Don’t be power hungry

Congressisation of BJP By Sagarneel Sinha The year 2019 is a historic year for the BJP as it is the first time that the Party returned...

No end in sight

Govt Control of Temples By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A private member bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha seeking freedom from Government control...

Will it improve efficiency?

Railway Corporatization By Dhurjati Mukherjee There has been much talk of bringing necessary reforms in railways so as to gear up efficiency. As is well known,...

Sleeping with the enemy

Maharashtra Stunner By Poonam I Kaushish It’s the silly political season when dictums ‘my enemy’s enemy is my friend’ and a chameleon can change its colour...

New way out of Ram-Babri imbroglio

By Inder Jit (Released on 2 October 1990) India's secularism today faces its biggest ever challenge. Yet the problem is not receiving the cool, overdue attention...

New Delhi reclibrates strategy

Sri Lanka Elections By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The island state Sri Lanka elected its 7th President last Saturday. The clear and decisive winner...

Ngenious roster system

Quota in Promotions By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The practice followed in fixing seniority for awarding promotions on the basis of reservations in...

Now religious nationalism?

Review of Ayodhya Verdict By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding the Ayodhya verdict, the debate and controversy refuses to ebb. Though major sections of the Muslim fraternity...

Tu kaun main khamkha

Law & Order Clash By Poonam I Kaushish It all started over who had rights to a particular parking spot which escalated into a free-for-all epidemic...

Introspect fraud on people

Three Decades of Loot By Shivaji Sarkar The Indian economy rarely had the kind of problem it is facing now, pushing the country into a quandary....

New vision in offng?

Draft Natl Ed Policy By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is much debate over the recently released new draft National Education Policy, which has come out with some...

India embraces bharat bhakti

Ayodhya Verdict By Poonam I Kaushish The Gods, Ram and Rahim have had their way, say and come out trumps. The Ayodhya dispute which had became...

It’s hope vs hurdles

Naga Peace Talks By Sagarneel Sinha Anxiety is refusing to die down among the people of Nagaland, as the peace deal to the Naga problem still...

Raising global competitiveness

India Out of RCEP By Dhurjati Mukherjee Amidst farmers’ protests and resentment, India has taken a judicious decision to opt out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic...

J&k demotion for promotion

Statehood to UT Status By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The new maps of the two newly formed Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh in the...

Resetting ties with China angle

Angela Merkel in Delhi By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in Delhi to co-chair the Fifth Biennial Inter Governmental...

New political order

Dawn In Kashmir By Poonam I Kaushish Eighty six days after the Modi Sarkar in a ‘shock and awe’ move revoked Jammu & Kashmir’s special status...

Uttarakhand shows way

Cluster Ventures By Shivaji Sarkar A country that is having crunch of jobs is going a different way for creation of livelihood in the poorest areas...

Impels international initiatives

New Delhi Ups The Game By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) India experiences a week of hectic diplomacy and international activism. New Delhi ups its...

Aim optics, but blurred

MEPs Valley Visit By Sagarneel Sinha It has been almost close to three months that normalcy has disappeared from the Kashmir Valley — since the...