Politics

Two recent events have caused serious controversy in Madhya Pradesh. The first is the claim by Umang Singhar, leader of the opposition in the state assembly, that tribals are not Hindus. The other is the death of infants by rat bites. Umang…
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In a major political setback to the Congress in Kerala, the Crime Branch of the Kerala Police has constituted a Special investigation Team (SIT) to probe the accusations of sexual misconduct against Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil. In…
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Is the Bharat Rashtra Samiti 'family rama' nothing but sibling rivalry and favouritism? Also shades of / patriarchy and the son getting to keep the cake while taking a bite of it, too. The daughter is angry to the point of boiling over and…
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After the Maratha reservation movement activist Manoj Jarange ended his five-day hunger strike on September 2 and the agitation was called off for now after the Maharashtra government accepted several of their key demands, the politics in…
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One year without a party president is unusual—especially for a party known for discipline and structure. The BJP, the country’s ruling party, is yet to elect a new national president even though J.P. Nadda’s extended term expired in June…
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New brooms sweep clean. And after being made the leader of All India Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha, Abhishek Banerjee has turned his sights on the polling booths of West Bengal for a triumphant result in 2026 Assembly elections in the…
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There is a growing conflict and temple war in West Bengal surrounding the inauguration of the Jagannath temple in Digha, a significant event that opened on April 30 during the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. The Bengal's Jagannath…
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With quota within quota notification for Scheduled Caste (SC) reservation in Telangana, a new phase of Dalit politics in India has just begun. The gazette notification has made Telangana, the first State in India to implement…
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If in the United States, the world’s second largest federal democracy, the number of seats in the House of Representatives could remain capped at 435 since 1913, there is no reason to justify the latest delimitation exercise to freshly fix…
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As the year 2026 approaches, the issue of the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies is drawing public attention and controversy. This is the year when the freeze on the number of seats will end, and the next round of…
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What is ‘Saugat-e-Modi’? The literal translation is 'Modi's Gift'. It’s a gift scheme for members of "minority communities" during this festive season, even if it sounds like unmistaken "Muslim appeasement." Dig a little deeper and…
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday. March 10 raided several premises of former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel as part of probe into a money laundering case involving his son Chaitanya Baghel, which Congress has…
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As part of his pan-India vision, Rahul Gandhi has executed his ambitious programme to weed out BJP’s sleeper cells within Congress ranks and hand over the functioning of the party into the hands of the ideologically-oriented young leaders.…
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BJP’s winning 9 of the 10 mayoral seats has raised significant political concerns for the Congress. One  seat was even won by an Independent, which is even more concerning for the Congress necessitating the party o review the loss…
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The evidence brought forward by Trinamool Congress (TMC) from Bengal is just another in a series of evidences of electoral roll manipulation that invariably favours BJP and its allies, as it has recently been witnessed in the recent…
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Political developments in Delhi have been making Punjab politics complex. AAP’s loss of power in Delhi has emboldened the opposition Congress in Punjab which hopes to topple the government through defection. BJP is trying to make inroads by…
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Congress Party’s Thiruvananthapuram Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor isn’t at his diplomatic best. He is enmeshed in an unforced dilemma, his mind is wandering and he's suffering from a bad case of neglect. The Congress high-command is…
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The smallest semi-state of Delhi and the Milkipur by-election shook Indian politics. It also revealed that the regional parties are not in a position to take on the united BJP. Now it remains to be seen whether the India Alliance will learn…
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In a special gesture Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday and received the Amir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani. And in another special gesture, because the Amir is…
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Bihar has always been a hard nut for the BJP, precisely for the saffron ecosystem. The more the saffron brigade strives and tries to exploit the existing social and caste contradictions, more it gets alienated from the mainstream politics…
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The two-day eighth edition of Bengal Global Business Summit, held here on February 5 and 6, betrayed chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee’s frantic efforts to live down the Opposition’s charge as also a widely…
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How come Prime Minister Narendra Modi always invariably makes a symbolic statement on Election Day, doesn’t matter where and when the election. Once, he sat in a cave in Kedarnath and meditated with eyes shut to what people thought of the…
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is the eagle soaring with a bird’s eye view of what’s happening to Maharashtra under his watch as also what should be happening and what should not? Fadnavis is the Chief Minister everybody is…
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The way AAP, BJP and the Congress have been trying to woo the electorates living in Delhi’s slums, unauthorized colonies, and less developed areas, it is increasingly becoming clear that the key to winning the legislative elections lies…
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The New Year 2025 has started in the backdrop of the restoration of the ruling party BJP’s confidence following its electoral successes in the state assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana and completely overshadowing the Samajwadi…
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