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There is a predictable pall of gloom in the liberal, secular circles in the country as the newbie BJP beat the 20-year-old Manik Sarkar government of the CPM in the Tripura Assembly elections last week.

Dogmatic CPM gropes in dark

Marxism has become obsolete and is not equipped to change the 21st century world.

11 March 2018 3:01 AM IST

BJP supporters wave party flag to celebrate BJPs win, which brought down 25 years of CPI-M government rule, after Tripura Assembly election results were announced in Agartala on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

BJP's image tweak in N-E took it to victory

The BJP is reaching its limits of expansion.

4 March 2018 12:18 AM IST

Yogi Adityanath

Yogi's tough stance on UP crime has pitfalls

It's futile to blame Yogi Adityanath, Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati for the uphill task that UP faces.

21 Feb 2018 12:32 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Thursday, tabled the Union Budget 2018 in the Parliament.

A tame exercise: Has govt run out of steam?

The thrust of finance minister Arun Jaitley's fifth Budget was on agriculture and the rural economy.

2 Feb 2018 3:51 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind. (Photo: PTI)

Heed Prez's clarion call to respect differences'

The majority in every field wants the minority shut up and fall in line.

29 Jan 2018 1:55 AM IST

CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury addressing a press conference after the partys three-day central committee meeting in Kolkata on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

CPM needs big rethink, not just about Congress

The two big national parties are actually more like Stalinists when it comes to inner-party deliberations.

23 Jan 2018 12:22 AM IST

The citizens rights have to be at the pinnacle, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra asserts. (Photo: PTI)

SC revolt: Let judges sort it out, not netas...

The sin of CJI Misra is his failure to play it fair. He has been seen as being partial, excluding those who did not...

15 Jan 2018 1:50 AM IST

There is, however, the harsh truth that whenever dalits gather in a big way as they did in Bhima-Koregaon on New Years Day last week, the other dominant castes feel uneasy and even a little bit frightened.

Caste factor resurfaces, but has limitations too

The BJP leaders seem to have sensed the problem of social unrest expressing itself through the caste voice.

9 Jan 2018 1:14 AM IST

With the BJP looking set to win Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may become more dictatorial, CPI general secretary S Sudhakar Reddy said on Monday. (Photo: PTI/File)

The real battle has just begun for Modi

Modi cannot hope to trounce the Congress as he did in the 2014.

1 Jan 2018 1:37 AM IST

DMK MP Kanimozhi leaves the Patiala House court after the verdict for her connection in 2G scam, in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Raging against graft not enough to end it

The common man's woes with corruption in the government at lower levels go unheeded.

25 Dec 2017 12:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah at a felicitation function before the partys parliamentary board meeting in New Delhi on Monday, after the partys win in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. (Photo: PTI)

Gujarat is Modi's win, caste bombs for Cong

To speak of the Modi charisma and Modi magic to explain the Gujarat victory would be a lame explanation.

19 Dec 2017 12:40 AM IST

Who would have thought that something Mani Shankar Aiyar said would become an issue.

BJP & Pak: A dinner and its political fallout

The government's snoopers could not have known the details of what was talked about at the party.

13 Dec 2017 12:38 AM IST