Depoliticise speaker’s office

Of The House, For The House By Poonam I Kaushish It’s the season of Aya Ram Gaya Ram and prize catches. Specially in Maharashtra and Bihar...

Relishing religion in political dish

A Meaty Affair By Poonam I Kaushish Move over meat eaters, Saffron storm-troopers are relishing the ban on sale of non-vegetarian products during Ram Navmi as...

Parliament abdicates control again

By Inderjit (Released on 12 June 1990) Parliament’s recently-concluded budget session has not received the critical attention it deserves. Not many of our people have cared...

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...

Modiji, heal India

Seven Year Itch By Poonam I Kaushish Call it the seven year itch but the cruel Covid summer 2021 has brought Prime Minister Modi to the...

Banks, economy in turmoil

Electoral Bonds Shear Rs 29 Tr By Shivaji Sarkar The Indian economy may or may not have matured, it has specialised in its murky Bombay stock...

Tackle terifying black hole

Naxals: Wake Up Call By Poonam I Kaushish It’s the season of banalities in politics. An outsider would be excused for thinking that India’s biggest crisis...

Modi’s outreach to la

Chile's President in India By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha) The practice in the media and political circles is creating a buzz and...

Govt must be responsive

India Vs Others Open Forum By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding a recent report indicating India shall emerge as the 4th largest economy by 2030 and the 3rd largest...

Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 Introduced

Parliament Spotlight New Delhi, 28 Mar: The government was able to introduce ‘The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022,’ in the Lok Sabha despite stiff oppositionas...

Cash is king!

Rajniti Jor Tor By Poonam I Kaushish A gentleman met a beautiful lady and invited her to bed. She gave him one tight slap. And angrily...

The road ahead

J&K Message By Poonam I Kaushish The winner takes it all! Be it salubrious J&K or burly Haryana. As no-stops-barred battles gives way to elected Governments...

Who will emerge chanakya?

Political Diary By Poonam I Kaushish Lonely lies the head that wears the crown. And nobody knows this better than Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who...

Nation first or party?

My List Vs Your List By Poonam I Kaushish It was a short-lived hum-sath-sath-hain show of outrage, grief and retribution. Barely, has the ink dried on...

Mixed bag of results!

Modi's Europe Tour By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Prime Minister Modi just had a weeklong tour of Europe, touching Sweden, the UK and Germany....

Who cares for farmers, poor?

Stubborn Govt By Dhurjati Mukherjee At a time when farmers are agitating for their rights and the entire Opposition supporting them, the Government’s stance of unwilling...

Toxic air turns a windfall

Car Sales' Boom By Shivaji Sarkar Scrappage is a profit accelerator. By some industry estimates, it can add 30 per cent or more to automaker profits,...

Democracy or Oligarchy?

Poll Campaigning By Proloy Bagchi We are in the midst of election season, with as many as five States results to start pouring out early next...

China’s model of stabilization or regional dominance?

Trilateral Dialogue in Beijing By Piotr Opalinski (Former Diplomat, Centre for International Relations, Poland) On May 21, 2025, an informal, tripartite meeting of the foreign ministers of China,...

No talk, act on global warming

Glacial Burst By Dhurjati Mukherjee Global warming needs a lot more attention in the country following the recent glacial burst in Uttarakhand and . While experts...