Pursuing big business

Cut Interest Rates? By Dhurjati Mukherjee Government functionaries, specifically ministers are known to give lectures on various subjects from Hindu Rashtra to welfarism to economic growth...

Peace: A distant dream

Imphaled! By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 7 November: Jiribram a small sleepy district which woke up to three Meiti women and three children abducted and killed...

No more ‘abuse of power’

'Bulldozer Justice' By Insaf The hammer has come down on ‘bulldozer justice’! Demolishing the house of a person accused or convicted of a criminal activity as...

Consequences for India

Trump In White House By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Donald Trump becomes the 47th President of United States after the historical...

Appointment of Chief Justice

By Inder Jit (Released on 7 February 1978) Top Government leaders are embarrassed by the continuing speculation in the Press in regard to the choice of...

Battle over gods

Religious Conversions By Poonam I Kaushish Religion is turning out to be a big vote spinner, as our political undatas busily churn the conversion cauldron underscoring...

Dance of democracy

US, India Elections By Rajiv Gupta Winston Churchill is reported to have said, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that...

US wants India cut tariff

Modi-Trump on New Turf By Shivaji Sarkar The world is galvanised, shaken, in a trance with Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency. There is hope,...

Ambedkar’s advice not followed

Common Civil Code By Inder Jit (Released on 7 May 1985) Three cheers for the Supreme Court and its five-man Constitution Bench presided over by the Chief...

Avoiding The Breakdown

India-Canada Ties By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Latest in India-Canada ties is the attack on Hindu Mahasabha temple in Brampton. Prime...

Central banks spike prices

Global Gold Rush By Shivaji Sarkar In a striking move to safeguard national wealth, India has repatriated 214 tonnes of gold from the vaults of England,...

Belling the illegal cat

'India's "Boat People" By Poonam I Kaushish In the summer of 1975, hundreds of thousands fled South Vietnam after Saigon’s fall for fear of political persecution....

Central banks spike prices

Global Gold Rush By Shivaji Sarkar In a striking move to safeguard national wealth, India has repatriated 214 tonnes of gold from the vaults of England,...

First step towards settlement

Sino-indian talks By Inder Jit (Released on 8 December 1981) All those interested in seeing India and China resolve their border dispute and revive friendly relations between...

Polls stimulate process!

Welfare Of Masses By Dhurjati Mukherjee It's now election time in Jharkhand and Maharashtra to woo the electorate. The contest is going to be close and...

Can she revitalize Congress?

Priyanka Debuts By Poonam I Kaushish In our continuing poll pantomime this week’s flavour is pedigree. No, I am not talking about the canine variety, but...

India heads for slowdown?

Sensex Records Worst Fall By Shivaji Sarkar The economy is slowing down! Indications include creeping severe sourness at the stock market, Rs 26 lakh crore loss...

Test for split factions

Maharashtra Crucial Polls By Insaf The bugle for Maharashtra Assembly elections having been sounded, seat-sharing arrangement has been troublesome for both the warring sides. Interestingly, the...

India as mediator?   

Ukraine Peace Efforts By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The statement by David Cameroon, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom lends...

Wrong & confusing

Economic Perceptions By Dhurjati Mukherjee The trend in the Indian economy speaks more of what it’s set to achieve in coming years—a rosy picture of possible...