CPM state secretary Md Salim on Sunday termed the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) an entity without autonomy and a failure at a time the hills are divided on the issue after Bengal chief m...

Until some time ago, it wouldn’t have raised any opposition in Kerala. It would have even been hailed as another right step forward. But today, religious groups not only publicly assume conserva...

HD Kumaraswamy is on fire, especially when it comes to communal issues raked up by the sangh parivar. While his party, the Janata Dal (Secular), had an understanding with the ruling BJP in the le...

Uncertain future Many in the Bharatiya Janata Party believe that the ‘Bulldozer Baba’ image of the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, and his tough stance against alleged c...

The political responses to the ghastly massacre of at least eight people, including women and children, in a village in Birbhum in retaliation to the murder of a local leader of the Trinamul Congress ...

“More than 12 people were locked and burnt (at Bagtui). Why has the exact toll not been revealed? Why have  forensic experts not reached yet? An arson takes place when something has to be h...

Reflected glory Early this week, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, was felicitated at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s parliamentary meeting for the party’s victory in four out of the five s...

Footnote The Punjab police is having a tough time vetting the 92 MLAs of AAP. While the CM designate, Bhagwant Mann, and 10 others are known faces, the rest are relatively unknown. On the day of the ...

As the results of 107 civic bodies were announced on Wednesday, it was found that a number of candidates who had contested from political parties or as Independents were unusual victors.  Some w...

The results of the civic polls to 107 municipalities held on February 27 — the official number was 108, but Trinamul won Dinhata uncontested — on Wednesday produced a rare outcome in Benga...