A long-term vision?

Young Himachal By Insaf Winds of change blow in Himachal Pradesh. The hill State finally gets a young Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and a new...

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...

India must simplify

GST not el dorado By Shivaji Sarkar The goods and service tax (GST) or ‘one nation one tax’ is not the kind of El Dorado the...

‘Vendetta politics’ echos

Karnataka Catch By Insaf Karnataka Congress, till recently in power, is seething with anger. ‘Political vendetta’ by brute BJP simply doesn’t seem to abate. The latest...

Opposition is coming alive

By Inder Jit (Released on 21 October 1980) Mrs Indira Gandhi has been luckier having on Opposition which is not only divided and in disarray, but...

Salaam Bombay, says Delhi?

Maharashtra Drama By Insaf Mumbai today mirrors everything that’s rotten with the system and the country. The unfolding high drama between Kangana Ranaut, the Shiv Sena,...

RBI panel for cut in taxes

Stagflation Looms Large By Shivaji Sarkar Severe price rise and plummeting consumer confidence is rattling the monetary policy management of the Reserve Bank of India. Once...

Can rights be ignored?

Modi's Stress On Duties By Dhurjati Mukherjee In his letter to the citizens on ‘Constitution Day’ or ‘Samvidhan Divas’, Prime Minister Modi waxed eloquence on the...

Reading Modi’s mind

UN Vote On Jerusalem By Dr DK Giri (Prof, International Politics, JMI) The US President Donald Trump’s declaration on 6th December recognising Jerusalem as the capital of...

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...

Much ado about nothing!

Modi-Jinping Meet By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Let us recall a famous quote on concept of time in politics, attributed to Harold Wilson, the...

Success & failure

Lockdown 5 By Dr. S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) On the eve of opening several public places like malls, restaurants and places of worship on this...

Towards crime mukt politics

Supremacy of SC By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Supreme Court has given a shock treatment to all political parties by passing certain...

Ban yatra in poll states

EC Directive to Centre By Insaf Three cheers to the Election Commission. It has acted promptly and decisively on the complaint about “gross misuse of government...

Budget for cow & core voters

End-Poverty Vision By Shivaji Sarkar It's a Budget for the kisan (farmer), mazdoor (labourer), cow and lower middle class -- BJP's core voters. Bonanza is...

Poll reforms — basic issues not tackled

By Inder Jit (Released on 22 October 1988) Something is better than nothing. The electoral reforms now favoured by the Congress-I Working Committee, therefore, deserve to...

India, Sri Lanka & Maldives

Fortifying 'Dosti' By Dr D.K Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) The 15th edition of biennial trilateral coast guard exercise took place from 20th to 24th November. It...

Rural sector thrust missing

Budget priorities By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Budget, as usual, showed a distinct favour for the middle and rich sections as it’s the last one before the...

India loses Rs 53 Tr, 12% gdp

Covid-19 Kills 20 Mn By Shivaji Sarkar The deadly scourge Covid-19 is officially over killing about seven million people across the world and at least five...

Shield from govt meddling

Public Sector Banks By Dhurjati Mukherjee Public sector banks are underperforming and are mostly in the red due to increase in non-performing assets. Even the largest...