Fund crunch in Pvt sector
Economic Survey
By Shivaji Sarkar
India, now the fifth largest economy and aiming to become the third, is growing at 5 per cent in 2019-20, says...
Unceasing ceasefire in Ukraine
From Alaska to Washington
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
Despite two successive summits of world powers within days, the war in...
India, u.k. And Sikh extremists
By Inder Jit
(Released on 9 April 1985)
Indo-British relations have been remarkably close and cordial over the years— and marked by purposeful cooperation. Yet these...
Challenge to judiciary
Impeachment Politics
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The country is undergoing a bitter experience of playing a dangerous game with our democratic institutions. Notwithstanding...
Gujarat’s error of remission?
Convicts Set Free
By Insaf
BJP government’s action in Gujarat is outrageous, to put it mildly. The remission of life imprisonment sentences for 11 men convicted...
Traumatic but rich experience
The Poll Battle
By Inder Jit
(Released on 19 December 1989)
Fighting the election to the Lok Sabha from the Darjeeling constituency was indeed a traumatic experience....
“Not the centre’s chaprasi”
By Inder Jit
(Released on 17 April 1984)
The Governors and their role are in the news again. Late last month, Mrs Gandhi made most people...
End to bitter campiagning
Rajasthan Polling
By Insaf
Rajasthan goes to the polls today. The campaigning has been rough and tough and while pollsters would give thumbs up to ruling...
Skewed & contradictory
Budgetary Projections
By Shivaji Sarkar
A high-expectation ambitious Union Budget can have many contradictions. On the one hand it aims too high, and on the other...
Prime Minister & The Opposition
By Inder Jit
(Released on 4 October 1983)
Speculation about the Opposition parties and their third conclave in Srinagar encourages me to share with readers a...
Constitutionally just not done!
From Your Lordship to Jan Sevak
By Poonam I Kaushish
Now days when you see someone holding his nose you don’t know whether it’s pollution or...
Kal neta aaj rajyapal kal neta
Governors Revolving Door
By Shivaji Sarkar
Public office has a lot to do with perception. Wherein, your actions do the talking. Alas last week in a...
Fast-tracking partnership
India & US
By Dr D. K. Giri
(Prof, International Politics, JMI)
The first-ever 2+2 meeting between India and the United States held recently in New Delhi...
Crime against deities
Idol Thefts
Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A Special Division Bench of the Madras High Court issued a warning while hearing a series of...
Need to safeguard rights
Threat to Institutions
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Recently former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice AP Shah regretted the fact that every institution designed to hold...
Bolstering the partnership
India-France Dialogues
By (Prof.) Dr. D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Anne-Marie Descotes, Secretary General of the French Ministry...
Nehru, Ram Janmabhoomi & Babri Masjid
By Inder Jit
(Released on 17 January 1989)
Communalism continues to grow and prosper. Even fundamentalism is beginning to raise its ugly head. Nothing symbolises this...
Disasters add to woes
Rising Inequality
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Globally disaster losses are estimated at $520 billion per annum, pushing more than 26 million people into poverty every year. As...
Will our bahubali-netas bite dust?
India's Criminal Escape Artists
By Poonam I Kaushish
Taint is the flavour this political season. Wherein, hundreds of our criminal-politicos flaunt their “bullet-proof jackets” in the...
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...