Education turns core poll issue in TN, can break AIADMK-BJP ties

Higher education policy may be at the core of the Tamil Nadu assembly polls next May, with a potential to break the ties between the ruling AIADMK in the state and the BJP counterpart at the......

JNU fees hike: Why the students are so angry

'Once our voices are crushed, they can bring in an agenda of privatisation.'Ritwik Sharma reports. IMAGE: Jawaharlal Nehru University students clash with police during a protest against the......

JNU cuts hostel fee hike partially for some BPL students

Agitating students dubbed the move as an 'eyewash' and decided to continue with the strike. IMAGE: Jawaharlal Nehru University students clash with police during a protest against the......

Karpoori Thakur and the power of street politics

'Karpoori Thakur must be remembered by people today who are tired of witnessing fractious politics where corruption, bigotry, hatred and violence seems to have become distressingly recurrent,' says......

Chidambaram's Budget speech

Speech of P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance PART A Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2005-06. 2. Last year, while presenting the Budget, I had suggested that the vote in......

Kashmir's women cricketers pitch for equality -- in burqas and hijabs

IMAGE: Insha wants to live independent and without any fear. Photograph: PTI Her hijab firmly in place, she slings her bat across her shoulders and rides her Scooty to college and practice,......

Public, private sectors must encourage future Olympians

T Thomas writes that the governments-- central and states -- should, along with the Private sector, work towards supporting and grooming young sporting talent in an effort to increase medals tally......