In the early years of Indian Independence, there was no precise environmental policy. The Constitution of India had a few provisions regarding the environment, though the word “environment” was not ...

Six or seven centuries ago, in a very different India, scholars were grappling with a very familiar question — the history of the Dravidian languages. It was a politically loaded subject back then, ...

The Monsoon Session that drew to a close on Thursday was the first held after students’ protests convulsed a nation and forced a Union minister’s resignation. The heavy-handed police crackdown on ...

Why does eating dinner late at night often lead to a higher blood sugar spike than eating the same meal earlier in the evening? This is what we asked an expert, and we were told that our body’s ...

The land acquisition process for the expansion of the Aerotropolis project by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority has entered its final stage, with authorities moving ahead to acquire nearly ...

When Professor Sumit Sarkar began a lecture at Delhi University, the room would be packed and, one former student recalls, there would be “pin drop silence”. He spoke softly, calmly and without ...

Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary has announced financial assistance and a government job for a member of the family of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari, who was killed in a police encounter in Bhojpur ...

In a stinging assessment of the prosecution case, the Madhya Pradesh High Court Thursday set aside the conviction of eight persons in a 1998 teacher recruitment ‘scam’, holding that the case was ...

Three persons were detained within 24 hours in connection with the shooting of a 45-year-old man serving a life sentence in Sanganer Open Prison, with police suspecting the killing was carried out in ...

In a rare and extraordinary instance, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has ordered the appointment of a special public prosecutor exclusively for one case. J&K’s Home Department on ...

Students pursuing a postgraduate degree in History at Delhi University (DU) no longer have the option of choosing a course on the Delhi Sultanate, which examines how the medieval state was formed, how ...

As the Jammu & Kashmir Forest Department has issued fresh eviction notices to forest dwellers in the Valley, J&K’s Forests and Tribal Affairs Minister Javed Rana has directed a review of all cases ...