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Land free from incompatible human uses is essential to sustain and strengthen biodiversity conservation.

In defence of voiceless forests and wildlife

Experts have pointed out the need for retaining up to 4 per cent of India free from incompatible human uses.

3 March 2019 1:54 AM IST

Farmers and tribal community people across the state of Maharashtra held a long march from Nashik to Mumbai in October last year to demand their rights under the Forest rights Act. (Image: AA)

Perpetuating historical injustice

Rather than evicting tribals, there should be detailed investigation into the rejection of the claims made by forest...

3 March 2019 1:48 AM IST

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), which lost as many as 49 of its men in the worst ever terror attack, is trying to come to terms.A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 49 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

J&K militancy's changing dynamic: Need to win hearts

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), which lost as many as 49 of its men in the worst ever terror attack, is trying...

26 Feb 2019 12:47 AM IST

Vehicles set on fire by protesters against the killing of CRPF personnel in the Pulwama terror attack.

Forces draw hard lessons

Barely 48 hours after the incident, the country's security apparatus, led by HM Rajnath Singh, conducted a major...

26 Feb 2019 12:43 AM IST

Coffins lie at the CRPF camp in Budgam on February 15. (Deccan Chronicle)

Responding to pulwama: Pull out all stops

As India evaluates its military and diplomatic options, it would do well to step up its intelligence and rely on...

26 Feb 2019 12:41 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the hot seat, and with every non-Congress, non-BJP leader, alienated and targeted for what is seen as acts of political vendetta, the isolation of the BJP and the coming together of a hitherto disparate opposition has been compounded by the Congress electoral success in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

Modi vs Rest: Anybody's poll in 2019

A strong Congress under Priyanka Gandhi's leadership is a bad news for BJP in Uttar Pradesh.

17 Feb 2019 6:33 AM IST

Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav

Uttar Pradesh holds the key

The Congress outreach to non-Yadav OBCs seems to have upset Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.

17 Feb 2019 6:10 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Can Modi's charisma hold fast at 17 in Karnataka?

At a recent rally of Mr Modi in Hubballi, people were seen leaving the venue before his speech was over.

17 Feb 2019 4:40 AM IST

Tamil Nadu gamechanger: DMK, allies hold all the aces

Tamil Nadu gamechanger: DMK, allies hold all the aces

The ruling party may be compelled by present circumstances as well as the empathy Modi had for Jayalalithaa to align.

17 Feb 2019 3:41 AM IST

CBI officers who went to question Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with the Saradha ponzi scam, being detained by Kolkata police in Kolkata last week. (Photo: PTI)

Elementary, CBI: Careerism, cancer of probe agencies

A new Renaissance to strictly adhere to the core values of the Constitution of India have to start at micro level...

10 Feb 2019 7:30 AM IST

Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar near his residence in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Elementary, CBI: An important job, half done

The CBI is the successor organisation of DSPE. It continues to function under the DSPE Act.

10 Feb 2019 7:21 AM IST

Welfare budget: Unconventional

Welfare budget: Unconventional

The railway's operating ratio is still too high at even the expected 95 per cent

3 Feb 2019 1:05 AM IST