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CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury addressing a press conference after the partys three-day central committee meeting in Kolkata on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

CPM needs big rethink, not just about Congress

The two big national parties are actually more like Stalinists when it comes to inner-party deliberations.

23 Jan 2018 12:22 AM IST

The citizens rights have to be at the pinnacle, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra asserts. (Photo: PTI)

SC revolt: Let judges sort it out, not netas...

The sin of CJI Misra is his failure to play it fair. He has been seen as being partial, excluding those who did not...

15 Jan 2018 1:50 AM IST

There is, however, the harsh truth that whenever dalits gather in a big way as they did in Bhima-Koregaon on New Years Day last week, the other dominant castes feel uneasy and even a little bit frightened.

Caste factor resurfaces, but has limitations too

The BJP leaders seem to have sensed the problem of social unrest expressing itself through the caste voice.

9 Jan 2018 1:14 AM IST

With the BJP looking set to win Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may become more dictatorial, CPI general secretary S Sudhakar Reddy said on Monday. (Photo: PTI/File)

The real battle has just begun for Modi

Modi cannot hope to trounce the Congress as he did in the 2014.

1 Jan 2018 1:37 AM IST

DMK MP Kanimozhi leaves the Patiala House court after the verdict for her connection in 2G scam, in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Raging against graft not enough to end it

The common man's woes with corruption in the government at lower levels go unheeded.

25 Dec 2017 12:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah at a felicitation function before the partys parliamentary board meeting in New Delhi on Monday, after the partys win in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. (Photo: PTI)

Gujarat is Modi's win, caste bombs for Cong

To speak of the Modi charisma and Modi magic to explain the Gujarat victory would be a lame explanation.

19 Dec 2017 12:40 AM IST

Who would have thought that something Mani Shankar Aiyar said would become an issue.

BJP & Pak: A dinner and its political fallout

The government's snoopers could not have known the details of what was talked about at the party.

13 Dec 2017 12:38 AM IST

The Hindutva mob which had brought down the 16th century mosque which is strangely called the Babri Masjid on this day in 1992 had all but melted away.

25 years later, Ayodhya is now on backburner

The liberals and secularists mourn December 6 as a black day, as the day Indian secularism lay in tatters.

6 Dec 2017 2:43 AM IST

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. (Photo: PTI/File)

Executive vs judiciary: Stop political jousting

The Supreme Court ruling on the NJAC has been a big blow to the Modi government.

28 Nov 2017 12:17 AM IST

Former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi. (Photo: File)

Understanding Indira: PM in turbulent times

Thirty-three years after her death, we still don't have a decent political biography of Indira Gandhi.

18 Nov 2017 12:45 AM IST

The finance department said that there is not much of an impact of imposition of the GST on the state governments revenues as of now.

Is govt playing ducks and drakes with GST?

The GST is an empty political slogan promising the world in your palm.

13 Nov 2017 12:34 AM IST

Former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi. (Photo: File)

Indira's legacy: A role model for Modi?

Before Mr Modi came on the scene, it was Indira Gandhi who fitted the bill as a strong ruler.

31 Oct 2017 12:55 AM IST