Muslims in Tiruppur district have made a donation of land worth 6 lakh for a temple in Tamil Nadu. They also collaborated 30,000 for a temple feast held in its inauguration.A HEARTRENDING instance of communal harmony has emerged from the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

The whole playbook of electoral tactics is now deployed in the state with PM Modi himself leading the battle.

ON November 10, when the first list of BJP candidates for Gujarat assembly elections was announced in New Delhi, there was a palpable sense of surprise among political observers though in Gujarat itself what was coming was anticipated. According to reports, among the 160 candidate names announced for

In today’s interpretation of the law in some States, the tempter’s provocation is overlooked and the tempted found guiltySHAKESPEARE, speaking through Angelo in Measure for Measure, asks a pertinent question that resonates even today: “The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?” In the law on sedition, the Supreme Court of India made it clear that the one inciting violence is the guilty person. Ergo, the tempter sins most.

For the first time, a comprehensive audit of land acquisition for industrial projects is available. Though it studies only Orissa, it holds vital lessons for the nation. IT took India upwards of a century to pass a new land acquisition law. But it might take the country less than a year to dilute it. Within weeks of coming to power, the National Democratic Alliance government has proposed 19 amendments to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013.