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Congress says Waqf Bill part of BJP's polarisation plotCongress claims the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, is part of BJP's strategy to polarise society and demonise minorities. They say the bill i...
Jairam Ramesh calls Waqf bill BJP's strategy to 'damage' bonds, 'demonise' minorityCongress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party's Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, accusing it of damaging socia...
When Justice DY Chandrachud overruled his father's judgmentsAnd it's a wrap. DY Chandrachud retired as the Chief Justice of India on November 10. He delivered his final order from the Supreme Court's...
'Kaun hain Narendra Modi?' Congress criticizes PM before his oath-taking ceremonyCongress listed 15 reasons questioning 'Kaun hain Narendra Modi?' including allegations of misleading public with trivial issues during ele...
PM Modi speaks on electoral bonds, says 'those dancing over bond details will repent it'Addressing questions about whether the revelation of electoral bond details posed a setback for the ruling BJP, PM Modi told Thanthi TV dur...
Congress 'black paper' says 'economy devastated' under BJP-led NDACongress counters Centre's white paper with 'black paper' on 10 years of Modi rule, citing economic devastation, unemployment, and agrarian...
Can Centre come up with a system to weed out electoral bond flaws, SC seeks to knowThe remark was made by a Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud during the resumed hearing of a clutch of petit...
View: Stop the Left turn. Congress needs to woo the middle class back"Citizen empowerment through rights-based legislation (RTI, RTE, Lok Pal, FSA etc) was a smart strategy, but suddenly the Congress veered l...
View: The real problem with electoral bondsAll the Opposition’s objections to the bonds are valid. But these objections and their object, the bonds, collude to perpetuate the essenti...
View: Karnataka episode exposes anti-defection law's toothless biteImagine a situation in which it is perfectly acceptable for an elected representative to be up for grabs, waiting for the highest bidder.
View: Why poll campaign spending poses a serious question for India's democracyThe real story is that notes for votes have started posing a serious, almost existential question for India’s democracy.
Arun Jaitley defends Electoral bonds, ask opponents to suggest alternativesThe EC said electoral bonds have made political funding opaque and would have "serious repercussions on transparency of political funding",...
The takeover story: Congress gears up for a new era with Rahul Gandhi as party presidentMany Cong leaders feel factors such as slowdown, meltdown of note ban plank, pains of GST rollout & farm distress have provided a tactical ...
Proposed political funding reforms 'inconsequential': Association for Democratic ReformsAssociation for Democratic Reforms (ADR) keeps a close tab on elections as well as related topics, including on finances of political parti...
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
Slew of bad news with Islamic prefix: What drove the Bengaluru techie & Sydney hostage taker?Throughout this week, primal fear of being overtaken by a dark, evil and unstoppable Islamic power has been played and replayed in an unsto...
Repositioning & reimaging India: A PPP to project our soft skills can yield global dividendsThe veneer of a few institutions producing high-quality professionals will no longer be enough, especially in an evolving, globally competi...
Understanding FM’s new adviser Raghuram Rajan: How he can become the public face of Chicago SchoolThe fact that Raghuram Rajan is not actually a member of the economics department as Friedman was may play to his advantage too.