OPINION

Bhubaneswar: The  excavators and JCB’s have stopped  short  before many temples that surround the Lingaraj complex in the Odisha capital.  While extensive damage has been done to the many heritage structures of the...

The Indian economy may be down and its growth rate sluggish but the stock of Indian cricket has never been higher. Under Virat Kohli’s leadership Team India has emerged as...

After a long time, not since the major Panchayati Raj reforms were undertaken in the 90s, the plan to create 450 new revenue circles came as a bold governance step...

As Delhi readies itself to elect a new assembly, the build-up to the big day - February 8 - serves up certain uniqueness. Seeking a repeat mandate, Arvind Kejriwal has...

India has suddenly been overtaken by a storm of protests by students, citizens and intense social debates over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) since the fag-end of 2019. The mass...

We cannot wish away the feelings, emotions and helplessness of the people, particularly the parents of the victims, in this country in the garb of arguments that “The law should...

  At the primal level, the encounter killing of the four alleged culprits in the rape and murder of a young veterinarian in Andhra Pradesh is deeply gratifying. The outpouring...

Another girl raped in India. She could have been your daughter, or mine. Dr Priyanka Reddy was someone’s daughter. I can’t even begin to empathise with the anguish, the inextinguishable...

I visited the Government Primary School of Hatabaradiha in Chilika Block (Khurdha district) of Odisha last month. It is nearly 80 km away from Bhubaneswar. I was in the school from...

Chanakya, wherever he is, would be raging at his name being dragged into acts of all kinds of political unscrupulousness, even the harebrained ones. He would be particularly upset at...