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The author is a noted media academic and columnist, and former Dean of Symbiosis and Amity Universities.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, arrive for the Congress Working Committee meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Congress at a Crossroads: Surgical Strike Needed Ahead

Regional politics has taken a hit and non-Congress Opposition politics will find it tough to survive.

26 May 2019 6:37 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

NDA win decisive over miserable failure of Congress, regional parties

On the Congress-led UPA side, the situation by 12 noon has shown that it did not gain much from last time.

23 May 2019 1:49 PM IST

Atal Bihari Vajpayee respected the right to dissent or disagree, as a part of polemics, and yet engaged with the dissenter, within and beyond his own party, which is so important in current times. (Photo: File | PTI)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 10 things the nation will never forget

His was a perspective of reconciliation with the Opposition, and respect and consensus for allies.

16 Aug 2018 5:42 PM IST

Farmers shout slogans against the government at a rally organised by All India Kisan Sabha in Mumbai on March 12, 2018

Simmering farmers' discontent: A ticking time bomb

These two steps are imperative to save farmers, save agriculture and save the country.

8 Aug 2018 1:49 AM IST

Abhijit Nath and Nilotpal Das, who were lynched by a mob in Assams Karbi Anglong district.

Decoding lynching: Socio-politics of targeted violence in India

In many cases of lynching, locally organised cow protection groups take the lead and incite mob violence against hapless...

3 July 2018 5:59 AM IST

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, deputy CM Manish Sisodia, AAP ministers Satyendra Kumar Jain and Gopal Rai at lieutenant-governors residence on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI )

Delhi statehood: Debate revived

The draft bill passed by the Assembly says that Delhi being the national capital can be divided into two parts.

25 Jun 2018 11:40 AM IST

We are not sitting here for ourselves. We are sitting here for you (Delhiites) and for schools, water, mohalla clinics so that the people of Delhi can get facilities, the AAP chief said. (Photo: Twitter | @ArvindKejriwal)

Kejriwal dharna, Delhi statehood and the Federal Front

Paradoxically, despite leaning towards a broad united front against BJP, the Congress continues to treat AAP as a...

18 Jun 2018 10:44 AM IST

Indian tourists mainly come to Sri Lanka during the month of May due to the summer holidays.

The Sri Lankan sojourn: Clean, green and serene

Throughout the year Sri Lanka has a good tourist turn out as different nationalities arrive in different time periods of...

7 Jun 2018 1:21 PM IST

The bandh has been called against an official notification for the February 27 Assembly poll despite a general appeal for solution of the Naga political problem before the elections. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

Bengal panchayat elections: Delegitimising run of TMC, legitimising...

Panchayat elections in Bengal have regularly witnessed violence since the 1980s.

24 May 2018 3:01 PM IST

BJP has proved an overwhelming number of opinion and exit polls wrong in the Karnataka Assembly election result. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

BJP's Karnataka victory decoded and why Congress lost the plot

Siddaramaiah-led Congress ran a campaign based on Bihari versus Bahari model of Nitish Kumar of Bihar, but failed.

15 May 2018 1:28 PM IST