IT has been a long and tortuous route. Forty-three years ago, a group of Maoist revolutionaries conceived of and embarked upon a revolutionary road that still inspires their political descendants, alarms the dominant classes, and provokes slander and denigration on the part of the establishment left, post-modernists and well-funded NGO bosses. This is the path of protracted people

The State of Andhra had a number of firsts to its credit. It was alphabetically the first. It was recommended by the JVP (Jawaharlal, Vallabhai, Pattabhi) Committee, but rejected by a Cabinet headed by Jawaharlal, where Vallabhai was the Home Minister. It was conceded due to the first Fast Unto Death that really resulted in death!

The Indian Constitution was adopted on November 26, 1949, and came into force on January 26, 1950. It is universally believed that our Constitution is an organic living institution. It is flexible yet resilient, designed to meet the needs and requirements of a fast changing and rapidly developing society.

Certain elected representatives who have allegedly joined hands with contractors are creating unnecessary hype over drinking water scarcity despite the fact that drinking water scarcity has not yet cropped up in the district.

C.P. Chandrasekhar

The special meeting of Chief Ministers convened by the Centre indicates that food price inflation remains worrisome. But at the meet the problem was underplayed and little of substance emerged.

The report focuses on the critical question of advancing gender equality, as seen through the prism of women

We dumped Kyoto because of the US - but even the diluted US-inspired Copenhagen accord is in peril

Ewen MacAskill and Suzanne Goldenberg

Washington: Barack Obama is to respond to last week

DHARMAPURI: Dravidian parties in the State will never implement Hogenakkal drinking water project, said S. Ramadoss, founder, Pattali Makkal Katchi here on Wednesday.

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday began the process of accommodating politicians in government-backed structures outside Sachivalaya, something he had been meticulously avoiding till now.

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