A 10-Point Wishlist For Modi's Third Term

If Modi wants to leave a real legacy, breaking India's strategic triangulation would be the real gift, notes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish......

Court Verdict Reopens Question On Hindu Identity

What should be made out of the Madras high court order involving non-Hindus' entry into Hindu temples, when many non-Hindus are among the hundreds of thousands that have been worshipping at these......

Judiciary needs to begin 'difficult conversations', says CJI

The judiciary's ability to remain relevant as an institution requires it to recognise challenges and begin "difficult conversations", Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said on Sunday as he......

How INDIA Can Counter Modi's Popularity

What the INDIA alliance needs is neither a counter to Modi's tall personality and undiminished charisma nor a counter-narrative to his Hindutva agenda, now centred on the Ayodhya temple......

Why Jaitley is under no pressure to present a populist Budget

The dates of general elections in 2019 and the presentation of the final Budget of the Modi government are so far removed from each other that Jaitley is not under any pressure to present a......

Why Bellary is to bleed again

It’s sleepless nights again for the residents of Kamtur village. Located on the fringes of the Kumaraswamy forest range, one of the six iron ore-bearing mountaintops in Karnataka’s......

US hopes Hazare's drive will create better climate

American business leaders are hopeful that the anti-corruption protest in India led by activist Anna Hazare would not sidetrack burgeoning economic ties between the two countries, but would, in the......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

Can P T Usha Fix The IOA?

Ms Usha may soon discover that winning four gold medals at the Asian Games and qualifying for the Los Angeles Olympics is a walk in the park compared with the challenges of stabilising governance......

IPL behind closed doors? Indian sport hit by COVID-19

'In the event the sporting event cannot be avoided, the same could be done without allowing gathering of people, including spectators.' IMAGE: A coronavirus information banner is seen at the HPCA......

Gambhir finally has stand named after him at Kotla

IMAGE: Gautam Gambhir slammed the authorities for infighting and not putting their energy into betterment of Delhi cricket. Photograph: Gautam Gambhir/Twitter Gautam Gambhir finally saw a stand......

Will Ganguly contest for BCCI president's post?

Some of the key faces for various posts will be former India skipper and Hyderabad Cricket Association president Mohammad Azharuddin, former India captain and Cricket Association of Bengal......

Jimmy Amarnath to replace Yashpal as selector

From calling the selectors "a bunch of jokers" to being named as the new selector, life has come a full circle for Mohinder Amarnath. The former India all-rounder will replace Yashpal Sharma in the......