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It seems prime minister Narendra Modi has pressed the reset button with the recent expansive interview with news agency ANI. He portrayed himself as a statesman who is committed to constitutional process. Televised on New Year Day, Modi defended his government’s record without bitterness to the opposition, even though...
By Aditya Aamir It was another ‘hartal’ in hartal-country Kerala on Thursday, the fourth since September 28, 2018, and the first of 2019. Petrified public transport buses are stranded in transport hubs across the state and even if shops and other commercial establishments are presenting a strong face, lack...
By Rahil Nora Chopra An old saying in Indian politics is that small and regional parties always favour a weaker government over a strong one. The late BSP Leader Kanshi Ram had always claimed that the party would flourish only when there is a weak government. With the...
By Sagarneel Sinha One of the important lessons that political parties should learn from the assembly election results of the last leg of 2018 is that the voters are more concerned about issues which affect their daily lives. The three states namely Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan that...
By Arun Srivastava The Swachh Bharat Mission ostensibly aims to achieve safe sanitation for all by 2019 but even with the arrival of the year, the mission has not acquired a pan-India shape. Worst still, it has become a mechanism to usurp public money. From the babus to...
By Nitya Chakraborty Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s 40 minute reply to Rahul Gandhi’s attacks on the Rafale deal on Wednesday in Lok Sabha had all the qualities of a legal luminary and an orator but it had no answers to the pointed questions raised by the Congress President against...
By Sushil Kutty Rafale is not the issue in Kerala. Swami Ayyappa is. Unrest is on the move everywhere in the state after two child-bearing age women entered the Sabarimala temple Wednesday morning. Clashes between agitating Sangh Parivaar cadre and CPM workers claimed one life Wednesday evening. Chief Minister...
In politics one week period may be too long, but for comprehensive economic reforms which should be meaningful a four-month time is too short. Seriously, the Modi government is up against time now as 2019 General Elections are just ahead. Commentators and economic historians may become busy these few...
By Aditya Aamir ‘Yuvatis’ Kanaka Durga and Bindu sneaked into Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple in the wee hours of January 2, 2019. Victory! Temple Chief Tantri Kandraru Rajeevaru closed shut the temple doors and “purified” the temple precincts. Humiliation! Only then was the temple reopened for male Ayyappa devotees....
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh has averted a political crisis by agreeing to withdraw all “politically motivated” cases filed by the previous BJP government as demanded by BSP leader Mayawati. The decision comes within a day of Mayawati threatening to reconsider her...