Election Commission bars Mamata from campaigning for 24 hours, cites violations of model code, the IPC and the RPA; Mamata to sit in dharna in Kolkata
BMC launches a project to restore Khotachiwadi, Mumbai’s 200-year-old heritage enclave with colonial and Portuguese legacies
Faced with rapidly rising number of COVID-19 infections, Telangana government sends SOS to Centre for 30 lakh doses of vaccine
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy cancels visit to Tirupati for Lok Sabha byelection campaign as COVID cases increase
A pot of treasure unearthed in a Telangana village most likely from the 1940s and not the Kakatiya era (12-14th century) as earlier believed
BJP’s Dilip Ghosh warns of more ‘Sitalkuchi cases’ while Amit Shah and Mamata continue to exchange barbs as political discourse in West Bengal hits a new low
Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s daughter Sharmila announces her political entry in Telangana, to launch her party in July
Four killed in firing by Central Armed Police Forces in Bengal's Cooch Behar district during polling, Mamata blames Home Minister Amit Shah
State statistics State of progress RAMESH CHAKRAPANI Statistics on the macroeconomic progress of States show that while progress has been ...
Women in politics Women power? RAMESH CHAKRAPANI Women continue to be grossly under-represented in Parliament and the State Assemblies and ...
Productive inmates Productive in prison RAMESH CHAKRAPANI Indian prisoners are producing goods of considerable value, earning the state handsome ...
State of Dalits Dalit nation RAMESH CHAKRAPANI The findings of Census 2011 provide remarkable insight into the lives of Dalits across the ...
Beef exports Rising stakes RAMESH CHAKRAPANI India’s meat exports, which bring in significant revenue every year, have been on an ...
Noodles Noodle watch RAMESH CHAKRAPANI Countrywide probes into the presence of contaminants and flavour enhancers in various ...
Suicide Extreme step RAMESH CHAKRAPANI Suicide rates remain high in India and the latest set of numbers throws up several ...
Education of girls Girls in school, a report card RAMESH CHAKRAPANI A report card on India’s progress in achieving gender parity in the area of girl child ...
IAS officer shortage The IAS today R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN. The factors afflicting the Indian Administrative Service are many, but little is done to ...
Death penalty The death penalty R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN Many countries, including India, use it to tackle real or perceived threats.
Road accidents Death on roads R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN Deaths on roads continue to account for the majority of fatalities caused by accidents, ...
Crime data Rape and the Indian record DOES 1,255.3 per cent sound like a ridiculous statistic that a committed non-governmental ...
Senior citizens State of the elderly On India’s growing population of the aged and the mounting pressures on various ...
Data Card Missile power The success of the canister-launched flight trial of Agni-V reaffirms India’s status as a ...
Data Card Global slavery THE Global Slavery Index 2014 estimates that 35.8 million people, including children, are ...
Data Card LPG subsidy transfer RICHA MISHRA It is a long haul ahead for the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG scheme, aimed at giving ...
Indian Prisons State of Indian prisons Judicial delays are among the main reasons for the overcrowding in Indian prisons, where ...
Data Card Towards nuclear self-reliance T.S. SUBRAMANIAN The 50th year of the Indian nuclear fuel reprocessing programme underlines India’s mastery ...
Data Card New emissions target S. GOPIKRISHNA WARRIER While the E.U, the U.S. and China have announced their new emission reduction targets with ...
Datacard Coal block auction RICHA MISHRA Having opted for the e-auction route following the de-allocation of coal blocks, the ...
Data Card India and space T.S. SUBRAMANIAN After the Mars orbiter underlines India’s self-reliance in its space programme, now its ...
Data Card Climate change and insurance S. Gopikrishna Warrier Low insurance penetration in India is the key reason why loss of life and property on ...
Data Card Disasters and displacement R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN The growing global phenomenon of displacement caused by natural disasters is aggravated by ...
Nuclear power India’s nuclear power T.S. SUBRAMANIAN While the performance of India’s nuclear power reactors offers plenty of reasons to cheer, ...
