Opinion

Considering how governments have handed forests to destructive industries, why don't these wildlife-first organisations demand the eviction of the Forest Departments from forest lands?

Seventy-two years later, hawks on both sides of the border should reflect upon Sardar Patel’s reported offer to barter Kashmir for Hyderabad and Liyaqat Ali’s choice of words for Kashmir as 'mountain rocks'.

It is also time to do some tough talk with China. Beijing can’t keep making billions from the Indian market and spend it on fortifying Pakistan while turning a blind eye to its activities.

The Telangana election result makes Chandrababu Naidu a weaker force and gives the Congress an upper hand while dealing with him.

Here are the facts: On 7 November 1966, thousands of gau rakshaks, with sadhus and other religious leaders among them, marched towards Parliament demanding a law banning cow slaughter across the country.

As part of the move, the BJP is trying to get senior leaders, who either left the BJD on their own or were thrown out by the party supremo, together for formation of a regional party to take on the BJD.

Ram Manohar Lohia was the first leader to recognise the aspirations of the backward castes. Karpuri Thakur carried forward the flame. But Mandal Commission was the real turning point.

While, the benefits of DNA databases to solve and prevent crime are obvious, some may oppose DNA databases due to privacy concerns. Privacy is an important issue that we should all cherish and consider when developing DNA databases.

The way Rahul Gandhi carried himself and his speech on no-confidence motion was nothing more than a C-Grade Bollywood movie which tends to have all the ‘masala’ without any substance.

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation for the month of June was at a near three-year high of 5.77% against 4.43% in May this year and 0.9% in June 2017.

How will the US establishment come to terms with the fact that for the better part of the 21st century, India will be the larger economic partner? More importantly, has Delhi realised the potential and consequences of this shift?

RIL has been subtly changing its earnings profile by focusing on the new-age consumer facing businesses and how. So from a mere 2% of margins of RIL coming from these consumer businesses till year before last, their contribution within just one year shot...

The essence of the Wednesday’s judgment is that the Supreme Court judges have counseled the Lieutenant Governor and the Council of Ministers to work in harmony rather than at cross-purposes.

With the Rashtrapati Bhavan raising strong objections to the indecent behaviour, it’s not illogical to think that President Ram Nath Kovind’s social background as a Dalit could be the possible reason of this nasty incident.

Today after being dumped by the BJP she faces the immediate challenge of keeping her flock together and finding a way around to woo the voters in her once stronghold.

Sudarshan was shaken by the Nobel committee's decision to not consider his important contributions even though others were awarded based on the ideas developed using his findings.