A state government scheme to pay for hospital treatment of the poor has led to an organ racket, with many…

The third State Finance Commission today recommended that the state provide Rs 2,641.35 crore grant to panchayati raj institutions and…

MOLASUR, INDIA — It was Pongal a couple weeks ago, the Tamil harvest festival, and villages around here were alive…

Earthquakes were the deadliest natural disasters in the past decade, accounting for 60 per cent of deaths caused by such…

Satish Shetty’s murder raises some critical issues. Before everyone forgets him, can we learn some lessons and put such systems…

At a time when other countries are cutting down ethanol admixing with vehicular fuel due to tightening supplies of alcohol,…

While Punjab remains, in popular perception, the land of plenty, a group of economists at Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) has…

Violence in West Bengal’s western districts has reached crisis proportions. Each day, one or more cadre member or sympathizer of…

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday trained its guns on the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for demolishing hundreds of…

With a large number of people living on subsistence level of income, the government has to safeguard their interest by…

India’s annual food inflation based on wholesale prices rose to 17.4% for the week ended January 16 from 16.81% the…

It is equally practised among Dalits, says survey carried out in 1,589 villages  98 forms of untouchability practised by caste…

Civil society organisations have demanded the speedy passage and implementation of the proposed National Health Bill, 2009, but with certain…

A survey of the Supreme Court’s docket finds a court overwhelmed by petitions from those with money and resources.  THE…

In an attempt to control the rising prices of rice and wheat, the State Government has decided to sell them…