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...
Confident, wary of 3 states
BJP's 2024 Battle
By Sagarneel Sinha
Replying to the No-confidence motion in Lok Sabha Prime Minister Modi said: “Opposition has
betrayed the people of India. They have...
Sc sends strong message
Utt'khand Eviction Drive
By Insaf
Three cheers to the Supreme Court. It may have killed two birds with one stone. One, it rightly stayed the Uttarakhand...
CEA stokes hope
Asian Gloom
By Shivaji Sarkar
After a long time Chief Economic Advisor Surbramanian Krishnamurthy has given a boost to the confidence of the nation with his...
Privatisation no answer
Banking Crisis
By Moin Qazi
Famous investment leader Warren Buffett said, "It's only when the tide goes out that you realise who has been swimming naked"....
Rising costs cut firm profits
SVB Ruin May Hit India
By Shivaji Sarkar
Amid changing global scenario, companies facing complex situation of weakness in people’s consumption and contraction in operating profit,...
Decline in academic freedom?
Scientific Approach
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The findings of the QS World University Rankings released recently have shown that India experienced the highest growth in university...
Wb gov-cm play politics!
Of Riots & Refugee Camps
By Insaf
Politics in West Bengal over riots and displaced citizens continues to persist. Governor C V Ananda Bose is quoted...
Appalling travesty of Justice!
Babri Verdict & Hathras Case
By Insaf
Outrage! That sums up the Babri Masjid demolition verdict and Hathras incident should evoke, if it hasn’t already, among...
Mixing domestic, foreign policy!
Trudeau Visit
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Many political observers, media persons and diplomats in both India and Canada dubbed Justin Trudeau's week-long visit...
New way out of Ram-Babri imbroglio
By Inder Jit
(Released on 2 October 1990)
India's secularism today faces its biggest ever challenge. Yet the problem is not receiving the cool, overdue attention...
Dangerous future ahead
Politics on Roads
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
New Year season is celebrated this year in Mumbai with violent street level politics virtually...
Is it justified?
Encounter Killing
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The killings of four persons in Hyderabad allegedly accused of rape once again point to organized violence of the State....
Will stealth F-35 fly to India?
Tariff, Gas Haze Trump Talks
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is set to deepen economic ties with the U.S. through a massive $500 billion purchase deal, securing...
Weak, global slump likely
2023 Economic Prospects
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Reports about the economic prospects for 2023, both on India and the world, appear quite stark. Former Reserve Bank of...
Familial brat pack!
Invoking Dynastic Gods
By Poonam I Kaushish
In our electoral dance of democracy this week’s flavour is pedigree. No, I am not talking about the canine...
I am a dalit, who are you?
Political Diary
By Poonam I Kaushish
The caste genie unleashed by our polity nearly three decades ago has bared its poisonous fangs once again in...
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...
Brazen vote bank politics
Assam NRC Row
Till yesterday not many had heard of the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Today it has raised a huge controversy with the...
Can opposition nail failure?
Govt Performance
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The latest Human Development Report (HDI) Index has given India a ranking of 130 among 188 countries in 2017, once again...