Brazen vote bank politics
Assam NRC Row
Till yesterday not many had heard of the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Today it has raised a huge controversy with the...
Fast-tracking partnership
India & US
By Dr D. K. Giri
(Prof, International Politics, JMI)
The first-ever 2+2 meeting between India and the United States held recently in New Delhi...
Bleeding Pak with 1000 cuts
Pahalgam Terror Tango
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa April 16, 2025: Twenty four year-old Himanshi is exhilarated and dreams of a married life with 26 year...
Battle of belief & rights
Kerala On Edge
By Insaf
They did it, throwing Kerala into a tizzy. With two women in menstruating age making an entry into the Lord Ayyappa...
Boli, no. Goli, yes
Indo-Pak Hit New Low
By Poonam I Kaushish
You reap what you sow. Last week Pakistan learnt this the hard way when India struck at terror...
Pol parties claims vs ec
Faulty EVMS
By Insaf
Other than the voters, it is the EVMs that the political parties keep a close watch on. With the third phase of...
‘Developed’ is problematic!
Trump's Big Punch
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is being continuously hit by the US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of Generalised system of preferences (GSP) on 5,111...
Sins of defection
Gaddi And Gaddari
By Poonam I Kaushish
In the monsoon season it is raining Party splitting. One doesn’t know who is sleeping with whom and who...
Effective police state?
New I-T Rules
By Shivaji Sarkar
The economy is in shackles. Expecting it to thrive is a miracle. Somehow a supposedly rightist, nationalist government is using...
Needs to reorient stategy
BJP's Aspirations Belied
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recent elections results in Haryana and Maharashtra are a clear pointer that BJP’s popularity has been on the wane....
Is it justified?
Encounter Killing
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The killings of four persons in Hyderabad allegedly accused of rape once again point to organized violence of the State....
Tribunal permanent remedy
Chronic Defections
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court is indeed forced to make a rather drastic recommendation that Parliament should by an amendment...
Dialogue on economy vital
Corona Panic
By Shivaji Sarkar
The last quarter figures of 2019-20 fiscal may have reasons to cause worry. An uninteresting Central budget, corona virus, plummeting stock...
Parliament abdicates control again
By Inder Jit
(Released on 12 June 1990)
Parliament’s recently-concluded budget session has not received the critical attention it deserves. Not many of our people have...
Ease financial milieu
Rising Food Prices
By Shivaji Sarkar
Rising food prices are adding to the woes of postcorona lockdown recovery. States such as West Bengal, Assam or Uttar...
Relook into law needed
Contempt of Court
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Controversies over the contempt of court law will go on irrespective of the final scene...
Hot issue in Bihar, US
COVID-19 & Elections
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
BJP manifesto for Bihar Assembly election promises free distribution of COVID-19 vaccine in the State...
Will sc tame Yogi’s up?
Kanwar Yatra
By Insaf
In election mode, Uttar Pradesh is going all out to reach to its Hindu vote bank. Be it the Kanwar yatra or...
Worsened by cyber loot
By Shivaji Sarkar
The projection for India’s growth is not a surprise. It is on a continuous roll and the loss of Rs 11.3...
Of rising jobs & quality
Holistic Growth
By Shivaji Sarkar
At last the jobs are growing, says the labour bureau employment latest survey. This by 29 per cent in April-June quarter....