of a polity free from corruption and crim

The Obama administration does a U-turn on Syria following resistance from Congress and diplomatic moves by President Valdimir Putin.

Interview with Subhash Kashyap, former Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha.

In three recent judgments, the Supreme Court echoes the broadly construed “public sentiment” in cleansing politics of its criminal elements.

Al Shabab, which is battling Kenyan troops inside Somalia, guns down 67 people inside an elite Nairobi mall in a “Mumbai-style” attack.

Interview with Nada Alwadi, a Bahraini journalist.

An Internet-based channel launched in Bangalore recently gives the gay community a much-needed discussion space.

It is clear that cartels are behind the periodic surge in onion prices, but the government has done little to curb them.