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By Nitya Chakraborty The results of the local bodies elections in Karnataka officially declared on September 3 have shown that the Congress is in a formidable position in the semi urban areas of the state as the leading party as against the BJP and with JD(S) alliance for...
Dear Mr. Narendra Modi Sahab, Greetings We in Pakistan really appreciate the highly positive gesture of your telephonic call to our Prime Minister to congratulate him on his elections victory and the even bigger gesture of writing a very friendly letter, expressing very positive and warm sentiments in a...
By Sushil Kutty BJP discard Arun Shourie is painting a black picture for the Opposition: Forget old arguments, grudges, get together, field one candidate against BJP in each constituency or kiss democracy goodbye. Scaring the pants off bhakt-baiters and #UrbanNaxals, who will do full shashtang before any god...
By Amulya Ganguli The second hearing by the Supreme Court of the case against the so-called “Urban Naxals” will not only determine whether they pose a genuine threat or whether the police charges against them are an attempt by the government to create a smokescreen of terror...
By Nantoo Banerjee A two rupee fall in its exchange value with US$ — say, from Rs. 69 to Rs. 71 for a $ — may cost the country an additional external payment burden of nearly Rs.1,50,000 crore, in Rupee terms, on account of this year’s total import...
By Aditya Aamir Who says the sarkari babu doesn’t have spine? Wait till he retires and watch him show backbone. And it doesn’t matter if an Emergency-like situation prevails, which is worse than Emergency. Ask the 48 retired civil servants who have written an open letter to the...
By Mark Gruenberg Labor and its allies in the Democratic Party in United States have built ground operations through which they plan to turn out record numbers of voters this November to take Congress out of the hands of the Republicans. In 2018, they may be right,...
By Dr Arun Mitra For the last several years dense smog engulfs large part of north India, including Punjab, Haryana, western UP, parts of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and NCR Delhi. This happens during the months of October and November when summer has ended and winter is about to...
By K. Raveendran Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s portfolio must be redesignated as minister for defence of Modi. This is what he does mostly these days either because he has not fully got over his sabbatical mood or he has nothing much else to do in the finance ministry....
By Aditya Aamir Things have slipped so far out of New Delhi’s hands in four and a half years, Srinagar has become the frontier. It’s as if the LoC has shrunk and today cuts through Lal Chowk. A change of Governors made no difference. Terror has taken on...