Fixing history or driving wedge?

Sambhal Shahi Masjid Row By Poonam I Kaushish It never ceases to surprise how our polity keeps sinking into the marshy cesspool of bloodied religious politicking....

Psus lead capex, pvts laggard

Inflation Falls, Demand Low By Shivaji Sarkar The government having fallen short of funds presents fresh demand for Rs 4.4 lakh crore involving a fresh outgo...

Govt must act, win trust

Wrestlers' Protest By Insaf Kudos to the country’s top wrestlers for coming out of the ring and on to the streets, bringing out the dark side...

The Dragon Blinks

Pragmatic engagement By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The Chinese President Xi Jinping, expectedly, emerged stronger after the quinquennial Communist Party Congress last week. The...

Connecting dots vital

Job Creation & Incentive By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Cabinet’s decision to roll out the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme with an outlay of over Rs 99,000...

Nation’s prerogative

Citizenship Expansion By Dr. S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 is another bold initiative of the NDA government to tackle the problem...

Exit Britain, enter India

By Dr D.K.Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Any event involving a major power impacts the world politics and economy. So how can 'Brexit'- the exit of...

Budget After Poll

Shift to agro-rural economy By Shivaji Sarkar Gujarat elections are likely to change the focus of Indian economic policies. The last full Budget of the...

Increase with its primacy

Election Commission Woes Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A six-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India alleging “deep-rooted...

Valuing the significance

The New Emblem By Dusmanta Kumar In his 9th address to the nation on the 76 Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an innovative as...

Opposition fails people

Staggering Economy By Shivaji Sarkar The Indian Opposition has failed the people. Bereft of ideas and somewhere having the ruling syndrome in them, the Opposition parties...

Staying in harmony

  India & the Neighbours By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism The third term of Narendra Modi government began with great deal of...

Draconian, needs retink

New MV Act By Shivaji Sarkar The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019 is draconian. Worse, it is passed at a time when the automobile industry is...

Neta-police: Hum saath saath hain

Hair Trigger Nation By Poonam I Kaushish Last week was telling. Underscoring three testaments. One: Our polity suffers from Orwellian syndrome ‘I-am-more-equal-than-you.’ Union Cabinet Minister Rane...

Nitish banking on bjp

Bihar Elections By Sagarneel Sinha For the past 15 years, barring one-odd year, JD(U) President Nitish Kumar has been Bihar’s Chief Minister mostly with the support...

Is it Secular or Communal?

State Control of Temples By S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A landmark judgement of the Supreme Court restoring the ceremonial rights of the ex-royals of...

A historic visit

Modi in Egypt By Dr D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Egypt was somewhat overshadowed by the ‘landmark’ official...

Can ppp model deliver?

Medical Education By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee It is an unfortunate and well-known fact that the country suffers from an acute shortage of doctors and nurses. Specialists...

Citizens vs section 144

Winter Of Unrest By Poonam I Kaushish It’s a winter of unrest as city after city cutting across region and religion was spooked by protests and...

Competing with China?

India's Africa Outreach By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) In an international conference, warming up to an African delegate, I said India has committed $6...