Dynastic politics may be anathema to those who run New India. But a dynasty seems to have cemented its place beyond India’s southern borders. The Sri Lanka People’s Freedom Alliance &mdash...

Sher Ali Afridi. The name may make no sense to us in 2020. I cannot say that Afridi is a forgotten name. It would be much better to say that he has always remained unknown. Ali Afridi was from that ar...

Congress leaders on Saturday continued their unseemly bickering over the party’s own legacy, exposing the absence of deft political management that could have doused the embers. “The BJP ...

Union minister and RPI(A) chief Ramdas Athawale on Monday invited NCP president Sharad Pawar to join the BJP-led NDA, saying the country and Maharashtra will benefit from the veteran politician's ...

Former Union minister and  former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha jumped in the Bihar poll fray on Saturday by announcing a “third front”. With the slogan, “Is baar badle Bihar (This ...

Former Union minister and former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha jumped in the Bihar poll fray on Saturday by announcing a “third front”.With the slogan, “Is baar badle Bihar (This time, change Bihar...

Elections are considered to be the life line of healthy, vibrant democracies. But polls in Kashmir have, over the years, raised serious questions about this inference. In May this year, when the rest ...

Sir — In a welcome change, many people in cities are adopting stray dogs as pets. The Indian pariah dogs, popularly known as ‘indies’, are an adorable breed. They are best suited to the climate ...

The Election Commission on Saturday announced bypolls to four Assembly seats in Assam, one in Arunachal Pradesh and one in Meghalaya on October 21.The key contenders in Assam, the BJP and the Congress...

The suspense over how many seats each NDA constituent will contest from Bihar continues.Many were expecting an announcement on Monday, as BJP national president Amit Shah and chief minister Nitish Kum...