Government
AIADMK, TMC stay put as BJP annexes Assam and Kerala turns Left
19 May 2016
While the Congress Party is now routed in most states and the country is almost ‘Congress-mukt’, Narenra Modi’s BJP will find it more difficult to deal with regional outfits than the Congress
Rijiju trashes Pak objections to Indian map bill
18 May 2016
BJP to gain in Assam, trouble for AIADMK in TN, say exit polls
16 May 2016
In West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress led by chief minister Mamata Banerjee is predicted to be back to power with a convincing win over Left-Congress combine
HC stays JNU action against Kanhaiya, others
14 May 2016
Malegaon blasts: NIA drops charges against Sadhvi, 5 others
14 May 2016
In a major watering-down of earlier charges in the 2008 blasts case that claimed seven lives, key accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and five others have been let off, while the charges against others have been diluted
Jail term for criminal defamation to stay: SC
13 May 2016
The Supreme Court today dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that provide for a two-year jail term for criminal defamation
Power and telephony: how things have changed
11 May 2016
A generation ago, a visiting Japanese minister was flabbergasted when asked by his Indian counterpart (through the interpreter) how many tries it took him to get through to the telephone number he was dialling! Things have certainly changed since then, writes retired IAS officer Vivek Agnihotri
Power and telephony: how things have changed
11 May 2016
A generation ago, a visiting Japanese minister was flabbergasted when asked by his Indian counterpart (through the interpreter) how many tries it took him to get through to the telephone number he was dialling! Things have certainly changed since then, writes retired IAS officer Vivek Agnihotri
SC reinstates Harish Rawat as Uttarakhand chief minister
11 May 2016
The Supreme Court has declared Congress as winner in the floor test in the Uttarakhand assembly after it won the backing of 33 of the 61 eligible legislators, and allowed Harish Rawat to resume charge as chief minister
Congress confident after Uttarakhand trust vote
10 May 2016
While the official results will be declared by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the Congress appeared confident of having won the trust vote in the Uttarakhand assembly, with the BJP correspondingly downbeat
Uttarkahand rebels appeal to SC as HC says they can’t vote
09 May 2016
With the vote of confidence in the Uttarakhand assembly scheduled for Tuesday, the decision by the high court that the nine rebel Congress MLAs can’t vote should give an advantage to ousted chief minister Harish Rawat
Rajasthan erases Nehru from Class VIII textbook
09 May 2016
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