Opinion

The SC order is very comprehensive, reasoned and also consistent with its previous orders on the similar issue.

Almost 74 paise of every rupee the government earns come from taxes and a shortfall here burns a big hole in the country’s finances.

A part of the Base Camp next to Snout of the Siachen glacier, which tourists would like to visit, was moved back due to enemy shelling and has limited army infrastructure.

For a very long time after the robbery was committed, the cops did not know Damayanti Ben was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s niece.

Swadeshi is someone who lives in a globalised economy but only on conditions that favour India, the RSS chief said, while he also declared that there is no need to worry about a financial downturn.

Sonia Gandhi had taken over in challenging circumstances in 1998 but with the Congress having lost two successive Lok Sabha polls, she faces an even tougher task.

At the heart of our current, and past, economic troubles is the conceit and smugness of the anointed few.

Having positioned the DMK on a strong ideological collision course with the Centre, Stalin has left little room for himself to manoeuvre with the BJP.

Deporting millions of people to a country that does not accept them as their own may not be an option now. The work permit system in such an instance can be susceptible to serious design flaws and legal uncertainty.

The excluded number notwithstanding, what is most certain is that the NRC could have been compiled in a more efficient manner with greater preparedness by the government.

If Congress is to survive, it must take hard decisions, the first of which is to elect a leader who is not a family sycophant. The second is to come to terms with the current political scenario and adjust the party's semantics accordingly.

One of the few things business could be happy about is the reduction in the tax rate to 25 per cent for companies with annual turnover up to Rs 400 crore.

For more than a year now, the church has been faced with a rebellion against its head — appointed by the Vatican — Cardinal Mar Alencherry who is accused of having pulled off some dubious land deals in Ernakulam.

Along with the arrival of poll tacticians, the increasing use of technology has changed how election strategies are now formulated and campaigns planned and implemented.

Changing age-old views, suspicions, perceptions, and prejudices in our society is a formidable task and definitely not something which Mayawati or Akhilesh Yadav could do away with in a few months.

A team of singers from the SP camp has composed musical satires against the self-proclaimed folk music champion, Dinesh Lal Yadav, who is the BJP candidate from Azamgargh.