Injustice by govt?

Rise in Undertrials By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is a well-known saying that “justice delayed is justice denied”. But due to the enormous pendency of cases in...

Rajasthan out, straight fight?

Cong Presidential Poll By Insaf Rajasthan Congress’ high drama nearly turned the grand old party’s presidential poll into a tamasha. Fortunately, for the Congress, Chief Minister...

Delhi takes two steps backward?

Foreign Policy in Covid Times By Dr D. K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) During these unprecedented times dictated by the deadly virus, Covid-19, the world leaders...

Wake up call, afspa must go

Nagaland Tragedy By Insaf The tragedy in Nagaland couldn’t have been summed up better. Rajya Sabha member KG Kenye of Naga People’s Front said on Thursday...

Not trade unions

Union of States By DrS.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) WestBengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee has called upon “Opposition parties” to band together to prevent the BJP from...

Indian version of alliances

Politics of Sharing By Dr. S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Veteran leader Mulayam Singh of the Samajwadi Party, one of the biggest challengers to a second...

India’s best friend ever!

Donald Trump By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The Donald Trump Administration has just warned Pakistan to punish the perpetrators of the horrendous violence in...

Anti-bjp Déjà vu

Opposition Void By Poonam I Kaushish Phew! Eight weeks in to the lockdown yet there is no respite from the tu-tu-mein-meinvitriol between the Government and Opposition...

Will usher in prosperity?

J&K Altered By Dhurjati Mukherjee Kashmir’s dilemma is like Shakespeare’s famous line ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’? Unlike rest of...

New Speaker, new chapter?

Declining Parliament By Poonam I Kaushish The 17th Lok Sabha scripted a “unanimous” new beginning on Wednesday last when a relative newcomer Sangh Parivar’s grassroot leader...

India set to face challenges

Resilient Economy By Dhurjati Mukherjee With the onset of the new year, it must be admitted that the trends appear quite encouraging. The pacts with Oman...

States say no to bjp

Assembly, LS Bypolls By Insaf United we stand, divided we fall, is a phrase obviously stirring the Opposition parties. Some of these sticking together have given...

One nation, one poll, anyone?

Modi's New Poser By Poonam I Kaushish In this sultry season amidst coverage of forthcoming G 20 when Parties are gearing up for upcoming Great Indian...

How safe are we?

India's Exports Slide Rajiv Gupta It has not been even a month since the horrific bomb blast at the Red Fort, but already it seems like...

An unnecessary addition?

Anti-Lynching Law By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Government of West Bengal has passed the Prevention of Lynching Bill in the Legislative Assembly...

Wake up call to govt?

Bankers, Farmers' Protests By Shivaji Sarkar Indian farmers and bankers have put up a strong challenge to the move of privatisation, corporatisation of the economy and...

SC hammer on states

Criminalisation of Politics By Insaf Three cheers to Supreme Court. State governments can no longer aid criminalisation of politics. “We deem it appropriate to direct that...

More seats, doctors critical

Medical Education By Dr Oishee Mukherjee The Modi government has taken a number of steps to increase medical seats as well as availability of doctors in...

Repositioning India

Chinese Incursion By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) After the recent Chinese incursion into Indian territories, Indians and India-observers abroad expected New Delhi to radically...

Age of andolan jeevi

Propaganda Politics By Dr. S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an attack on “international conspirators” who were out to discredit India by...