Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to the country on Monday to empower women, fight corruption and stay united might reflect noble objectives but his record suggests a credibility crisis, par...

Stopping the ascendancy of Hindutva will necessitate looking beyond neo-liberalism, with the broadest possible unity of non-BJP political parties around the twin agendas of restoration of democracy an...

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday tore into the ruling BJP at the Centre over the freebies debate, alleging it was "insulting" to dub welfare schemes as freebies. Rao, ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday alleged that a "self-obsessed" government is hell-bent on "trivialising" the sacrifices of freedom fighters and the party will strongly op...

The TV anchor onscreen gleefully informed us: “Crores of flags have been sold.” The 75th year of Indian Independence will be celebrated in style. The flags need not be hand-spun khadi any ...

The Congress on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of looking to use the traumatic experience of Partition as “fodder” for his current political battles that are sustained by fuel...

The conspicuous absence of several distinguished luminaries of the Independence movements such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad from a collage of freedom fighters th...

The Meghalaya government has directed its employees against airing their views in the press or social media, which are critical of any of its “recent” policy or action. Non-complianc...

A nine-year-old Dalit boy who died after allegedly being thrashed by his school teacher in Rajasthan's Jalore district was cremated on Sunday, amid tension at his village where some "outsider...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday lashed out at the BJP-led Centre, questioning the reason behind the CBI arrest of TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, who is known to enjoy her trust. Mam...