From non to multi-alingment!

India's Foreign Policy By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The erudite and articulate foreign affairs minister S Jaishankar has of late been...

Will finance panel bridge gap?

Regional Imbalance By Dhurjati Mukherjee The BJP’s victory in three states appears to suggest the promise of development via ‘double engine’ sarkar has takers. And the...

Wanted: Opposition that works

By Inder Jit (Released on 23 June 1981) The Opposition has none but itself to blame for coming to grief once again. It seems to have...

More silkyaras in the making

Ladakh To Manipur - Billions Los By Shivaji Sarkar Ignoring the Himalayan warnings has become a habit. Kedarnath tragedy lessons were never learnt. Had it heard...

‘Not Necessarily By Accident’?

The nation celebrated the rescue of 41 workers from the Silkyara Bend–Barkot tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. Once the euphoria of successful...

Championing peace

India's Foreign Policy By Dr. D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The Minister for External Affairs asserted that New Delhi should strive to shape international...

States burdened, lowimpact

Politics of Populism By Dhurjati Mukherjee With the state elections coming to an end this year, the spate of schemes and promises announced in the run-up...

Time to take action

Toothless EC, Netas Merry By Poonam I Kaushish In this theekha-masaledar just concluded electioneering season our netagan are reveling in neechi and tuch under-the-belt vitriolic language,...

Gdp surges to $212 bn

Bengal Rises To 6th Rank By Shivaji Sarkar Is West Bengal on a trajectory of growth? Is it belying allegations of a laggard state? May be....

End to bitter campiagning

Rajasthan Polling By Insaf Rajasthan goes to the polls today. The campaigning has been rough and tough and while pollsters would give thumbs up to ruling...

The 2+2 dialogue

India-Australia Ties By Dr. D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) India and Australia are rivals in cricket as two top teams in the world. They have...

Poll has thrown up basic issues

By Inder Jit (Released on 5 March 1985) Several issues of basic importance to the future of our polity have come up in the course of...

Tiptoeing  stealthily

Uniform Civil Code Anyone? By Poonam I Kaushish In this poll season of freebies galore interspersed with vitriolic hate speeches and venomous tu-tu-mein-mein by BJP and...

Exports to Germany rise

Record Diwali Sales By Shivaji Sarkar India’s imports are growing, exports are slowing but domestic sales during Deepavali touched a record Rs 3.75 trillion, according to...

Bills returned, gets worse

Round The States By Insaf Governor-government tussle in Tamil Nadu’s is getting worse. On Thursday last, Governor RN Ravi returned 10 pending bills to the ruling...

Company donations not enough

By Inder Jit (Released on 26 March 1985) Opinion on the latest Union Budget continues to be sharply divided, as reflected in some refreshingly candid comments...

Can India meet challenge?

Climate Goals By Dhurjati Mukherjee With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) scheduled to begin on 30 November in the UAE, meeting climate goals would be in the forefront. Moreover,...

Time for soul searching

SC Raps Governors By Poonam I Kaushish Whoever said different political strokes for different political folks was dead on. Specially when it comes to the high...

India braces ocean defence

US Extends Garcia To Lanka! By Shivaji Sarkar Amid global turmoil of the Ukraine and Israel wars, a new strategic front opens up in Sri Lanka...

‘Fixed match’, ‘Kangroo court’?

TMC MP Moitra's Expulsion By Insaf Will the West Bengal TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s “cash-for-query”case go down in parliamentary history, as claimed by her, is a...