Will up remove crackdown?

People's Anger & Anguish By Insaf Three cheers Supreme Court. Its direction should, fingers crossed, stop Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his tracks. During...

Making a mockery of law

TN Custodial Deaths By Insaf Reprehensible! The alleged custodial death of father and son in a police station in Tamil Nadu has sent shock waves across...

Routine or renewal!

By Prof (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake came on a three-day visit. This was his first...

Sedition for up, Jammu!

Pak Cricket Cheering By Insaf It’s no hurray for right to freedom of speech and expression in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu. The administration of the largest...

Never-ending exercise?

Assam's NRC By Insaf Assam’s NRC conundrum lingers on. Both the Centre and the State government have again knocked on the Supreme Court’s door seeking extension...

Affordable housing critical

Urban Regeneration By Dhurjati Mukherjee The urban sector in India requires a thorough transformation. A fact well known and accepted by planners, but the requisite facelift...

Hurried, but ineffective?

Welfare Programmes By Dhurjati Mukherjee The process of governance over the years, via discussions and debates, has undergone a change in India. As is evident, there...

Blurred j&k strategy?

BDC Polls By Insaf Kashmir conundrum deepens. Elections for Block Development Council are to be held on October 24. Both Srinagar and New Delhi want to...

World heads for panic recession

Beyond The Pandemic By Shivaji Sarkar Pandemic to panic stalls the world. Markets everywhere slump. Corona or not it has hit Asian corporate and State governments...

Sainyam & sankalp not enough

Losing Covid Fight? By Poonam I Kaushish In Covid 19 season, I am daring to pick two truisms. One, tomorrow never comes. Two, as economist John...

Drawing New Delhi in

Greek PM in India By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis recent visit to New Delhi was significant...

Eyes on poll battles

Food Soldiers Dilemma By Poonam I Kaushish What does one do when a script is stuck between the Sarkar and farmers demand for repeal of three...

Not gdp alone, strategy vital

Pandemic 2nd Wave By Dhurjati Mukherjee The second wave of the pandemic posed a downside risk, severely affecting economic activity in the first quarter of the...

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...

Democracy takes a beating

Karnataka Drama By Insaf Mockery of democracy and constitutional authorities! This is what developments in Karnataka post-poll sadly reflect. Changing the rules of the game, brazen...

Gujarat Poll

Mired in caste, religion By Insaf Religion and caste have sadly become the talking point in Mahatama Gandhi’s Gujarat. With the poll campaign reaching a crescendo,...

Oath delay, poaching threat

Jharkhand Drama By Insaf High drama engulfs Jharkhand. The Champai Sorenled coalition government must win the trust vote on Monday, which looks certain, but not after...

Double rate in offing?

Minimum Daily Wage By Dhurjati Mukherjee A committee, appointed by the Centre, has recently recommended an improved formula on minimum daily wage, based on workers' families...

Punjab wriggles out of it

Office of Profit By Insaf The idiom 'better safe than sorry' makes good sense to the Punjab Government. Aware of growing frustration amongst his flock of...

Mahagathbandhangamble?

Bihar Drama By Insaf From Maharashtra to Bihar, the political shenanigans get more intriguing. With Nitish Kumar dumping the BJP and taking oath as Chief Minister...