Opinion - Page 913

In 2006-07, India approved the construction of 73 strategic roads along the Sino-Indian border, but 82 percent of these - scheduled to be ready by...

It is an axiomatic truth that higher the usage of science and technology by communities, higher will be the quality of life. Higher the practice of...

The Centre has recently launched the much-awaited Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in a bid to offer affordable houses to the urban poor in Indian...

Residents of Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir are keeping a close watch on the Jhelum after the administration sounded a flood alert on Wednesday...

Conflicting signals, with security connotations for India, are emerging from Bangladesh. The Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence of Ali...

At a press conference in Indore on 18 May 2013, I was asked a few questions about Indian Premier League (IPL) and Board of Control for Cricket in...

Speaking truth to power was likely a phrase coined by the civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. In modern times speaking truth to power has become a...

With the personal attention he has paid to foreign policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lifted bilateral engagement to an entirely different level...

“There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities, but the issues need to be considered together. From the urban design and...

It is very easy to do business with a hundred thousand dollars in one’s kitty. The climb to the top, however, becomes impossibly steep if you have to...

Sanitation in Jammu and Kashmir is among the worst in India, with more than 54% of more than 1.2 million households without toilets and the 2014-15...

This is a bad season for NGOs. Two weeks ago, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a Bill allowing foreign NGOs to be banned on grounds of national...