'The BJP is trying to change this mantra.' Photograph: ANI Photo On December 30, freedom fighter Dr G G Parikh, who was jailed during the 1942 Quit India movement and again during the Emergency,......
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......
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......
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......
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......
The Indian economy was on an impressive growth path through the first decade of this century till it was brought to an abrupt halt by the policy inertia during UPA2 and the Modi government's......
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......
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 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......
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'......