SP, BSP worked on caste lines, BJP worked for all in UP: Amit ShahHe hit out at both the SP and the BSP, accusing the previous governments of "bua and bhatija" (Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav) of keeping Utta...
28 Feb, 2022, 05.14 PM IST
Jobless & polarised, Ayodhya’s Instagram generation seeks a way out for greener opportunitiesFor the young and first time voters growing up at the epicentre of Ram Janmabhoomi movement a degree is more important than the divine. Cov...
27 Feb, 2022, 08.38 PM IST
It would have been too Bollywood to have a Dalit hero: 'Article 15' director Anubhav SinhaThe movie has opened to protests by fringe organisations representing upper castes.
07 Jul, 2019, 01.49 PM IST
Why India has fewer working women compared to Nepal and BangladeshApart from parts of the Arab world, the female workforce is rising in around the world.
17 Sep, 2017, 04.44 PM IST
How Dakshayani Velayudhan broke the iron ceiling of caste to become the only Dalit woman in Constituent AssemblyDakshayani recalls in her manuscript one particular professor who refused to let her touch the lab equipment. She had to watch the experime...
15 Aug, 2017, 06.43 AM IST
Amit Shah meets Rajasthan BJP leaders, asks them to ensure strong mandate in next pollsHe asked them to establish direct contact with people across the state and from all sections of the society ahead of the assembly elections...
23 Jul, 2017, 10.00 PM IST
Indian youth is a strange mix of conservative and liberal attitudes: SurveyTo find what the Indian youth thinks, the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies along with a German political foundation conducted a...
23 Apr, 2017, 08.23 AM IST
Budget Session 2017: Here's the full text of President Pranab Mukherjee's speechThis year marks the Centenary year of Champaran Satyagraha, which gave a new direction to our freedom struggle and channelised janashakti i...
31 Jan, 2017, 01.04 PM IST
NHRC finds anganwadi food substandard in Kendrapara districtAn NHRC team had during field inspection detected the presence of insects in uncooked food grains earmarked for cooking food for children.
28 Jul, 2015, 06.28 PM IST
Egg-less meals at anganwadis? Madhya Pradesh's ban pitches nutrition against politicsThe only explanation for the egg ban is that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is a “strict vegetarian” and eggs are a “sentimental issu...
06 Jun, 2015, 10.56 AM IST
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
31 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on India's 68th Independence Day'This country has been built not by the rulers but by farmers, workers, mothers and sisters, youth, sages and saints, teachers, scientists ...
15 Aug, 2014, 05.36 PM IST
Vikram Seth slams BJP's views on homosexuality“It shows the depth of BJP’s ignorance,” says Seth, “and I am not surprised. This ignorance is endemic to BJP..."
17 Dec, 2013, 03.14 PM IST
- The agony of the hereditary turks
The young Abdullah's failure is testimony to the hollowness of the politics of youth iconography by political lineage.
09 Aug, 2010, 07.13 AM IST
- Social Sectors
As per the Human Development Reports (HDRs) published annually by the UNDP since 1991, India has consistently improved on the human develop...
26 Feb, 2005, 12.28 AM IST
- The Common Minimum Programme: the complete document
Here is the text of the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance released here on Thursday:
27 May, 2004, 06.35 PM IST