Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code was introduced in the year 1983 to protect married women from being subjected to cruelty by the husband or his...

Each time a new government assumes office at the Centre, the office of governors lands into controversy. The appointment, removal dons great...

The Constitution  (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21-A in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education to...

The gang rape and brutal assault which resulted in the death of the paramedical student in the capital city on 16 December 2012 shook the conscience...

Hindus believe in millions of female gods. Every year more than 15 million pilgrims visit Vaishno Devi, the goddess of Shakti. People from west think...

The arrest of Aseem Trivedi, a cartoonist from Kanpur, by the Mumbai police and his remand to police custody for seven days by the Bandra court on...

Though we have just commemorated 66 years of India’s independence, we find that, in a nation comprising of 1,200 million Indians, more than 60 per...

The year 1947 is remembered for two events that occurred in India. That was the year when India achieved its independence from the British and that...

By Vibha VarshneyWhen researchers in South Africa put Global Positioning System (GPS) collars on 14 female African elephants in Kruger national park...

Mahatma Gandhi started the khadi movement aimed at boycotting foreign goods and promoting Indian goods, thereby improving India's economy. Gandhi...

The second innings of the UPA government at the Centre is turning into a disaster by each passing day. The government is riddled with scams that...

The recent elections to State Assembly in Uttar Pradesh saw the emergence of Akhilesh Yadav. After an unceremonial exit of Amar Singh from the...