The Bench also allows on an experimental basis parking of cars carrying pilgrims at Chakkupallam-II and Hilltop in a regulated manner

They want the the Joint Director of Health Services, who placed the doctor under suspension following protest by the family members and relatives alleging medical negligence, to withdraw the order

The staff body accuses Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms of failing to follow the norms for its own department, and of violating transfer policy norms prevailing in the government for more than 15 years in the matters of transfer, promotion, recruitment rules, regularisation of services, of an estimated 3,000 ministerial employees

Notes from a tour of Georgia and Azerbaijan

There was a time when family matters, current affairs and even jokes came in envelopes

The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill could be the first step in revamping the architecture and the processes involved

Energy cooperation and defence ties are just some of the possibilities that exist to strengthen a stagnating partnership

In the expansion plans at Chennai airport and the greenfield project at Parandur, there are runway safety issues that cannot be brushed aside

The Taliban are not the first to turn Islamic liberalism on its head

If we are to address the worst excesses of India’s corporate culture, some form of regulation seems unavoidable

Andhra Pradesh shifts focus from ‘ease’ to ‘speed’ of doing business

The LDP’s loss of majority in Japan could have implications for the world 

There can be no further delay in restoring Statehood for Jammu and Kashmir

‘Didi evocatively narrated her designs as stories as she drew. By living her ideals in day-to-day life, she introduced me to an elegantly simple lifestyle,’ says Didi’s student Lakshmi Swaminathan

In this freewheeling conversation, Stefanova talks about becoming Bulgaria’s first chess World champion, why she continues to play competitively, the role of family support in the success of Indian chess and what compelled her to enter politics 

In a conversation with Manoj Jarange Patil, in his village ‘Antrawali Sarati’, which became the epicentre of Maratha agitation, he again blamed the home minister as a mastermind behind not giving reservation. “No matter who makes the government, we will keep fighting till reservation is granted”, he said. 

India’s carbon credit mechanism needs to be aligned with international and domestic realities if it is to be effective