Expanding VVPAT facility justified
With the general elections round the corner, the debate on the electronic voting machines (EVM) has once again come to the fore, much of...
BJP should stop using governors to intimidate state governments
Amid the election season, the Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi for his refusal to re-induct a...
Political funding and electoral bond
The electoral bond fiasco has proved that they have failed to bring transparency into the election process and also have in no way, contributed...
Arunachal an integral part of India
Yet again China is indulging in unnecessary geopolitics over the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. China said that it lodged a complaint...
TMC going solo will hurt INDIA bloc
The INDIA bloc seems dead and buried in West Bengal with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) declaring candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in...
BJP polarising public opinion ahead of polls
The Centre's decision to notify the rules for implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), just a few days before the expected announcement of...
Those denied BJP tickets likely to rebel
With the announcement of BJP tickets for 60 assembly constituency, the real politics will start in the state. There were more than 170 ticket...
Good move by SC on electoral bonds
The Supreme Court (SC) has done well by rejecting the plea of the State Bank of India (SBI) for an extension on the disclosure...
Apex court’s ruling reaffirms public’s faith
Dissent and disagreement form the essence of a thriving democracy. Unfortunately, there has been a growing tendency among those in the present ruling dispensation...
Will students follow AAPSU’s advisory?
The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) on Monday issued an advisory, urging the union's executive members and student bodies affiliated to the AAPSU...
Improve football infrastructure at grassroots level
The 77th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy ended on a fascinating note with Services emerging the champion after defeating Goa by a solitary...
Bereft Congress needs new strategy
Just ahead of the elections, the state Congress is in complete disarray. The confusion over the resignation of APCC Nabam Tuki has further added...
After grasping media, BJP now strangling judiciary
The decision of Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay to resign from the judiciary to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and seek a...
SC has upheld probity in lawmaking
The highest court of the land has finally done a course correction on the issue of ensuring probity in lawmaking. By unequivocally asserting that...
End the culture of percentage
Just days after a junior engineer from PWD was arrested for accepting bribe by the special investigation cell (SIC), now a group of contractors...
Congress needs an overhaul
Days after senior Congress leaders Ninong Ering and Wanglin Lowangdong, the two sitting MLAs, joined the BJP, yet another Congress stalwart and Mebo MLA...
Several claimants for BJP ticketsĀ
The ruling BJP has again nominated sitting Lok Sabha members Kiren Rijiju and Tapir Gao for the 2024 general elections. Rijiju will fight again...
India continues to be unsafe for women
The horrific act of rape of a Spanish woman in Jharkhand has deeply damaged the image of India. Not only was she raped, her...
Need to bring Indians back from Russia
In search for better livelihood, Indians are rushing abroad without doing any background checks. In the shadows of the escalating conflict along the Russia-Ukraine...
Moral corruption perpetrated by legislators
The Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday, coming after the dishonourable Chandigarh mayoral polls, reveal a crisis in India's electoral democracy, especially the party system...