Opinion

Another approach to improving citizen engagement could be through community platforms like Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and gram sabhas. The Poshan Abhiyaan intends to do this, but lacks how these platforms reinforce accountability.

Be it taking credit for the victory in Lok Sabha polls, share in the Union ministry, amendment in Article 370, uniform civil code, NRC or Ram temple at Ayodhya, BJP and JD(U) have been at loggerheads but still talk about fighting the crucial assembly pol...

It was significant that not only did Muhammad Ali Jinnah pay lavish tributes to Gandhi, but the Pakistan parliament also showered praise on the Mahatma.

There is a huge untapped global and domestic market for Indian fruits which can become a jackpot for our farmers if we focus on agroforestry for the next few years.

Nitish Kumar is trying to make a ‘considered’ foray into Jharkhand with a careful game plan as the opposition parties, including the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), are in complete disarray.

The move could stump political opponents and swell up the party’s ground support among the large youth population across India.

People, cutting across religious and ethnic lines, supported the NRC in Assam hoping it would solve the vexed issue of immigration once and for all. But now that the results are out, dissatisfaction has already set in.

Despite giving up the Congress president’s post, rivals continue to lambaste him as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s primary political rival while many party colleagues appear uncertain about the extent of his authority

It is as though the entire system conspired against the aam aadmi to siphon off their life savings without providing the proverbial roof over the head.

Has Mr Modi changed or has Mr Kejriwal reconciled with the political situation? In my opinion it’s a mix of both, writes Ashutosh.

Another crucial task for the agency will be the framing of a long-term policy for the security of defence networks, which includes weaning the Indian military away from its current reliance on foreign hardware and software.

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is working to encourage original research in universities, IITs and research institutes. He recently held a meeting with directors of various universities and asked them to come up with a plan for new people-centric researches.

The former prime minister is out of Parliament for the first time since 1991 but there is a strong possibility that the good doctor may find himself in the upper house for the sixth time with the support of the DMK.

The policy has acknowledged the need for higher investment in education and rightly envisioned that to reap maximum benefits from this investment; financing should be largely from public sources.

The Sasaram Lok Sabha seat, which goes to polls in the seventh phase on May 19, has been synonymous with Jagjivan Ram, the former deputy Prime Minister who won from this constituency for a record eight successive terms from 1952 to 1984.

If the Purvanchal voters in the absence of any pro-AAP sentiments decide to take early summer vacations, given the marriage season, the ruling party in Delhi could be left licking its wounds.