What the election demonstrated is that the BJP has a stranglehold on most of the Hindu...
'Jinnah developed a belief that Gandhi had stolen the tag of the leader of the Indian...
Vajpayee had always felt that India must act with conviction and panache.He decided...
'One of the bullets grazed General Sagat's hand and one injured Flying Officer Sidhu in...
'Painting opponents as the enemy of the State, using fake news, making wild allegations...
>The protesters should entrust the final judgement on the farm reform laws to the...
'If you delay the diagnosis even by 24 hours, in that 24 hours individuals would have...
Now that the year is finally drawing to a close, do take this poll to tell us what you...
'Everyone wants that doctors should fight from the frontlines of the pandemic, but...
'Once that happens, the three laws as they exist today will automatically become...
'The worst is possibly over because too many of us may already be infected.'
'There is much to glean from such exercises. And make it known that we are ready to...
The retreating Pakistani troops were heading towards Dacca and they had to be stopped...
For one, triangles are involved.
'An individual cannot fight the might of the State.'
'Will you declare MSP for 100 odd crops that the farmers of India grow?'
'Our demand is simple: Those private players (to whom 94 per cent of the farmers sell...
Rup Narayan Das reveals the towering Odisha leader's role in improving national...
He has no challenger in the Congress, the Akali Dal is in disarray. Will he call a snap...
'It's a natural alliance and this alliance has been has been formed without...
'Astad had the courage to plough a lonely furrow. He made a life of his own, on his...
'Rolling out the vaccine is not a major challenge in India.'
'The ground reality is that Banglar manush Didir shonge aachhe (The people of Bengal...
The government has the upper hand in the ongoing negotiations, and it is unclear if a...
'The attacks made clear to all the Gulf States that Pakistan was the nursery and...
'We were lucky, in many ways, that we got the disease late.'
'As of now, it is hard to see how the stalemate can be broken.''For the Sikh Jat...
Saturday will be the last time the Mumbai Mirror will hit newsstands as a daily.Two...
He will be remembered not only as a writer but as one of the great chroniclers and...
'He was tortured in police custody.''"Do you not have any rape cases to write about in...
>The farmers will go home but the country will not get the agricultural reform it badly...
'Chinese troops are not geared to fight Indian troops who are battle hardened and...
The vaccine would be first made available to the vulnerable population and eventually,...
General Naravane's UAE and Saudi Arabia visits communicate India's long awaited arrival...
The humiliating rebuff given to the power brokers in Delhi in Kerala's local body...
We celebrate Dassera and regard it as an auspicious day as a day of victory of good...
'My brave JCO managed to get to the gun, sit on top of the dead man and fired away at...
'If we are terrorists and Pakistanis and Khalistanis, why did your home minister talk...
Does IAS officers' work go unappreciated, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
'You have been surrounded from all directions, if you want the safety of your troops...
'If at all there is going to be a second wave, it will not be very strong unlike in the...
'The BJP is the most progressive force within Hinduism today.'
For the first 90 days of 2021, from January 5 onwards, one Union minister will visit...
'I hope that the incoming Biden-Harris Administration works with India to address some...
China is in no hurry to disengage at the border and the region and international...
'What steps have the higher level of political leadership taken to remove corruption...
There is concern about the poor state of readiness of the navy's 140 warships which...
The Indian State has low operational capabilities. Individuals will have concerns about...
Television newscaster Dibang remembers Astad Deboo, the legendary dancer, who passed...
Nothing would suit the BJP better than to let Rajinikanth be the chief minister and...
'On one side you have the farmers of India and on the other side are few corporate...
'Essentially there are three things the government should be doing: Identify who you...
The government's predicament is a result of its own doing: That of not ensuring...
The people in both places have lived in a state of denial, refusing to accept the bald...
Prime Minister Modi needs to call Biden next month and clearly say: 'Mr President, the...
Dad had sneaked into East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh) well before the war had...
Rajinikanth's visible electoral strength is his constant mouthing of the term, 'aanmiga...
Their demands will be met of course, and this government will move on to the next great...
'Gone too soon, Astad, but I know whenever we meet in that world beyond, I will watch...
'If government thinks that they can reduce the shortage of surgeons available in rural...
'On the Kashmir and Pakistan question, it is startling that Vajpayee and Advani did...
'Crores are spent on Martyrs Day and on lighting candles, but people don't respect...
'This (opposition to the project) is not just architects, but everyone needs to know...
'India is planning to construct a multipurpose reservoir.''It will be a 10,000 MW...
The Sikhs love a good fight, and that's what the Modi government has given them.
'There is a Covid vaccine-mania that is happening in the world now and the vaccine...
'Farmers must get Maximum Support Price instead of Minimum Support Price.'
'They take each and every election with seriousness.''No other political party has that...
When journalism is destroyed, what is destroyed is a common man's weapon against the...
'Now that the home minister met us to discuss our demands a hope has definitely been...
'Our defence services are in a position to checkmate any Chinese adventurism.'
China plans to divert about 200 billion cubic metres of water annually from the...
Ultimately, whether the UP ordinance is struck down by the courts or not, it will be...
'Certainly if Advani had agreed to Vajpayee in sacking Modi, then we would never have...
'There were any number of Congress leaders who disliked Sonia Gandhi, but they were...
By the looks of it, the Congress cannot hope to return to power even in election 2024....
'If you are doing something to our national democratic space which involves serious...
'I traced 76 children within two-and-a-half months,' says Assistant Sub Inspector Seema...
'The more seriously ill you are from heart disease, the more seriously ill you could...
Finding itself trapped in a cul de sac, all things considered, a negotiated climbdown...
Abhishek Mande Bhot recalls his stint at Mumbai Mirror, the iconic Mumbai daily...
The navy finds itself fighting for relevance, with navy planners lamenting that its...
Before migrating into the theatre command concept, it would be worthwhile to study the...
Khadim Hussain Rizvi is now gone.But the mass appeal of fundamentalism among Pakistan's...
'This is what Hindu Rashtra looks like, which has been enabled by conditions of...
'She'll probably be leading some significant portfolio from the White House, the way...
'They wil show the whole world see how this government is treating its farmers.'
'He always avoided eating non-vegetarian food in presence of his deputies if they were...
The standard line that is used for anyone -- academics, minorities, farmers, dissident...
Kanyakumari is the tip of India and will convey the symbol that from the tip of India,...
'There will be significant political traction for him. But how much, we don't know yet'
'The time to create a 'League of Democracies' as a functional alternative to failed...
All laws have been modified to omit the domicile clause for property rights in the...
'China is likely to help Pakistan in keeping the fire burning in J&K to bleed India...
The reversal of Trump's policy with regard to Iran, like the withdrawal from the Paris...
'If our body is able to mount a very successful immune response, we can negate the virus.'
'I am grateful to God that I am alive and he has made me differently-abled for a...
'I would urge my Indian friends to look at how significant the overall support was.'
'If there is anyone who is a victim of vendetta politics, it is me.'
'Like in cricket, M S Dhoni was the captain and Virat Kohli played under him.''Then...
'The right conferred by Article 32 has been considered as a part of the 'basic...
'They will somehow survive the pandemic, but if these laws are not amended for the...
'The COVID-19 virus has the power to quietly enter your body, without causing pain via...
'You may have become India's prime minister because of your oratory skills, lies and...
'I will not say that the AIMIM is a 'B' team of the BJP. But due to the AIMIM, the BJP...
The terrorists now knew that I was the only one in the room, that I was injured and...
'Tamil Nadu is a paradox. We have more places of Hindu worship per square kilometres...
'Covid patients have infected lungs and the pollutants will further damage it.'
It was truly heartening to see how the Sikh community had risen to the occasion during...
Will the M (Muslims) in the RJD's M+Y move fast swiftly towards the MIM and away from...
'I was alone in the room, injured and facing possible death.''The terrorists had taken...
'The Modi government is not listening to us. So now we are coming to Delhi to talk with...
'... while leaving the dirty work he orders to his subordinates.'
Kavitha Kuruganti has been fighting for decades to ensure farmers are respected and get...
'He had differences with Rahul.'
Prime Minister Modi made a strategic blunder of Nehruvian proportions -- presuming no...
'In one instance of the Pakistani army's violation of the Ceasefire, I ordered a far...
Keeping trusted men in key positions at Lahore, Rawalpindi and Peshawar has become...
Patel's closeness to the Gandhi family was undeniable. But unlike others, he resisted...
November 26, 27, 28, 29, 2008.Remember those horrific days and nights.Light a...
'Temperamentally, they are quite alike.''Ahmed Patel avoided the limelight and was not...
'On Saturday, I drove my wife over to Beverly Hills for sushi.''Two blocks before...
How Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa deals with the ensuing reshuffle of...
We have no standard processes in place to address the more serious public health hazard...
'There is little appetite in the Democratic foreign policy establishment to pick a...
''None of the existing vaccines have 100% efficacy.''Each vaccine will work openly on a...
Neither Modi nor Shah had held legislative or executive power in Delhi before 2014....
"Peeche peeche aana hai (follow right behind)," was the message from Amit Shah to Tamil...
This was the first major election in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Obviously,...
'The propagation of an absolutist narrative that shuts down any dissent is dangerous,...
'Gogoi will be remembered as someone who recovered Assam as a state, as a people and...
'You will not have a vaccine for everyone initially.'
'In the last three to four months the BJP vote share in Tamil Nadu, which was 2.86% in...
China's behaviour in the post-pandemic geopolitical landscape which may determine the...
This is something that Modi's critics are reluctant to accept: He is the most popular...
Second-line AIADMK leaders and cadres alike say that by starting the talks first with...
'After the Congress's 2014 Lok Sabha debacle, commentators identified three major...
It was Soni Somarajan's biggest dream -- to see himself as a proud member of the Indian...
Over the next five years, it will be Narendra not Nitish who will be under pressure to...
Such is the force of his oratory that many Muslims, even those who don't vote for him,...
The gun is unique in its ability to fire a five-round burst, while no other...
He had come in search of jobs in America to rescue his presidency and India failed him...
'MGNREGA is definitely like a lifeline and is the employer of the last resort'
Power is held to effect change. Modi has shown himself incapable of affecting it in the...
Owaisi's five seats in Bihar's Muslim-majority Seemanchal region ought to ring alarm...
A salvo from a Pinaka battery brings down on the enemy more than seven tonnes of high...
From providing food and succour to pavement dwellers to helping the elderY in times of...
'It will be a repeated folly to ever think that China will not attack us.'
Had India agreed to join the trade pact, Indian markets would have been flooded with...
Today, the Ladakhis and Tibetans have been joined by the Sikhs, the Madrassis, the...
Having made your point and got bail, it might be useful to reflect and reinvent your...
'It may take two years for the economy to return to normal.''We should ensure that the...
While the DMK fears that the Congress with its poor strike rate will pull it down in...
'The larger number of patients, who are being affected by COVID-19, are essentially...
According to information received from sources, there will be a meeting at 5 pm through...
Nitish Kumar will be the chief minister only till the time the BJP wishes, points out...
General Asad Durrani's disclosures could leave considerable egg on the face of those...
'Biden's promise of returning to 'normalcy' after Trump appears to mean that the same...
'President-elect Biden, in particular, has deep knowledge of, and experience with,...
Hidma Madavi, who had a Rs 12 lakh reward on his head, was arrested without a single...
'If the BJP continues with Nitish as CM, it will not consolidate its position further...
Even with the best methodology there is a limitation to what opinion poll/exit polls...
Like the last time, Ghulam Nabi Azad is believed to have taken the lead in preparing...
In this moment there has to be honest acknowledgement of how so many in our community...
China remains the elephant in the room and has to be tamed, which the United States...
'I have not imputed any motives and there can be none as the Supreme Court is a great...
The beauty of the relationship between the two countries is that they agree to disagree...
'There are different reasons for brain involvement depending on how the virus has...
When almost the entire political class was engrossed in the Bihar polls, the Congress...
'The BJP and RSS accept that the party is winning election after election because of...
'This election might be the most significant for the community and indicates the...
We cannot simply bhangra off into the sunset. But we should take a moment to...
Washington might occasionally make some noises about alleged human rights violations...
'When Arnab Goswami's arrest became a talking point, the case of my husband who was...
If push comes to shove, Trump is probably planning to order the US army to clear his...
'The Bihar verdict has shown that the people of Bihar don't desire to go back to the...
Biden and Harris are the leaders we need at this time to do the painful but necessary...
This was a difficult election to win, but the Modi card, the caste divide and the...
It would be a huge achievement if the new administration manages a successful...
'This year felt different -- and was different.''For the first time, the Indian...
'The BJP is in no hurry because they have already won the battle.'
'BJP has achieved its aim by making him a regional leader dependent on them.'
Events in America have strengthened the hand of those leaders there who wish India...
But his nature, temperament, his skill to listen to others, and empathise with their...
Thulasenthirapuram and Painganadu villages in Tamil Nadu celebrate their daughter's...
The addition of a million jobs as promised by Tejashwi Yadav would make a big...
The road will be difficult but I know Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will lead us all...
No one in Bihar will deny Nitish Kumar's contribution to governance, notes Aditi Phadnis.
Gopalan Balachandran recalls his eldest sister Dr Sushila Gopalan and her daughter...
Vineet Chander, Director of Hindu Life, Princeton University, offers his take on the US...
Indicators are that there has been little enthusiasm for Rajinikanth's entry into...
Gilgit Baltistan's large frontage with Kashmir and Ladakh across Kargil and the Siachen...
Even though we may have voted a President out of office, that does not mean those who...
'Any normal human being, even if he is the American president, will find it hard, at...
'The credit for managing Trump should go to Modi.''Biden is a predictable and rational...
'The hardliners in Delhi are in for a big disappointment,' predicts Ambassador M K...
'It will be normal, regular, everyday politics whether you like it or not.'That's what...
Pakistan perceives that if it had declared Gilgit-Baltistan, PoK or both, which are...
'If I win, my victory will shatter the belief that caste is all that matters in Bihar.'
Trump was good for world peace. He didn't start a war anywhere, which is not something...
When I knocked on doors (while campaigning), Indian Americans talked more about...
'Having tied himself in knots, he just might take a decision which is dangerous, one...
'Wanting to see the bright side of things, we always told ourselves, 'It could have...
Shifting positions on religiosity and Covid may confuse the Hindutva citizenry, but you...
The wrong of victimising, targeting and persecuting homosexuals on the basis of archaic...
'Information trickled in that these phone numbers were switched off when there were...
Footage aired on Republic TV and social media platforms showed Goswami arguing with...
A group of first time voters who run 10 km everyday to prepare for fauji recruitment...
As the pandemic unfolded, the India-China relationship has come under severe stress.To...
Although assembly election are 16 months away, it makes sense to let his party know...
'If we encourage such forces, then tomorrow they will try to intimidate every teacher...
What startles a visitor like me from India is how the 2020 US presidential election has...
Though General Naravane's visit will not deal with 'impermanent' issues like the...
'The prospect is of a self-confident and self-sustaining India will make it a more...
China is now the most significant strategic concern in Washington, as in most of the...
The fact that so many victims turn hostile should be a matter of concern. If so many...
We salute the Mi-8 today on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of Operation Cactus....
Europeans believe that what is under attack is their way of life, their secular faith,...
The US is a wonderful example of how a political party with minority support can cling...
Henry Kissinger once said, 'It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be...
An interplay of Modi government's outreach in Bihar and the sequence of events in...
'The uneducated think of their rights as a gift. This is deeply troubling.''If they...
It is hard to tell whether the prime minister is unable to confront the reality or so...
'Breaking down silos and ensuring a more integrated governance process is just as...
Any form of entanglement with India or the US on the strategic plane will be anathema...