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A view of the secondary school and the anganwadi at Navegaon.

Model move

The successful resettlement of tribal communities from a village in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve offers important lessons for other States.

Pendrum Asubai, seen here along with other women of Mysampet. She has been hearing about relocation from 2012, when she moved here.

Waiting for a new home

In a rare situation, bureaucratic delays are hampering the relocation of willing communities from five tribal villages in the Kawal Tiger Reserve in

Kunal Shankar ,S. Harpal Singh

Questions over a sale

The planned privatisation of the Dredging Corporation of India, a strategic asset, apparently ignores the security risks involved.

Jagtial (Telangana): Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao inspecting the reverse lift from Kaleshwaram to SRSP at Rampur village in Mallapur mandal of Jagtial district on Friday. Photo: By arrangement

Punching above its weight

Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s idea of a third front raises questions about his new-found national ambitions at a time when his own fledgling

‘BJP not interested in resolving the issues’

Interview with Sujana Chowdary, TDP MP.

‘We will exceed what YSR was able to achieve’

Interview with Yerram Venkata Subba Reddy, YSRCP MP.

VIJAYAWADA, ANDHRA PRADESH, 08/03/2018:
Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu delivering the budget speech in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Photo: Ch.Vijaya Bhaskar

Falling apart

Andhra Pradesh faces a year of political uncertainty as the Telugu Desam Party severs its ties with the BJP and a united opposition, led by the YSRCP,

iNew Delhi: TDP MP's stage a protest at Parliament House demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh during the second phase of the budget session in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Photo by Kamal Singh(PTI3_9_2018_000067A)

A warning shot from Andhra

Chandrababu Naidu’s attempt at brinkmanship by withdrawing his Ministers from the Union Cabinet is a signal to the BJP not to take regional parties li

Anatomy of a land grab

A close scrutiny of documents reveals a pattern of circumvention of procedures at every stage to favour the setting up of the Kakinada Special Economi

Message from Hyderabad

Union election results at the Hyderabad Central University confirm the growing disenchantment with right-wing forces among students.

A Rohingya Muslim girl Yasmin Ara stands in front of her shanty at a camp for refugees in Hyderabad, Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. India's government said Monday that it has evidence there are extremists who pose a threat to the country's security among the Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar and settled in many Indian cities. India's Supreme Court was hearing a petition filed on behalf of two Rohingya refugees challenging a government decision to deport the ethnic group from India. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Victims twice over

Hyderabad has the largest Rohingya settlement in the country after Jammu, with 4,000 refugees living in 17 camps. Driven out of their own country and

HYDERABAD: TELANGANA: 01/10/2017: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, director of the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, at his residence in Hyderabad on Sunday. Photo: G. Ramakrishna

‘Maybe they wanted it to be a mob lynching’

Interview with Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, writer and political observer.