Sreenivasan Jain And Aishwarya Iyer

Last month, parliament passed a new law against child labour that, on the surface, appears to be the perfect Independence Day gift for children of India's poor.

Truth vs Hype investigation into India's booming garment industry found women workers saying that sexual propositioning was a common aspect of their work environment and that they are 'tutored' to keep it under wraps or lose their jobs.

The severe drought that has gripped the countryside was no flash in the pan; when the monsoon of 2015 recorded poor rainfall, it should have set the alarm bells ringing for policymakers at least a year ago.

As she tours Tamil Nadu seeking a re-election as Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa makes it a point to list the multiple freebies, or handouts, her government has distributed.

As thousands of villages in the country come under the grip of drought, the role of the government's flagship work guarantee scheme, NREGA or National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, becomes crucial.

As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that banks will chase Vijay Mallya for "every penny" of the nearly 1 billion dollars owed by his Kingfisher Airlines, sources in the CBI have disclosed to NDTV that its investigation into the liquor baron's loans has expanded to include 6 lakh transactions.

Frustrated by their attempts to recover close to a billion dollars in debt from Vijay Mallya, a consortium of banks have asked him to declare his assets.

Going by their public statements, the only substantial Vijay Mallya assets that banks appear to have in their possession are Kingfisher's corporate headquarters in Mumbai and an assortment of luxury toys like yachts and private jets.

As India's top environmental court today decided to give the go ahead to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's huge cultural festival on the banks of the River Yamuna with conditions and Rs 5 crore fine, union ministers like Mahesh Sharma and Babul Supriyo defended the event, saying that the organisers have sought all required clearances.

Karti Chidambaram, son of former finance minister P Chidambaram, has refuted newspaper reports linking him to a chain of multi-crore overseas investments.

As the agitation by Jats seeking reservations heated up in Haryana last week, the rioters' anger took a disturbing turn in the towns of Rohtak and Jhajjar. There were accusations of attacks directed specifically at the shops and homes of other communities.

In the mortuary of Rohtak's government hospital, lie the bodies of more than half of those killed in the violence that has roiled Haryana for more than a week over reservations for Jats.

Hours after Kanhaiya Kumar was attacked while being taken by the police into a Delhi court, Police Chief BS Bassi told NDTV that he would not oppose bail for the 28-year-old student, whose arrest on sedition charges has been the top national headline for days.

Last month, parliament passed a new law against child labour that, on the surface, appears to be the perfect Independence Day gift for children of India's poor.

Truth vs Hype investigation into India's booming garment industry found women workers saying that sexual propositioning was a common aspect of their work environment and that they are 'tutored' to keep it under wraps or lose their jobs.

The severe drought that has gripped the countryside was no flash in the pan; when the monsoon of 2015 recorded poor rainfall, it should have set the alarm bells ringing for policymakers at least a year ago.

As she tours Tamil Nadu seeking a re-election as Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa makes it a point to list the multiple freebies, or handouts, her government has distributed.

As thousands of villages in the country come under the grip of drought, the role of the government's flagship work guarantee scheme, NREGA or National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, becomes crucial.

As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that banks will chase Vijay Mallya for "every penny" of the nearly 1 billion dollars owed by his Kingfisher Airlines, sources in the CBI have disclosed to NDTV that its investigation into the liquor baron's loans has expanded to include 6 lakh transactions.

Frustrated by their attempts to recover close to a billion dollars in debt from Vijay Mallya, a consortium of banks have asked him to declare his assets.

Going by their public statements, the only substantial Vijay Mallya assets that banks appear to have in their possession are Kingfisher's corporate headquarters in Mumbai and an assortment of luxury toys like yachts and private jets.

As India's top environmental court today decided to give the go ahead to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's huge cultural festival on the banks of the River Yamuna with conditions and Rs 5 crore fine, union ministers like Mahesh Sharma and Babul Supriyo defended the event, saying that the organisers have sought all required clearances.

Karti Chidambaram, son of former finance minister P Chidambaram, has refuted newspaper reports linking him to a chain of multi-crore overseas investments.

As the agitation by Jats seeking reservations heated up in Haryana last week, the rioters' anger took a disturbing turn in the towns of Rohtak and Jhajjar. There were accusations of attacks directed specifically at the shops and homes of other communities.

In the mortuary of Rohtak's government hospital, lie the bodies of more than half of those killed in the violence that has roiled Haryana for more than a week over reservations for Jats.

Hours after Kanhaiya Kumar was attacked while being taken by the police into a Delhi court, Police Chief BS Bassi told NDTV that he would not oppose bail for the 28-year-old student, whose arrest on sedition charges has been the top national headline for days.