Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat’s claim that Jharkhand had performed poorly in providing tap water connection to households under a central scheme has been criticised by the state...

Sir — According to Unicef, 2.9 million children in India missed out on the first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017 in spite of over 80 per cent immunization coverage. Measles can lea...

Seventeen leaders of the BJP’s Mizoram unit, including its former president Khawvelthanga Ralte, quit on Thursday, calling the Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre “fake” and “hopele...

Sir — There has been a sharp decline in the number of sparrows recently. Gone are the days when a sparrow flying into the house sent its residents rushing to switch off fans to avoid injuring the bi...

The BJP ceded five Lok Sabha constituencies it holds in Bihar to the Janata Dal (United) and one more to the Lok Janshakti Party as the National Democratic Alliance announced the final seat-sharing fo...

Former chief minister and AGP legislator Prafulla Kumar Mahanta on Thursday said he would not campaign for the party during the Lok Sabha polls to protest against its decision to ally with the BJP.Mah...

It’s finally time to call the bluff: the Union budget has become a completely meaningless — even misleading —exercise. Those of us who take either the pronouncements or the numbers mentioned on ...

The Supreme Court on Monday hinted it might refer to a Constitution bench the 10 per cent quota for the economically weak among the upper castes but refused to stay the government’s decision and the...

RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha is all set to move out of the NDA with his allies JDU, LJP and the BJP giving him the cold shoulder.According to sources in the NDA, the JDU and the BJP will contest 17 Lok...

Huge cutouts of Ravana, his brother Kumbhakarna and son Meghnad were burnt on Dussehra in Patna on Tuesday with traditional fanfare, but BJP leaders were conspicuous by their absence at the ceremony p...