Opinion

Now that the Lok Sabha polls are round the corner, the Congress has to necessarily unveil its agenda and the issues it plans to highlight in its election campaign.

While actors are often accused of playing it safe with diplomacy (did anyone say Amitabh Bachchan?), Kangana Ranaut is far placed on the other end of the spectrum.

The BJP outdid the Congress in offering golden carrots to the electorate, Robert Vadra sought anticipatory bail and prominent party 'face' Randeep Singh Surjewala reeled from his abject defeat in the Jind bypoll.

The importance of the oceans is clear, but if climate change, marine litter and oil spills continue unhindered, there will not be any money to be made in the blues

The Congress under Rahul Gandhi, while not exactly rejecting coalition politics, has in a way promoted the go-alone formula wherever the state leadership has given him the confidence to do so.

A possibility of the Congress joining the Uttar Pradesh Mahagathbandhan was nil from the beginning, but poor communication strategy prevented the grand old party from articulating its structured stand, electoral compulsion and strategy. In UP and at the n...

An EWS quota for upper castes-and-others is innocuous in itself, but might threaten the hard-won, precarious balance achieved in the decades after the Mandal disruption.

For, any fresh package to assuage furious farmers, the government will have to find ways to fund the extra expenditure, stretching its fiscal math further.

Critics argue that these so-called alternative systems are based on faith and not science. In fact, AYUSH systems need government support precisely for the same reason.

It should be abundantly clear that excessive reliance on force will not work. Army will neutralise terrorists, but there must be an adequate focus on garnering popular support and creating a climate of hope for the youth. This is squarely the task of the...

Rajini has none of the usual prescriptions for being a star, a superstar or a celebrity. There have been regular efforts to figure out why Tamils around the world go mad every time a Rajinikanth movie hits the town.

The December 11 results of the Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan will show if Mayawati will get the necessary push to pursue her prime ministerial ambitions. Or maybe, she overplayed her hand.

The existing weakness in civil-military relations in India will be further exacerbated with the new security structure, and this will have an adverse impact on strategic planning, writes Lt Gen DS Hooda.

Informed BJP sources say that between November 12-26, Modi is likely to address many public meetings in the BJP-ruled states.

Rahul Gandhi might be coming out of the shadow of Sonia Gandhi, but he is surely following in his mother’s footsteps on the issue of declaring a prime ministerial face for 2019.

Mohan Bhagwat’s Vijayadashami speech should put to rest rumours of a change in leadership and doubts about the pro-active role of the Sangh in the 2019 elections.