The Deepa Thoon controversy, if not allowed to die a natural death, could take the...
Luckily for us, a Russia that is desperate to stay relevant in an emerging multipolar...
'Non-compatible with Western Civilization' is about as vague and jingoistic as it gets...
Once the OS layer is opened to the State, it doesn't close, notes Lieutenant General...
The recipe for Indian higher education institutions to succeed in the global markets is...
The enduring relationship between the two countries have survived the disintegration of...
The Maoists in Bastar went from one village to another with kits providing badly needed...
What is currently perceived as a massive, low-tech liability could become a high-value,...
In a federal democracy, the people must have a say (indirect or direct) in an office as...
Even if D K Shivakumar wanted to oust Siddaramaiah, whose support would he take? The...
It is shameful that Kashmir Times has been attacked in the way it has and that Anuradha...
The likes of Sengottaiyan can help Vijay navigate it better and faster -- but not...
Radical Islamist networks are deliberately targeting Muslim youths embedded within the...
The Supreme Court's opinion on the presidential reference can impact on any number of...
If Xi Jinping is dethroned in the future, the instrument for that may well be embedded...
If they act now, they can reshape the strategic map of Asia without firing a shot.If...
An IAF aircrash investigation typically concludes in two/three odd months. The reason...
The well-fought defensive battles in Aksai Chin and eastern Arunachal, in remote and...
After Donald Trump became president of the United States, he unleashed economic...
After big win in Bihar, the BJP is likely to push harder in Tamil Nadu, where the DMK...
If the Thackerays don't save a Marathi school in their backyard, who will, wonders Syed...
India emerged from the war militarily bruised and strategically altered.The United...
The Congress's performance in the Lok Sabha elections showed that it may be down but...
Democracy in India is too important to be left to a leader with a limited appeal.If...
What appeared to be a generous act of friendship was, in truth, a manoeuvre within a...
If he cannot do it this term by using his bureaucracy and experts from different...
'Are elections still fair in India, or are we all witness to a macabre style of...
The 15th India-Vietnam Defence Dialogue signalled a move from routine talks to deeper...
After Operation Sindoor, the Army and Navy now view the IAF as not a supporting arm,...
This election is a thank you note to Nitish Babu from a grateful Bihari people, notes...
...a time when his legacy ledger was still positive and before the debacle against...
Walking away is easier when nothing is at stake. It is far harder when you must break...
Left to its machinations, the BJP would have loved to cut Nitish down to size, but it...
TVK cadres are worried, the leadership looks weak, and the party is not fully prepared...
Creating a powerful new chief of defence forces has split the Pakistan military into...
The mass of voters chose Kejriwal and Mamdani for the simple reason that they were sick...
'Stalin's intention is plain and simple.''The DMK wants to convert what is an...
His victory means that his party will have to learn from him, because after the rise of...
If women voters are mobilised in big numbers to the voting booths on November 6 and 11...
What an achievement it will be if a young Gujarati-Punjabi man is able to give the most...
For Canada, important steps towards containing domestic elements that fuel...
Amid US-China trade tensions and economic vulnerabilities, India must seize the 'China...
The BJP's MoSha leadership are past masters in encouraging defections from their allies...
Can change happen? Not unless the changemakers themselves want it since they benefit...
Whether Trump will actually press ahead with the oil sanctions remains unclear, since...
Vijay, despite the loud message from his delayed arrival at the road-show/stampede...
Bengaluru is at a critical juncture, where its economic model, reliant on attracting...
New Delhi might have loudly welcomed an age of multipolarity, hedging and strategic...
'I disagree with much of Modi's politics, but it cannot be denied that in these years...
India should simultaneously prioritise domestic exploration and production of more oil...
Developing relations with the Taliban is needed, but plunging headlong into Afghanistan...
In May, 40 Rohingyas were blindfolded and flown to the Andaman and Nicobar islands and...
'There are times when India should stand up without hesitation and voice its...
Learning from East Asia, India must reform its district administration with...
As a protege of Shinzo Abe, Takaichi is expected to scale bilateral ties much...
A deep dive into Trump's new policy and what it means for Indian professionals and...
The principal problem lies in lack of training infrastructure and relatively lax safety...
If the TVK joins the NDA, there is every likelihood of the AIADMK winning an absolute...
If the Indian government is indeed serious about reversing brain drain, it needs to put...
'During the 5-day visit, Amir Khan Muttaqi would have, conceivably, bumped into our...
Look at any picture or video of Donald Trump and infer if that inspires any thought of...
While Asim Malik's role in Pakistan's recent warming up of relations with the US is...
'Karur could still impact Jana Nayagan's box-office success if Vijay and the TVK do not...
There has never been a moment in India's history when it has been so adrift in the...
'What we need to watch is how Saudi Arabia's financial assistance will be used by...
In seniority in the BJP leadership team, V K Malhotra, who passed into the ages this...
Can Imperial Japan be forgiven for what it did to Indian soldiers it was supposed to...
The Karur tragedy has exposed the huge gaps in Vijay's understanding of realpolitik,...
The MiG-21 episode demonstrates that procurement is always strategic. Choices about...
The two weeks that EPS took fending off the Sengottaiyan rebellion has since become...
The GenZ violence that engulfed Nepal is not only against nepo-babies -- its anger is...
Correction of India's ills requires focussed direction of our energy.For this, we need...
The collective West has always opposed strong leaders and economic development in...
'Trump does have a master plan in mind to put pressure on India with the additional...
'Arundhati Roy is like a ballerina performing on a high wire, cool, supremely at ease...
Let's work flat out and create a policy framework that fosters the growth of Indian...
In the last 11 years, India and the world witnessed what he stood for, what he promised...
'What the US appears to be doing is to force India to be "the buyer of last resort", on...
Amit Shah seemingly encouraging AIADMK dissident Sengottaiyan after party boss Edappadi...
Operation Sindoor has not yet been formally called off.What was the crying need to send...
Let there be no doubt that Modi in these 24 years so far has reshaped politics and...
Having control over both digital media and NGOs, it was easy for the US to topple the...
The numbers tell us the BJP's acceptability in Maharashtra is growing -- at the expense...
'Things may get much worse before they get better,' predicts Ajay Chhibber.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's sudden resignation after only a year in office has...
'Mohanji is a living example of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, showing that when we rise above...
It is high time India ends its silence on the human cost of the Gaza war and takes a...
France today increasingly resembles the Italy of the past, when governments fell with...
'The EPS camp feels assertiveness will help the AIADMK keep the BJP's seat-share...
Monday's protests in Nepal may become the forerunner to many more agitations in future...
India-US relations, like Rome, were not built in a day, nor can they be demolished in a...
'Xi is an individual led by a harder calculus and would scoff at melting over...
Mrs Gandhi's power ebbed and peaked with the times. Mr Modi's has almost been constant,...
'Why have we failed to address the issue of ensuring a requisite buffer zone in...
Like his father Karunanidhi and AIADMK rivals MGR and Jayalalithaa, Stalin would like...
This isn't just a home for the elderly. It's a place where life stories, generations,...
'Personalities are temporary, policies provide for stability.''With the former, when...
'Non-BJP state governments and their leaders, navigating today's political landscape,...
'One Chinese interlocutor said India should realise that "China can do without India,...
The crisis may not be as visible this time, but the stakes are just as high, points out...
'Operation Sindoor had three objectives.''One, destroy the Lashkar-e-Taiba headquarters...
Nepal's claim on Lipulekh and Kalapani reopens a 200-year-old border dispute, while...
'No respite from economic pain is worth the loss of dignity and self-respect,' asserts...
Confusing academic freedom with the right to free speech of an individual and expecting...
To those who ask, "Is all this really worth it? Why can't domestic demand fill the...
BJP strategists are missing something somewhere, and they have not acknowledged it, to...
'Are there other ways to reduce the energy airconditioners consume?' asks Ambi...
Asim Munir will have to find a well trusted aide to fill the crucial ISI post's when...
A Pakistan that is more secure in its relations with the US is also one that might well...
Trump has played throughout his career as a deal-maker who could deliver where others...
When the government chooses to either ignore or use identity documents only when it...
Sitiveni Rabuka's visit to New Delhi marks a major shift in India-Fiji ties as the...
The Galwan clashes indicate to the limitations in relations if they do not address...
Vijay, with his chief ministerial ambitions, is a one-man army, at least as of now, and...
'The law under the guise of security represents a grave and unnecessary expansion of...
'We may rationalise that we say or do things to get those close to us on the right...
'The Election Commission's involvement in the avoidable SIR controversy has carried a...
If India caves in to US pressure as Trump hopes it will, he will further try to...
One must wonder whether Mr Modi's efforts to wine and dine the Big Two of today's world...
By naming a sworn swayamsevak for vice president, the Modi-Shah duo have sent out a...
The point to note for India is that we must not panic.The United States may be our...
The way to deal with a bully is to resist bullying, because submission in the first...
Sections in the US State Department and Pentagon have always felt more comfortable...
In trade negotiations, as in chess, sometimes you need to accept a temporary...
The era where nations thrived through rigid alignments is giving way to an age where...
Why not stream all the data in real time to multiple recipients?It would make the...
If the US' renewed closeness with Pakistan ends up strengthening Pakistan's military,...
'Mr Modi has the power and pre-eminence in the BJP-RSS to choose how long he wants to...
The answer is to be found in the rise of the global south and in particular, the rise...
A year after the RG Kar rape-murder Swarupa Dutt/Rediff look at the city where it...
This is important because he is to be seen as a sure winner before criss-crossing the...
India and the US have collaborated through the past one month on launching a powerful...
The blame must be shared by the investigating agencies, the government of the day and...
The current situation in Kerala politics is perhaps best described as a case of the...
Trump's new rules for how countries should treat him have led to the current breakdown...
What was the aim of Operation Sindoor? Why was the operation halted so soon? asks...
New Delhi looks to be testing Omar's endurance with unconcealed glee, never feeling shy...
For Malegaon's Muslims, Rahul Gandhi's remarks were simply one more indication that the...
By threatening to punish India with high tariff, Trump is actually planting a...