Migration crisis wasn’t handled well by Nitish government: Shaibal Gupta
Shaibal Gupta, social scientist at Asian Development Research Institute, spoke to DTE on Bihar polls and its national importance
Rajasthan faces farmers' ire for arresting their leaders ahead of indefinite protest
The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee says that the state government arrested farmer leaders on Tuesday to preempt an …
West Bengal staring at COVID-19 spike by end of election season, warn experts
Kolkata and North 24 Parganas worst-hit in ongoing surge of infections
Interim Budget 2019: Renewable energy plans on hold till full budget
Lots of hints dropped but no concrete proposal
A series of cartoons by our graphic editor
BJP parliamentarians back out of Monsanto-sponsored US tour
The delegation was to leave for the US on Saturday, according to media reports
Indian political parties must prioritise climate change on their manifestos
This would help in mitigating the impacts of climate change and ensure that the country is on a sustainable and resilient path towards a better future
Forest Rights Act to cast its shadow on polling in Himachal Pradesh
A large section of people in the hill state are united in their stand to boycott the elections as successive governments have failed to implement FRA
Andaman & Nicobar wants to take a reverse gear on oil palm
Sixteen years after the Supreme Court banned monoculture plantations in the islands' fragile ecosystem, the administration wants it revoked
West Bengal polls: What’s in it for Adivasis and forest dwellers?
For political parties, tribal votes matter more than including tribal concerns in their political agenda.
Budget biased towards Andhra, fumes Telangana
Country’s newest state gets a horticulture university and a Debt Recovery Tribunal while Andhra gets an IIT, AIIMS, 20 industrial clusters …
How companies got their way on biodiversity
Amendments to the Biodiversity Act let companies off the hook on having to share the benefits of using biological resources
What led to UPA’s downfall in Maharashtra
Besides high profile scams that dented the image of the Congress-NCP alliance, their government failed to reach welfare benefits to the poor and …
2024 Lok Sabha polls: With almost 50% electorate, women voters to drive elections this year
In recent times, women-based welfare schemes have played a major role in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh polls
Environmental issues figured nowhere in Uttarakhand elections
Around 170 hydropower and a number of sand mining projects in the pipeline or underway
Centre orders fresh EIA for Aranmula airport project
National Green Tribunal had earlier cancelled the environmental clearance given to the project after pointing out flaws in the EIA study
Jharkhand Assembly adjourned for lack of quorum
MLAs protest non-release of development funds
Will the mining stalemate affect Lok Sabha polls in Goa?
The mining industry’s poorest stakeholders, who comprise a sizeable population of Goa, have been rendered jobless by a state dragging its …
Maharashtra government dismisses 166 ‘corrupt’ agricultural market committees
Agricultural markets have turned into centres of political power, say farmers’ organisations
Maharashtra government's ATR on irrigation scam omits naming Ajit Pawar
Opposition threatens legal action unless deputy chief minister is punished
Ministries battle over applicability of Forest Rights Act
As development projects continue to receive Centre’s push, officials within the government fear that rights of tribal communities are …
Election 2014: How green are our political parties?
A look at the future of green clearances through the manifestos of political parties in the electoral fray
Most political parties turn blind eye to Maharashtra farmers' woes
Narendra Modi's visit to Yavatmal shatters hopes of farmers; he avoided addressing the demand for remunerative prices to farm produce
WTO trade facilitation pact: farmers' organisations ask Modi government to protect India's food security interests
Appeal comes a day before WTO general council meet takes up agreement that ostensibly would streamline cross-border trade
Fishworkers demand separate fisheries ministry at the Centre
Says BJP’s national policy on fishing and fishers released in 2012 recommended the same