Voters have role beyond poll

By Inder Jit Millions of our voters exercised their franchise yesterday in a majority of the States and Union Territories. Millions more will hopefully cast...

Workable plan imperative 

Environmental Crisis By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding the pandemic this year, environmental concerns remain and are high on the agenda. Recent reports point that pollution and natural...

Budget for cow & core voters

End-Poverty Vision By Shivaji Sarkar It's a Budget for the kisan (farmer), mazdoor (labourer), cow and lower middle class -- BJP's core voters. Bonanza is...

Consensus eludes

G-20 Meeting By Dr D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Not unexpectedly, consensus eluded the meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) of...

A pattern in confusion

Welfare Corps For Sub-Castes By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Andhra Pradesh Government has recently decided to set up 56 separate corporations for...

Cut years, educate more

Costlier NEP By Shivaji Sarkar The much awaited New Education Policy (NEP) has turned out to be old wine in not a well-crafted supposedly new...

Strong states & strong centre

By Inder Jit (Released on 12 March 1985) Three cheers for our people. They have once again asserted their sovereignty. No one need have any doubt...

Jo jeeta woh sikander!

SC Rues Criminals In Politics By Poonam I Kushish Q) Teacher: What is the role of Parliament in our Constitutional democracy? A) Student: Parliament plays the vital...

Behead hatred

Season of Poison By Poonam I Kaushish The power of rhetorical public abuse by our leaders’ underscores political discourse is only rabble rousing, devoid of substance,...

J&k demotion for promotion

Statehood to UT Status By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The new maps of the two newly formed Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh in the...

Towards crime mukt politics

Supremacy of SC By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Supreme Court has given a shock treatment to all political parties by passing certain...

Challenges for finance minister

Budget Musings By Dhurjati Mukherjee Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting Union Budget 2024 for this fiscal amidst a lot of challenges, thereby outlining economic...

A mini revolution

New Education Policy By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ISSCR, New Delhi) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the new National Education Policy (NEP) will mark...

‘Not 1962’, but strategy missing

Tawang Face-Off By Insaf “It’s not 1962 anymore.” An assertion by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday last should bolster confidence at least among...

It becomes sweeter

Jan Dhan Yojana By Moin Qazi India's flagship financial inclusion programme, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), got a big boost as the Government is...

Emotions to surpass economy

Gujarat & Goal 2024 By Shivaji Sarkar Prime Minister Narendra Modi magic spells witha record victory of 156 Gujarat seats for the BJP as he toils...

Kiski laathi aur kiski bhains?

ED's Questionable Credibility By Poonam I Kaushish What is it about yesterday’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and today’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) that it is always...

‘Lawless’ UP

Yogi’s edict face changer? By Insaf Changing the face of “lawless” Uttar Pradesh is asking for the moon, but for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath perhaps not....

Belling the illegal cat

The Nowhere People By Poonam I Kaushish How would you feel if one fine morning you are persecuted and thrown out of your country, take shelter...

The buck stops at Modi’s door

Serenading Success Or Ruing Failure By Poonam I Kaushish If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance battle them with bull. A truism which comes to mind...