Politics

CITIZENS HAVE SHOWN THE PATH TO CONSTITUTIONAL SECULARISM The anti-CAA protests have entered a critical phase with the courts taking cognizance of them. Though it can end only with a court verdict, the judicial process is taking long. So…
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AAP CM FACES NEW CHALLENGES IN HIS THIRD TERM Whoever thought seven years ago that the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would come this far to bag the throne of Delhi for the third term? Though AAP had arrived as a disruptive force in…
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GHOSH’S RENOMINATION AS PRESIDENT STRENGTHENS RSS HARDLINERS By re-nominating Dilip Ghosh as the party’s State chief for the next three years, the BJP has given a clear message to its voters and supporters in West Bengal. The party will…
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INCUMBENT CM’S GOVERNANCE RECORD HAS STRUCK A HUGE CORD Ask a man on the street or people living in posh localities, who they would vote for in the coming Delhi elections and their prompt reply would be—“Arvind Kejriwal”. It appears a wave…
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THREAT FROM BHEEM SENA CHIEF LEADS TO REORIENTATION OF STRATEGY Threatened by the rise of Chandra Shekhar Ravan of Bheem Sena and sharp erosion in her support base, BSP national president and former Chief Minister Mayawati has played…
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ONCE AGAIN, KASHMIRI SELF-DETERMINATION CALL FINDS GLOBAL EARS The Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi inspired the movement for right of Kashmiris for self-determination on 5 January 2020 in a crafty and diplomatic style, moving away…
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UDDHAV SHOULD FOLLOW HIM BY RELEASING BHIM-KOREGAON PRISONERS While Hemant Soren the chief minister of Jharkhand just after assuming the office decided to withdraw the Pathalgadi sedition case in the maiden cabinet decision, the…
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JMM’S HEMANT SOREN WINS ON PRO-FOREST RIGHTS TRIBAL TRUST The impressive win by the Mahagathbandhan in Jharkhand indeed sends a powerful political message, though it is a small state. This is the second state that the BJP has lost in the…
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UNPRECEDENTED DHARNA EXPOSES UTTAR PRADESH ADMINISTRATION Perhaps it was for the first time in any state in the country that 200 MLAs of BJP staged dharna against its own government inside Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Significantly enough they…
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The overwhelming finance sector reforms have begun transforming the system as New Deal. Currency crunch is still a problem, digital reach and efficiency not sufficient, yet the popularity of the measure, people’s patience to make it succeed…
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Deep concern and dismay – are some of the emotions shared among friends who reside outside of India and looking in from far. Student agitation, farmers’ uprising, caste and religious strife are permeating news publications about…
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The Narendra Modi skippered Central government, during its first two years, received bouquets aplenty but weathered many storms too, on its arduous journey on the track of economic and social  agenda. It was fraught…
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The brouhaha over the JNUites revolves around the role of nationals and anti-nationals – a confusing and chaotic cocktail . In India, campuses have been the most happy hunting ground for political parties to recruit party members.…
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Today’s Assam election is being held on the foundation of a mistake committed on April 2, 1950. This mistake was signed by prime ministers of India Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan,Liaqat Ali and is known as Nehru-Liaqat Ali pact. It…
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Jawaharlal Nehru University has been in recent times in the news for many wrong reasons. We are witnessing a violent clash of ideologies, a division over the Idea of India, and a battle of one-upmanship over reviving patriotism with deep…
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The union budget changes the thrust of Indian economy. It stresses on agriculture for the first time since 1991, which began an era of liberalization-globalization for industry and manufacturing as also neglect of the farm sector. It…
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The brouhaha over the JNUites revolves around the role of nationals and anti-nationals – a confusing and chaotic cocktail . In India, campuses have been the most happy hunting ground for political parties to recruit party members.…
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University of Mysore is all set to host the prestigious 103rd edition of Indian Science Congress from January 3 to 7, 2016 at its campus. The theme of ISC this time is “Science & Technology for Indigenous Development in India,”…
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Silencing/refuting/repudiating his critics’ “baseless” allegations of his being anti-farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “practical gift” to the country’s farmers/ kisans --- Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) : Crop…
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is caught in an inexpedient web of a self-centered alliance and is weighed down by bureaucratic enervation. He is infact under pressure to deliver “Mangal Raaj” which he has promised in response…
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Global Destination, Global rage are the Border Haats in India-Bangladesh Border. Thanks to overt initiatives by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Border Haats are being overtly frequented by the denizens from all over the countries as…
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Mature democratic politics requires an Opposition that does not blindly oppose. Leadership is tested when it shows the ability to rise above the expected and the predictable, and to display courage of conviction based on the…
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Chhindwara MP, Sonia Gandhi-loyalist, Congress-thinker, Rahul-shaker, Priyanka-promoter, non-controversial (his contemporaries during late Sanjay Gandhi-era Jagdish Tytler, Akbar Ahmed Dumpy, Sajjan Kumar, H K L Bhagat etc, etc…
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It cannot happen where language is corroded, resentment is paramount. In 2016, let’s reset ourselves. The assessment of the year past, the balance sheet of hits and misses, can be drawn up in different ways, depending on one’s…
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On the National Herald issue, it appears that the government was prepared for the expected. It is said ‘there is a method in the madness’. The Bihar elections had a lesson for everybody. The BJP learned that there was no…
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