Aam Aadmi Party manifesto promises free water, electricity

Will the party, that makes its debut in this assembly elections, be able to live up to the promises?

Protestors clash with cops outside Punjab CM’s house over MGNREGA, commons land

Bhagwant Mann was away in Gujarat, campaigning for the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the state legislative assembly elections

Delhi’s dilemma

Why statehood is no answer to the city’s pollution mess

Why AAP’s subsidies mean increased cost of living for me

Rich house owners, the urban minority, will benefit from AAP's power and water subsidies and they will certainly not pass on this benefit to the …

Aam aadmi: many promises to keep

There is a new electoral mind embedded deep in the social layers of Delhi that city’s politics cannot ignore anymore

The Bhopal in us

As a society we have never felt the venom of methyl isocyanate and other toxic gases like the Bhopal victims

Mattewara: Why Punjab needs this ancient forest near its largest city and river

The Punjab government should build industrial parks for the state’s economic development but not at the cost of its precious natural resources

Mattewara forest project raises hackles in Punjab

The Mattewara project envisions the construction of an industrial park and textile units at the location, which is termed by some to be the …

AAP makes Lok Sabha debut in Punjab

Seasoned politicians defeated by aam aadmis

Punjab shamlat lands: We will give land for housing, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal tells DTE

Punjab reserves 33 per cent of cultivable shamlat land for Dalit households, who can lease it for a year through competitive bidding. In reality, …

Who will take onus of clearing Delhi’s landfills? SC asks LG

The SC blasted the Lieutenant Governor as neither he nor the civic bodies are ready to take the responsibility for the city’s poor garbage …

Dengue outbreak: Infighting between Delhi government and municipal corporation blamed

According to the Delhi government, till now 4,769 dengue cases have been recorded in the national capital

AAP government announces free water, cheap electricity for Delhi residents

But conditions apply. Households consuming more than 20,000 litres water or 400 units of power will have to pay fulll charges

Election 2014: AAP loses Bhavnagar, fight against nuclear plant gets tougher

BJP, which wants the country to generate more and more nuclear power, has won the seat

Environmental activists as politicians

Delhi set to centralise drug and equipment procurement

The move will help government to regulate the drug prices by ensuring their availability

Why 700 litres free water daily may remain a far cry for Delhi

Arvind Kejriwal has kept his promise to Delhi by announcing the supply of 20 kilolitres a month (almost 700 litres a day) of free water for city …

'We will work to free Delhi of pollution and improve civic amenities'

After a fortnight of uncertainty that followed assembly-election results in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party is finally set to form the government. …

Delhi turns gas chamber again but AAP government in Punjab gives hope

New agricultural practices and technologies can be adopted for high yield with comparatively less stubble

A series of cartoons by our graphic editor

Air pollution: CSE releases agenda for Aam Aadmi Party government

Delhi cannot face another winter as severely polluted as this, says the non-profit

Village protesting Kundankulam bans poll campaigning by any party

S P Udayakumar, coordinator of Peoples’ Movement Against Nuclear Energy, has been spearheading protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear …

Will Bihar’s new CM uplift the Musahars?

Jitan Ram Manjhi is from the Mahadalit community that has been excluded from development till date

Uttarakhand disaster robs Congress of all seats in state

In February this year, the UPA had replaced Vijay Bahuguna with Harish Rawat as chief minister of the state

Lessons Delhi could learn from Beijing to clean up its air act

Delhi's bad air woes are worsened by an unresponsive media, unaware people and a government that does not seem to care