Pakistan’s military retains its obsession with India — how else to justify a vast budget in a small, poor nation? It has still not acted seriously against any of the major militant groups active against Afghanistan, India, or the US, writes Fareed Zakaria.

Mamata Banerjee can be a difficult coalition partner. Still, she, not the intransigent Left, is the Congress’s best bet, writes Sumit Mitra.

The director of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, and principal scientific investigator of the data Chandrayaan-I brought to earth, Jitendranath Goswami, told Sanjib Kr Baruah in an e-mail interview that the most significant finding was water on the Moon's north pole.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has made every individual taxpayer richer by at least a few thousand rupees a month, hoping they would oblige by spending more and spur demand and growth. Mukherjee, who said “it has been a long three days,” after presenting the UPA government’s second budget on Friday, spoke to Hindustan Times on a range of issues.

Are you looking for an extraordinary career? Do you want to become a member of the country’s most powerful club? And are you a woman? If so, the time has come to grasp a fantastic opportunity, writes Manas Chakravarty.

I don’t know if you have realised this but the terms of debate in Indian politics have changed quite dramatically over the last decade, writes Vir Sanghvi.