Opinion

The Congress needs Siddaramaiah in its larger scheme of things in south India. A leader of his stature will help the party as it tries to unite non-BJP parties across the country.

The conduct of Governor Vajubhai Vala in the entire episode is a blatant and brazen attack on the constitutional norms and settled rules of law as laid down by the Supreme Court in a number of judgments.

Is the world today any safer after Osama bin Laden's extermination? Judging by the repeated terror happenings almost all over the world and systematic rise by the ISIS, it’s amply clear that the world is still afflicted with terror linked fear and insecur...

Since more than three fourths of India’s oil demand is met through imports, rising consumption of petroleum products amid a price spike has raised our overall import bill and thereby also worsened the trade deficit.

Will Modi's poverty, the hardships his parents — especially mother — faced, provide solace to the proverbial last man who still remains at the end of the queue and with little additional in hand?

This fight for equality is going to define the 21st century India for us, whatever might be the economic prowess we achieve. Being a Dalit today is an existential question.

This is a major climbdown by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, who had made character assassination of rivals into a fine art of politics.

Hawking the cosmologist, theoretical physicist, specialist in general relativity and quantum gravity, was modest, if anything, about himself.

The 180-km protest march, christened the ‘Long March of Farmers’, steered by the Maharashtra unit of the CPM’s farmers’ wing, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), is the latest in a string of farmers’ protests Maharashtra has seen in a year.

While the Basant Rath phenomenon has taken ordinary citizens in J&K by a storm, the rumour in the civil secretariat is that even the cabinet ministers, elected lawmakers, senior bureaucrats and top police officers are now wary of his looming presence on t...

The proposed amendments to the PRC constitution and the apparent centralization of power in Xi’s hands point to a fundamental weakness of institutions in China. No rising power can afford to hollow out its own institutions and hand over power to one singl...

Some people have been continuously talking about the 12% GST levied on sanitary pads. For them I have a simple question – Do you want cheaper sanitary pads, or do you want lower taxes?

Not a shot will be fired, but in a jiffy, the situation can change which no government in a media-frenzy republic will be able to handle.

10 ASEAN heads of state are in India right now. Imagine what they would have watched on their televisions last night and what they would have read in the newspapers this morning.

Body positivity is about changing the mindset of every girl who believes that a blemish could make her look ugly, who believes that fat shaming is justified since 'looking good' is all about flat abs and a slender frame. It's about encouraging every girl...

Does the Congress Party, after its defeat in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh need to learn any lessons from Blair’s renewal of Labour’s fortunes after being in opposition for 18 years?