Don't say "gifts" please; citizens are entitled to better facilities

Hyderabad, Aug. 18 -- One word in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech on the Independence Day from the Red Fort's ramparts has been problematic to me. It was a "gift" of reduced GST rates come Diwal... Read More

Pigeons, stray dogs, and an elephant; is defiance correct?

Hyderabad, Aug. 14 -- The courts ruled that a female elephant, Mahadevi, which was kept by Swasthishri Jinsen Bhattarak Pattacharya Mahaswami Sanstha, a Jain math in Kolhapur which had kept her since ... Read More

Maharashtra: Rightists seek ban on film on Shivaji; government backpedals on its word

Hyderabad, Aug. 9 -- It was Ashish Shelar, Maharashtra's minister for cultural affairs, who had announced that four Marathi movies would be screened at the Cannes Film Festival - Sthal, Snow Flower, K... Read More

Malegaon blasts case: Maharashtra government may not go in appeal against the verdict

Hyderabad, Aug. 2 -- The Maharashtra government has been quiet after the special court trying the Malegaon blasts case acquitted seven persons, saying the prosecution could not prove the guilt of the ... Read More