'The BJP is not as mighty a political force in Odisha as it is made out to be.' Arup Patnaik, the former Mumbai police commissioner, will take on the Bharatiya Janata Party's Dr Sambit......
Diganta Moran does not have the right to purchase land in Arunachal Pradesh where he was born and brought up, but he has the right to vote. IMAGE: Artists perform during the 'Lekang Solung......
Residents of a village in Kapu assembly segment of Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha constituency have decided to boycott the upcoming election, in protest against the poor civic amenities there.......
If we as citizens, do not take ownership of public places, public facilities and public conveniences, Swachh Bharat will remain just a hollow slogan, notes Biswajit Dasgupta. Kindly note the image......
Elections are not won or lost by expounding on such macro-economic matters. For the aam admi, what matters in manifestos are promises that will improve their quality of life, notes Vinayak......
Kerala on Monday became the first state to adopt a water budget in a bid to come up with a solution to water scarcity in certain regions there. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters The first phase of......
India has a huge untapped population which doesn’t have facilities for financial aid and insurance, and it is perhaps plausible to look at the option of having niche players catering to......
There has been a 45 per cent growth in ‘active internet users' in rural India since 2019, according a study by Nielsen, a global company for audience measurement, data and analytics.......
It has been over two decades since the cabinet cleared the BharatNet project, earlier known as National Optical Fibre Network. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters However, progress of the......
The temptation to get into businesses that are hot is perhaps too great for any politician, no matter what his public slogans are.Nehru plunged into hot sectors of his time -- engineering and iron......
SCORECARD IMAGE: South Africa’s Allahudien Paleker, who was elevated to the ICC panel of umpires in 2017, has roots in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district. Photograph: Cricket South......