Thursday, May 14, 2026
New era awaits Delhi and Kashmir despite roadblocks
Centre's belief that it can ride rough shod over the feelings of the people is grossly undemocratic, unjustified and in the long run impracticable. A week is a long time in political affairs and statecraft. But two...
  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...
Political violence in West Bengal a fait accompli
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....
Assembly polls punch holes in BJP citadel
  Elections in four states and a Union territory at a time when the people in the country were dying in hundreds due to the second wave of corona pandemic not only was reflected the arrogance...
No more lal batti culture, time to rein in on haughty babus
  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,...
  Recent announcement by Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal regarding his party’s decision to contest Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh kicked off a debate in the political circles in the...
  It’s rare to see political leadership to acknowledge their mistakes. Still rare is a political leader owning up the blunders of his/her predecessors. Against this backdrop, Rahul Gandhi’s statement that the Emergency, imposed by Indira...
  Nepal, the Himalayan nation which looks like a band-aid on India on the map, itself stands bruised and battered today in need of an immediate first-aid. As if the unsavoury developments of the past few...
Covid in Bihar
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...
  With the unlocking process starting migrant labourers began to return to cities. These labourers had left the cities in the wake of severe lockdown imposed by the government to contain COVID-19. With this, metropolises like Delhi...