Is Modi Ki Vote Guarantee Finished?

Now, every state election -- first up, Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand later this year, then Delhi in January and Bihar in September next year -- will be seen by his followers for evidence of......

Modi's Invincibility Is Gone And Gone Forever

It is possible to be blind to this and pretend to carry on as if nothing has happened but that will not change the reality, asserts Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi at the ruins......

There's Something About Kangana...

No newbie candidate has had so many star campaigners in the Bharatiya Janata Party come out to canvass votes for her as Kangana Ranaut has had this election. Even before she filed her nomination in......

'If Modi comes back in 2024, India will be...'

'...a more capable State -- one that operates with greater capacity, greater efficiency, and greater clarity of purpose.''But I also see a more despotic State -- one that places more constraints on......

'We are in the ICU. Please save us'

'How does it matter to me if a foreigner comes, starts an industry and makes India a $5 trillion economy when I am dead?' Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters   An emotional outburst from......

Thankfully, Mr Jaitley delivers!

The new focus is on the poor, the downtrodden, the vulnerable and the farmer -- all of whom find repeated mention in the speech Arun Jaitley’s third Budget is a masterly combination of good......

Why do ministers lie about India's development story?

Columnist T N Ninan wonders when there is real progress to talk about, why our ministers make exaggerated claims. "Loud thunder, little rain" is supposed to be an old Chinese saying. Nothing would......

How good were NDA's infrastructure ministries?

On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, laid the foundation stone for a new highway between Delhi and Meerut. The year thus ended......