'Their role model is Iran: high control of the citizens by the State.''In Iran it is Islamic control; in India, it will be Hindutva control.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, Union......
'The bhadralok would have earlier baulked at the very idea of wearing a coloured dhoti; now, with Dr Banerjee wearing, it is quite likely to be the hot fashion item during Durga Puja next year,'......
Congress member Shashi Tharoor on Friday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party for using its “brute majority” in Lok Sabha to thwart his second attempt in three months to introduce a......
Both the Barack Obama administration and United States lawmakers on Capitol Hill have expressed concern over the Indian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a law that criminalises consensual......
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said that he was worried over 'the stories his Asian son-in-law has told him about racism in this country' but assured the foreign students, including......
The ban on liquor advertising is an example of policy hypocrisy at play, says Kanika Datta. Image: The betting ban is one element of this proclivity, but so are the restrictions on cigarette and......