Courts must restrain

Religious Places Row By Insaf Three cheers to Supreme Court! On Thursday last, it asked courts across the country to ‘stay off their hands’ from entertaining...

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...

How do we spell merit?

Quotas Circus By Poonam I Kaushish The quota circus is back on the political platter as our netagan continue with populist bravado and mindlessness. Doling out...

Kiski laathi aur kiski bhains?

CBI's Questionable Credibility By Poonam I Kaushish What is it about Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that it is always in the eye of the storm?...

India-Russia careful on optics

Trump's Long Shadow By Shivaji Sarkar The currency crisis is bound to impact India growth. Indeed, a deep crisis is ahead. The falling rupee is likely...

45 collateral exits

Lateral Entry Politics By Poonam I Kaushish The reservation ration tamasha is back on the political platter as our netagan continue to conjure populist hullabaloo to...

Fantasy or eventual reality?

One Farm Market By Shivaji Sarkar If wishes were horses “one India one farm market” would have flown under then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee...

India’s fresh initiatives

Transition in Afghanistan By Dr DK Giri, (Prof, International Politic, JIMMC) Taliban has regained power in Afghanistan after 20 years. The motto of their battle for power...

Bjp’s machiavellian intrigues

President Rule In Puducherry By Insaf The BJP does it again, another Congress-led government bites the dust. This time in tiny Puducherry, due for Assembly elections...

Tripura latest to wield

By Insaf UAPA Stick BJP-ruled Tripura is the latest State to join others in brazenly using the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) to stifle citizens’...

What has morality got to do with it?

Black: Colour Of Polls By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 2014: Mayawati accuses ex-Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Das of offering her Rs 100 crore for a nomination....

A new way to combat corruption

By Inder Jit (Released on 10 October 1989) Corruption continues to grow — and the corrupt continue to flourish and prosper. Each succeeding day spotlights some...

India combating 3cs

Foreign Policy 2020 The year 2020 ended leaving a mixed bag of pain and promise for everyone and each sector of the state. If we reflect...

Caste politics to the fore

Gujarat Make Over By Insaf It’s too early to say ‘All’s well, that ends well’ in BJP-ruled Gujarat. On Thursday last, a 24-member Cabinet was administered...

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...

Are their demands justfied?

Farmers' Fresh Stir By Dhurjati Mukherjee The conferment of Bharat Ratna to the late M.S. Swaminathan brings to the forefront the subject of farmers and their...

Hindutva versus OBC

UP Battlelines By Insaf Battlelines are getting drawn and redrawn in five States going to the polls, with Uttar Pradesh getting sharp focus at the national...

Transparency via secrecy

Electoral Bonds By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Supreme Court has passed a very important interim order concerning funding of political parties for election. It...

Ecosystems approach vital

New Forest Policy By Dhurjati Mukherjee Forests have assumed critical value in recent times across the globe due to ever-increasing pollution and climate change. The earth's...

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...