In the changed scenario of the ruling party politics the NPF lead DAN government is no longer represented by elected members of former political allies- the BJP and NCP, so continued usage of the nomenclature D
While we are yet to find out which political party will benefit from the impressive voter turnout — an estimated 75 per cent — in the first phase of Assembly election in Assam, one can be confident
Institution is established and sustained by moral conscience of community. It deduces that institution reflects the quality of polity, society and economy. In short, the delivery mirrors people's ethics and val
The uprisings in the Middle East, the unrest that is tearing apart nations such as the Ivory Coast, the bubbling discontent in Greece, Ireland and Britain and the labor disputes in states such as Wisconsin and
Sometimes, the good news is inextricably tied up with the bad. Provisional data from Census 2011 indicate that India's population might stabilise soon with the slowing down of the growth rate. From 21.54 per ce
Aier’s Enclave, the building strategically positioned next to IMC, Dimapur, is not an ordinary guest house by any standard of measurement. Extraordinary things happen there. It is run by Temjenkala Aier a
When I were to look at myself, I usually come out from a point where I think, “I deal with my own problems first”. This is just probably myself looking at situations, circumstances that come across
The military intervention in Libya now threatens the Arab democracy risings. This makes diplomacy and demilitarisation essential, says Mark TaylorThe struggles in the Arab world aim to establish one simple prin
A comprehensive set of presentations and papers from the "South Asia Conference on Outstanding Organic Agriculture Techniques" held at Bangalore, Karnataka on 10 and 11 September 2009, and organised b
Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily's announcement that the central government would ban the book Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his Struggle with India had no justification in fact, law, or common sense. The thr
Today we hear about the violent Earth—eruptions of fire, rogue waves, tremors, quakes, mega-storms, speeding walls of ocean water, weather like a rampaging berserker. But we accept without question the vi
The word “politics” has come to earn all the bad names simply because of corrupt politicians. But politics as a process is neither bad nor good. It is a necessary means of governing the society in a
In this image released to the media, representatives of the three Naga national political groups NSCN/GPRN, FGN and GPRN/NSCN are seen here with the Naga flag at a meeting of the Joint Working Group of the Naga
As India and Sri Lanka prepare for the big match this afternoon, Pakistan will no doubt contemplate its poignant absence from the festivities and fireworks at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. The reference here
Recently one Chakhesang leader of high standing, Chotisuh Sazo (MLA), got into the spotlight of discussion for saying that ‘Backward Tribe’ (BT for short) status for Chakhesang people has today beco
Yet we discriminate against the girl childIndians are now 1.21 billion strong. There are 181 million more Indians today than there were 10 years ago but at least our population is no longer growing as fast as i
File Photo of public leaders with NSCN/GPRN general secretary Th Muivah, GPRN/NSCN general secretary N Kitovi Zhimomi and NNC/FGN President Brig (retd) S Singnya during “Highest Level Reconciliation Meeti
Nine years after the journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and beheaded by al-Qa'ida militants, a new inquiry has concluded he was almost certainly killed by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man currently in US cust
Save the EarthThe beautiful creation of God has come into ruins.The natural disasters are occurring.There are landslides, soil erosion and floods.The environment is no longer beautiful as before.Why are all the
The argument of possible misuse cannot be grounds to oppose the legalization of euthanasia, says Rakesh Shukla in this comment on the Aruna Shanbaug judgment. If misuse were grounds to do away with laws, the fi