Opinion - Page 686

At 65, Mohammad Abed Ali leads too busy a life to find time for his family. The small-time farmer from Haridevpur village in Bangladesh’s Rangpur...

Last week was exceptional. For the first time one saw a hole in the iron wall of protection the bureaucracy has been accorded in this country. A...

The more things change, the more they remain the same. This truism can be aptly applied to the working of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)...

As the heat and dust of the elongated elections settle down, the essential task of governance begins. The promises of the contending parties and the...

Till now (phase 8) over 40 crore electors of the country’s 16th general elections have voted. Total number of Parliamentary seats voted has been 502....

Meem Afzal is a Congress spokesperson. He told a TV news channel how relieved he was that the election campaign was over. ‘At least now, our ears will...

Nation eagerly awaits the conclusion of the final phase of the polls and thereafter the announcement of the results four days later. Already the...

It is the last week of March, busiest time of the year for the farmers of Ratnagiri, producers of the world-famous Alphonso mango. But the silence...

The media has reported the latest judgment of the Supreme Court (Constitution bench of five judges) striking down a provision of the law that governs...

WHEN one thinks of invasions, names of kings and rulers from history come to mind. Names of plants like Prosopis juliflora, Lantana camara and...

Suddenly Lalu Prasad has started getting peppery towards journalists; his arch-rival Nitish Kumar, on the other hand, is heard quoting the statement...

It is the worst case of decision paralysis by authorities, including judiciary, to deal with Delhi’s daredevil Discoms – the city-state’s private...