Is The Congress Doomed?

The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and have more boots on the ground.Just offering freebies is not the answer anymore, argues Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: A......

'In India, A Child Goes Missing Every 8 Minutes'

'The pandemic had a significant impact on child trafficking.''With economic hardships, traffickers exploited the situation to target desperate parents and children.' Illustrations: Dominic......

'Demand for sex trafficking is everywhere'

'Children should be told that if they receive porn on their phones they should inform their parents or teachers who should in turn contact cyber crime.' IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has only......

SC to examine what prevails in case of conflict, personal law or Act of Parliament?

When there is a conflict between the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and the Mohammedan law that allows a Muslim girl to marry on attaining puberty at the age of 15, which will hold the field?......

Why Amit Mitra is important to Mamata

No longer Bengal's finance minister, Amit Mitra, Mamata's principal chief advisor, will still advise and aid the 'chief minister and finance department on all matters relating to management of......

Gujarat model of development: More hype than substance

The Vibrant Gujarat summit in 2013, under Chief Minister Narendra Modi's watch. With facts and figures, the CAG report has highlighted how Gujarat was far from a role model for states across......

Make IT procedures people-friendly: Opp

The Opposition on Thursday sought changes in the present income tax procedures to make it people-friendly and said it would help check tax evasion. Participating in the resumed debate on the......

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's speech

Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......