Gujarat holds Modi magic

Contrasting Poll Results By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent Assembly elections’ results are a bit puzzling. The BJP’s landslide victory in Gujarat but losing Himachal Pradesh to...

Nation of the rich: Oxfam

Govt Promises & Reality By Dhurjati Mukherjee Speeches of Union ministers, specially at the top, the Prime Minister, are prepared by highly qualified people and many...

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,...

Wake-up call for change

'Wrestling' With Me Too By Poonam I Kaushish India is at war with its wrestlers. That too Olympic medalists. For over 13 days wrestlers’ Sakshi Malik,...

Reaching for the moon

Indo-US High Tech Ties By Shivaji Sarkar The US visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi breaks the ice. Its success cannot just be fathomed in terms...

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...

Gandhian approach needed

Cleansing Public Life By Inder Jit (Released on 4 October 1996) Mahatma Gandhi was remembered once again on October 2, his birth anniversary. Top leaders and many...

Tiptoeing  stealthily

Uniform Civil Code Anyone? By Poonam I Kaushish In this poll season of freebies galore interspersed with vitriolic hate speeches and venomous tu-tu-mein-mein by BJP and...

WB, Punjab to ekla chalo

INDIA Bloc Discord By Insaf West Bengal and Punjab have put a spoke in the INDIA bloc wheel, as of now. Both TMC and AAP respectively...

Total remedy, not news vital

Land 'Grab', 'Acquisition' By Dhurjati Mukherjee The alleged land grabbing at Sandeshkhali village in West Bengal by a TMC leader continues to hit headlines, but such...

More vulgar the better!

Slander Is Now Virtue By Poonam I Kaushish In this theekha-masaledar Lok Sabha electioneering season our netagan are reveling in neech under-the-belt vitriolic language, putrid entertainment...

Economic Slowdown

Can Modi undo mistakes? By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent fall of the GDP to an all-time low has not only led to severe criticism of Prime...

Campus Politics Unlawful

Repeat court verdict By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court decisively banned student politics in college campuses...

New Congress President

Will he usher in change? By Dhurjati Mukherjee The elevation of Rahul Gandhi to the top position of the Congress augurs well for the party’s fortunes,...

Pseudo unity in diversity!

Culture of Protests By Poonam I Kaushish How hypocritical is Mera Bharat Mahan. In a week when India celebrated its 68th Republic Day drumbeating Unity in...

Pf, employees at risk

Stock Market Crash By Shivaji Sarkar The Bombay stock market, like most others across the world, has crashed. It has lost about 4000 points in a...

Much ado about nothing!

Modi-Jinping Meet By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Let us recall a famous quote on concept of time in politics, attributed to Harold Wilson, the...

Tight-rope walking !

Modi in Qingdao By Dr. D.K. Giri Prof. International Politics, JMI Prime Minister Narendra Modi was at Chinese port town Qingdao last week to attend the 8-country...

Transform religious outlook

Law Against Lynching By Dhurjati Mukherjee Religious fanatics have led to undermining the interests of the minority, thereby fomenting communal tensions and creating social upheavals. The...

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...