Modi walks the talk: 220-year-old industrial behemoth is corporatized
Mooted in 2000, Ordnance Factory reform piloted by Rajnath Singh in a year’s timeframe after PM’s Mann ki Baat of...
Sharad’s charade on Congress ‘zamindari’: Grand Old Party faces pincer assault
Apart from BJP, perceived umbilical allies also seek a ‘Congress mukt Bharat’. Opposition unity a utopia A month back, on...
Mamata’s ‘khela hobe’ snaps Rahul out of hibernation
Congress steals Trinamool’s thunder as a section of Opposition strives for synergy against BJP. Mamata Banerjee strode into Lutyens Delhi...
Modi salutes Rao while Gandhi parivar looks the other way
‘99 out’ PM hailed for his humble background; commitment to Indian values. Thirty years ago, around this time of the...
Pawar’s ‘Third Front’ veil doesn’t conceal isolation of Congress
Is this the beginning of vaporisation of UPA? New Delhi witnessed hectic political activity in multiple fronts this past week....
Salute 60 years of Goa, 50 of Bangladesh in run-up to 75th anniversary of Independence
16-19 December are dates which need to be embossed in Gold to solemnize the peace-oriented might of our Armed Forces....
Tempestuous Mamata filches West Bengal’s bhadralok veneer
Litmus test for federalism in the aftermath of Cyclone Yaas. The fallout of Plassey 2—BJP’s attempt to wrest West Bengal...
Can UPA3 be cobbled sans Naveen, KCR, Jagan, Kejriwal and Mayawati?
Attempt to dislodge Brand Modi goes on: Covid handling is termed ‘apocalyptic’ by 12 parties led by Sonia Gandhi, while...
Scribe who alerted about Bhopal gas leak, dies of Covid
Rajkumar Keswani, 71, was the winner of the B.D. Goenka Award for excellence in journalism in 1985. New Delhi:...
May 1981-May 1991: The turbulent decade of Rajiv
How ‘Mr Clean’ was marred by Bofors allegations. The month of May has seen major transition in Indian politics. First...
The emergence of BJP 2.0
The selection of former Congressman Himanta Biswa Sarma as the new Chief Minister of Assam and the election of Trinamool...
The emergence of BJP 2.0
The selection of former Congressman Himanta Biswa Sarma as the new Chief Minister of Assam and the election of Trinamool...
Will Mamata emerge as the face against PM Modi in 2024?
Talk of anti-BJP ‘Federal Front had emanated at her swearing-in 2016 as well… The very fact that Mamata took oath...
Election Commission walks the tightrope in times of post-truth
Sunil Arora faces unfounded flak from Julio Ribeiro; confronts with rectitude. New Delhi: The 2021 elections have not merely seen...
Mamata’s war cry against bohiragoto alien to Bengal’s heritage, history
Babasaheb Ambedkar was sent to Constituent Assembly by Bengal legislature in 1946 after Bombay turned its back. Is...
Exit Ghulam Nabi, enter Kharge: The Empire strikes back
G23 embers glow; demand for full time and effective leadership retains currency. Congress letter warriors, who have earned the epithet...
Yellow line between governorship and active politics yet to be drawn
Jagdeep Dhankar sets a precedent by appearing on TV debate to underscore his position. West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar...
Farmers snook framers of Constitution on Republic Day
Unlike Go Rakshak mayhem of 1966, State shows restraint; but was tractor rally permission prudent? Irony was writ large. Three...
Modi earned and achieved the prime ministership: Pranab book
The 2014 verdict was not a turning point, but historic, says Pranab Mukherjee in his memoirs chronicling the change of...
Rahul Gandhi’s phantasm on democracy divorced from reality
India’s vibrant system is in sharp relief to the nihilism in Washington. Rahul Gandhi’s sophomoric statement “there is no democracy...
It’s ‘never a full stop’ for Sharad Pawar
Advertising blitz by NCP on his birthday suggests an agenda. Amidst continuing uncertainty in Congress on the leadership question...
Congress unable to distinguish between image and mirage
Despondency and uncertainty engulf the party as Rahul keeps options open on leadership. Pointsman Ahmed Patel’s death and the...
As BJP plateaus in Bihar, Congress withers into a fringe outfit
Narendra Modi emphasises supremacy of party worker and organisation, sans family dominance, in his hour of triumph. Addressing a...
From dark Diwali to a lamp to fete jawans: 2020 different from 1962
Modi’s China policy and Pakistan’s admission of Pulwama devilment change the paradigm. Fifty-eight years ago, India observed a Dark...
