Former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao shared a frosty relationship with Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. After he passed away, his body wasn’t allowed inside the Congress headquarters for ordinary workers to pay their respects.

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Among other things, it extends the rule of monogamy to the Muslim community. One of the conditions for solemnising a marriage is that “neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage”.

Along with recognising the contribution of the recipient, the Padma and Bharat Ratna awards have always been tools for political messaging — and the Narendra Modi government has been particularly astute in making its choices.

As results continue to trickle in, independent candidates loyal to the jailed Imran Khan still lead against all odds. But who will form the government?

It isn’t as if PML-N and PPP would come together for the first time to form a coalition government in the Centre. The two parties have done so back in 2008 and 2022. Here is a look at the circumstances that brought PML-N and PPP together previously.

Why did Goan authorities specifically target gobi manchurian? What is gobi manchurian, and how did it come about? Is it ‘Chinese’?

In 2019, the Supreme Court effectively closed the window, especially for trial courts, to look at the prosecution’s case critically while granting bail in UAPA cases. Courts have, however, given bail in some cases. Here is a look at them.

ASEAN has published its long-awaited artificial intelligence (AI) governance and ethics guidelines that map out a voluntary and light-touch vision of how national governments can constrain the worst aspects of this new technology yet profit economically from…

Nazool land is primarily owned by the state. But it can be allotted to any entity on lease for a fixed period.

Why does Israel want to invade Rafah, which currently has more than one million Palestinians, and what is its significance? How have countries in the region reacted to the plan?

A new government in Delhi in May will have to take a long and hard look if it should continue with the doctrine of indifference or reopen channels of communication with the GHQ in Rawalpindi.

This process of evolution by divergence has been operating for nearly 3.5 billion years across the Earth, resulting in the spectacular biodiversity that we see – both in fossil records (such as of dinosaurs) and in today’s living world. How has this knowledge…

Pakistan elections: No bloc is in the position to form the government and the high number of independents has created an unprecedented situation. What options do the independents have? Why is the provision of reserved seats significant here?

His land reform laws created a new socially and politically empowered middle peasantry in northern India that also saw its economic fortunes rise with the Green Revolution.

What exactly is the concept of a town square, and why is it deemed so necessary for debate? Are social media companies similar to such spaces?

In this series of explainers, we answer some of the most fundamental questions about climate change, the science behind it, and its impact. In the sixth instalment, we answer the question: ‘What are climate tipping points?'

A floor test (also called a 'trust vote') is held in legislative bodies, to find out whether the government that is suspected to have lost the majority still retains the confidence of the House. How is this done?

Protesting farmers from Punjab are set to reach the national capital in the coming days. One of their key demands is that the Centre bring in a law guaranteeing minimum support prices or MSP. We explain what is MSP, and how an MSP guarantee can work.