In the latest twist to the ongoing assembly elections in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee was injured in what appeared to be a freak accident. However, going by the incumbent chief minister’s version, it’s anything but...
Over four-and-a-half years ago on a visit to Srinagar when Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was running the government in coalition with the BJP, I said to a student audience at Kashmir University's media studies department...
The complete shutdown witnessed on March 26 in the wake of nation-wide bandh called by farmers’ union reflects the deep agony agriculturists in the country are going through. The bandh call was given to mark...
From unprecedented post-poll violence to judges recusing themselves from hearing the Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) cases, the story of West Bengal appears to be a power game with all the trappings of brute force and domination....
Every now and then, one gets to read and hear about the erratic, arrogant and at times aggressive behaviour of the civil servants who abuse the power vested in them by the constitution with impunity,...
On a day the Congress turned 136, Rahul Gandhi, tipped to be party chief again, courted controversy.
The Gandhi scion skipped the party’s foundation day ceremony on December 28 as he flew to Milan, Italy reportedly...
Election after election keeps India in a state of perpetual war with itself. The chaos borne out from the political slugfests continued to bedevil the nation’s progress throughout its 70-odd years of history and still...
The Supreme Court has hit the nail on the head over the curiously generous reservation policy adopted by some states on March 19 when it sought to know for how many generations the reservations would...
With the second wave of corona virus peaking in the country people are coming in its vice-like grip in millions. While many are getting infected with the deadly virus, mortality rate too is on the...
Till June 8, Bihar was among those states in the country which reported low death toll from coronavirus despite the fact that the number of cases recorded was quite high. Hence, the new figures the...
