'You need not just one strong leader, you need a strong Opposition'

'Those who hope for a strong united Opposition are disillusioned at the way in which the INDIA alliance has already been caught in debilitating squabbles.' IMAGE: A meeting of INDIA leaders.......

Executive-judiciary relationship will stay cordial: New law minister Meghwal

Bureaucrat-turned-politician Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday assumed charge as the minister of law and justice after Kiren Rijiju was removed from the high-profile ministry in a surprise development,......

'If Modi wins a third term...'

'Another term for the government under the prime minister would likely be a step forward on the path to Hindu Rashtra.''No question of going back or any slowing down.' IMAGE: Prime Minister......

I K Gujral: A suave politician, foreign policy expert

A suave and sobre politician, Inder Kumar Gujral belonged to that genre of intellectuals who made a mark in the country's foreign policy and a slice of luck catapulted him to the prime minister's......

Good-bye to one more Budget tradition

Among the many time-honoured parliamentary traditions, dutifully observed by governments since Independence, the one pertaining to the presentation of the Union Budget every year has seen the least......

Bihar via Hong Kong

The distance between Bhiwani, Haryana and Patna, Bihar is a long one. Minister of State (independent charge) Company Affairs, Prem Chandra Gupta, made it even longer by stopping at Hong Kong on the......

The old order changes

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh used to be fond of a definition he had himself coined for powerful persons in the Indian political system."There are only three powerful persons......

The story of India's external debt

Foreign exchange reserves as a percentage of India's total external debt were 73 per cent at the end of December 2015.     India's external debt profile appears to have improved......