Opinion - Page 1321

Elections to Assam’s premier civic body, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), were held on 19 June. The results were declared this Monday. The...

A nation’s education system is deemed to be one of the most vital pillars of a strong societal structure and is equally responsible for economic...

More than 20 tents are spread across the sprawling grounds of Bikash Bhavan at Ladri Joshala of Uttarkashi district. Ramesh Singh Rana, 38, and his 12...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seems to be making news for all the wrong reasons. Where it fails to conduct a proper investigation it...

Looking at Indian political scenario nowadays, one has to wonder in what direction it is heading. An unstable India could be the worst thing to happen...

The tragedy of Uttarakhand is attracting the wrath of environmentalists who are blaming the government for this natural calamity which resulted in the...

The growing irrelevance of G-8 in a world so vastly different from the ‘cold war’ days of mid-1970s – when it was launched, on France’s initiative, as...

COULD SHARAD YADAV BE FACE OF NDA 2014?Come 2014 and Sharad Yadav might be the prime minister of India. If need be the BJP can split the JD(U) and...

In a dark and dingy room, the only thing visible is the blue flickering light from a television set as a dozen-odd boys, teens and below, watch with...

News about the floods in Uttarakhand revive memories of my trip to the Valley of flowers last year. I am glad I could make it then, for this year this...

Conditions for Indian and Pakistani prisoners held in various jails have not improved, although both countries seem to be taking more interest in the...

The extent of the Himalayan tsunami is still unfolding as I write. It is clear that we do not know how many people are still trapped under rubble; cut...