Opinion

Like its ongoing drive among tribes of Jharkhand and adjoining areas of Chhattisgarh, the RSS is closely interacting with people at the grassroots level and trying to rope in the intermediary castes to its side in Bihar.

Sharad Pawar hasn’t lost an electoral battle since 1976, a distinction that eluded even former prime ministers like Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. However, his political stature has been hugely diminished today.

Given the euphoria at the NSG stadium, the fact that the much-anticipated 'mini' trade deal is obviously still in the works didn't seem to matter.

While the Modi government’s intent to disinvest may be strong, it has not followed this up with suitable actions

It is unfortunate that Pakistani leaders have been tamely allowing the army, deep-state and jihadis to pursue a self-serving and self-destructive agenda of compulsive hostility towards India.

Remarks by Jairam Ramesh, Abhishek Singhvi and Shashi Tharoor have revived the debate in the Congress on whether it should opt for a “Modi-centric” campaign or focus instead on how the Modi government’s policies failed the people on economic and agrarian...

Arun Jaitley enjoyed interacting with the media and everyone would listen to his off-record meetings with rapt attention.

The concerns of the RSS on population growth and availability of resources is endorsed by recently released UN’s World Population Prospects 2019, according to which, India is poised to overtake China as the world’s most populous country by the year 2027.

The rebel MLAs in Karnataka may well be the biggest losers as the Speaker’s decision goes through the legal corridors.

Special Branch of the Bihar Police had recently issued a letter suggesting that Nitish Kumar government is trying to dig out the roots of the RSS by collecting details of the persons associated with it.

The finance minister has her task cut out, as she prepares to tackle sagging growth, soaring unemployment and slackening consumption.

In a surprising twist to the debate, it was revealed in the Lok Sabha last week that the Delhi government has not sent any such proposal to the Centre.

The elephant in the room is the fear that the government will systematically set about unearthing skeletons from closets.

After the last two rate cuts (total of 50 basis points) were announced by the RBI, banks could not pass on the entire benefit to consumers due to rising cost of funds and the EMIs stayed put.

Modi handpicked persons he trusts. He believes in their capability to get the job done in his second tenure, particularly in the areas he has identified as the thrust ones of his next five years.

The UDF sweep underscores that the voters have rejected the muscular politics of both BJP and CPM.