Secularism as principle and practice in India is in 'danger': Shashi TharoorSecularism as principle and practice in India is in "danger" and the ruling dispensation may even try to remove the word from the Constitut...
01 Nov, 2020, 02.43 PM IST
Cong must find full-term president to arrest perception of being 'rudderless': Shashi TharoorTharoor also said that he certainly thinks Rahul Gandhi has the "mettle, capability and aptitude to once again lead the party", but if he d...
10 Aug, 2020, 12.25 PM IST
Cong's duty to defend secular space, 'Hindutva Lite' not answer to Hindi heartland woes: Shashi TharoorTharoor also alleged that for the BJP dispensation and its allies being a Hindu is no different from the team identity loyalty of the "Brit...
08 Sep, 2019, 02.56 PM IST
View: Soft Hindutva approach can prove disastrous for CongressHindutva certainly has a definite meaning, unmistakable to those at its receiving end.
28 Nov, 2018, 07.03 AM IST
Spat between Digvijaya Singh & me all fake news: Jyotiraditya Scindia"MP is not a BJP fortress. MP’s people do not think like that, it’s the BJP which assumes so in its arrogance," said Jyotiraditya Scindia.
10 Nov, 2018, 10.50 AM IST
Madhya Pradesh polls: Can Congress' saffron pitch defeat Shivraj Singh Chouhan?Congress is now treading a path that has mostly been the bastion of the BJP and other right-leaning parties.
23 Sep, 2018, 06.40 PM IST
Gandhi’s Ram was in his heart. He did not need a big temple: Ramachandra GuhaNoted author Ramachandra Guha speaks about his new book on Gandhi's life from the time he leaves Cape Town in July 1914 to his assassinatio...
16 Sep, 2018, 10.00 AM IST
We won't be silenced: Karnataka reformists allegedly on the hit list of Hindutva groupsKarnataka reformists — from seer Veerabhadra Channamalla Swami to rationalists KS Bhagavan and Narendra Nayak — say they won't be deterred ...
24 Jun, 2018, 06.45 AM IST
Congress, Left accuse Trinamool Congress of practising 'soft Hindutva'The Congress and the Left parties alleged that the recent surge in the BJP's vote share in the state byelections has forced the TMC to prac...
11 Jan, 2018, 01.29 PM IST
Gauri killing, Infosys turmoil mark 2017 in KarnatakaThe killing of journalist- activist Gauri Lankesh and the boardroom battle at IT giant Infosys marked the high point of variegated developm...
25 Dec, 2017, 01.46 PM IST
Why Congress should embrace religion and ignore charges of ‘soft Hindutva’Somehow, a perception has formed that Congress is uncomfortable with Hindus and Hinduism, that it bends over backwards for religious minori...
09 Dec, 2017, 09.15 AM IST
Indian culture has soft power to make it influential leader: Shashi TharoorSpeaking at a gathering here, Shashi Tharoor said India has to solve its "internal problems" like terrorism and poverty first before it can...
09 Jun, 2017, 11.41 AM IST
Being 'BJP lite' will result in 'Congress zero': Shashi TharoorSpeaking to TOI, Tharoor conceded that "elements" in north India were veering towards the view that "secularism versus Hindutva is a losing...
03 Apr, 2017, 12.00 PM IST
Demand for a Dalit chief minister has nothing to do with the Congress party: KPCC president G Parameshwara"Our defeat in 2014 was not due to communalism or secularism. We were running against high antiincumbency," said Parameshwara.
07 Mar, 2015, 12.46 PM IST
Pan-India lawyers set up cell to fight for aggrieved Hindus“Our religion is under threat, and in India, in the name of secularism, everyone wants to protect other religions, except Hinduism,” said P...
29 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Will Afzal Guru's ghost stir the fragile peace in Kashmir?Opportunistic politics and brinkmanship should not destroy the fragile peace, shush the new-found voices of Kashmir.
17 Feb, 2013, 05.49 AM IST
- BJP on a song over vande faux pas
The BJP on Monday stepped up its attack against the UPA government, and the Congress, on the flip-flop on the centenary celebrations of the...
12 Sep, 2006, 12.00 AM IST