Shinde's Maratha Reservation Dilemma

Any move to appease the Marathas will boomerang.Eknath Shinde is a worried man with the agitation not having an easy solution, notes Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Maratha Reservation activist Manoj Jarange......

'BJP is getting damaged in the north by farmers' stir'

If the protests have cemented the ties between the peasantry and the traders, the political implications for the BJP might become too serious to be disregarded because its core base was made up of......

Oppn parties lend support to farmers' 'Bharat bandh'

Opposition parties, including many regional outfits, on Sunday came out in strong support of the 'Bharat bandh' on December 8 called by farmer unions which have been protesting on Delhi's borders......

Maharashtra's COVID-19 crisis: Why is Pawar missing in action?

The most experienced administrator in the country seems to have sat back and allowed bureaucrats and policemen to manage the lockdown, observes Jyoti Punwani. IMAGE: Nationalist Congress Party......

Shifting people from Bharat to India

Modi is as divorced from reality as Manmohan Singh. He might want to sound expansive and visionary, but to be credible he must have his feet on the ground and know the reality around him. Instead......

Opposition calls the Budget 'anti-poor, anti-middle class'

Image: Budget fails to provide 'Aacche din' to poor. Photograph: Reuters     The Opposition on Saturday slammed as "hollow and plain" BJP's first full-year union budget, saying it......

Onion farmers point fingers at traders for soaring price

Onion prices, which have been high for several weeks now, seem to have gone through the roof. And with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar saying that there will be no relief for the customer before......

UPA mulls Rs 1,000 pension for EPFO subscribers

In the run-up to the general elections, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is considering announcing a "minimum pension of Rs 1,000 (a month) for all workers covered under the EPFO (Employees'......