BJP's Karnataka Rout: A Defeat Foretold

The rising pitch of road shows and long rallies with hectoring pitches seem to have exhausted and numbed the audiences, rather than motivating them to vote for the party, observes Shreekant......

Chaos and jams at Delhi borders

The tightening of traffic restrictions put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus by Gurgaon and Ghaziabad administrations on their borders with Delhi led to chaos and traffic congestion......

Urgently needed: National coronavirus crisis council

'The prime minister's announcement of a nation-wide shutdown was eloquent, but should have been more clearly phrased to avoid police overreach.''Migrant labour should have been allowed adequate......

Politicians will find it tougher to retain voters's allegiance

'This may be good news for Rahul Gandhi, for no matter how Modi performs, there will always be some degree of dissatisfaction with his performance among large sections of voters,' says R......

Advani's take on India's weaknesses and difficulties

Bhartiya Janata Party patriarch Lal Krishna Advani has picked up for his blog this week a new book by the US-based Morgan Stanley executive Ruchir Sharma that identifies "graft driven inflation"......

'No expectation of major reforms from this government'

Privatisation of public sector banks or labour reforms should have been done by the government in its first two years. Morgan Stanley's Chief Global Strategist Ruchir Sharma on Wednesday said no......

India ranks ninth in crony-capitalism index: The Economist

The study claims that from its peak of 18 per cent of gross domestic product in 2008, the crony capitalists' wealth is now down to three per cent With the government taking several measures to......

Experts suggests ways for improving financial health of PSU banks

India needs to privatise and change the character of its state-owned banks which have massive bad loans that have become a drag on economic growth, a leading financial expert said here. "These......

Review: Welcome Back music is worth a listen

The Welcome Back soundtrack keeps the fun element intact, says Aelina Kapoor. Welcome had quite a few chartbusters when it released in 2007. Its sequel Welcome Back has some entertaining......

How about Alia and Bhumi together in a movie?

Savouring Spielberg's fierce, fine, movie; salivating over MAMI 2017's line-up; gobbling a Shrek cake; visualising a desi Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants with Alia, Bhumi and more in Sukanya......

Lalit Modi's son loses RCA election for president's post

C P Joshi pips Ruchir Modi to become RCA president Congress leader C P Joshi pipped Ruchir Modi, son of former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, to become president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association......

End of the road for Lalit Modi faction in Rajasthan cricket?

The Lalit Modi faction received a severe jolt on Tuesday with the Rajasthan high court ordering the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) elections be held on May 29.The court observed that calling......