Opinion Columns

There are Swapnodeep Kundus all over Jadavpur, who come with hopes of escaping their smalltown lives for the glitter of Kolkata. That glitter is a mirage most of the time.

Vivekananda's vision for a united India, the culmination of his meditative contemplation at Kanyakumari, is emblematic of his commitment to a singular purpose.

Indira Gandhi had just taken over as the prime minister in January 1966 when, in March that year, she had to ask the Indian Air Force to bomb a part of Aizawl, and areas that form a part of the present-day Mizoram state.

Social media, and particularly platforms like Twitter and YouTube, thrive on content that panders to our baser instincts. Now, Elon Musk-owned Twitter aka X, will incentivise its users to go viral by paying them money.

If the Constitution of Pakistan survives, Imran Khan may also survive and if it is violated again, then his political survival is very difficult.

The no-confidence motion moved in the Lok Sabha, the Opposition’s last resort to compel Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on the ongoing Manipur crisis on the floor of the house, will come into play on Tuesday.

The Congress government realised that the key to facing the electorate in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka was the visible implementation of the five promises.

The apex court has appointed a three-member judicial committee headed by Justice Gita Mittal, with Justice Asha Menon and Shalini Joshi as the other members. The root of the current conflict lies in the verdict of the Manipur High Court on April 20.

As external technologies grow, suppose robots start doing all the work you are doing now, what are human beings going to do?

While elections are still some months away, BJP will have to come up with something novel to catch voters’ attention. The “double-engine sarkar” argument has been around for quite some time.

Just as the Supreme Court’s move to stay the conviction does not mean the end of the trial in the criminal defamation case against him, Rahul Gandhi has to be cautious about the euphoria within the Congress and its sympathisers.

Beijing believes that at the centre of the Biden administration’s ongoing China outreach programme is the issue of resumption of military-to-military exchanges between the US and China.

Pakistani and Indian media have reported many times in the recent past that drug smugglers have been using drones in border areas, but no high-level Pakistani official has publicly admitted that fact before.

This band of IAS has become non-adoptive, rusty and outdated. For the vision of our PM Modi to take India to the league of developed nations, we must disband the IAS.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan has occupied the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister’s official bungalow, located close to the picturesque Badi Jheel of Bhopal, for more than 16 years.

After the BJP, Congress is going all out to woo the controversial preacher who just turned 27.

When the video showing the two young Kuki women being paraded naked went viral on July 19, even the otherwise benign Mizos lost their cool and certain groups issued a statement on July 21 asking Meiteis residing in Mizoram to leave “for their own safety”.

The cricket world watched in horror as the Indian women’s cricket team captain smashed the stumps with her bat after being given out by the on-field umpire.

The Congress-led political experiment -- United Progressive Alliance (UPA) -- no longer exists now, and it has metamorphosed into INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance).

Sant Ravidas has a huge following in several states, especially among the Scheduled Castes (SC) that comprise nearly 16 per cent of the population in MP.