Back to Basics
As elections approach, it is becoming clear that the RSS grip over the BJP is becoming stronger.
Caste to the fore
Keeping the 2014 general elections in mind, Mulayam Singh Yadav is working on several fronts, other than mobilizing the minority community.
Love-Hate relationship
Until recently, Verma was using the choicest expletives against his one-time friend. Now, it would appear that the two hearts are growing fonder.
Poison in the air
Bihar is not quite the same since 25 poor school children perished eating their mid-day meal at the Gandaman primary school in Chhapra district last month.
Fly in the ointment
Literary controversies are not new to Kerala and rear up their heads every now and then.
Fighting with their hands tied
The country’s most potent strike force on internal duty, the Indian para-military, is getting increasingly crippled.
Will Noida become another Kedarnath?
The suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal is not merely a question of illegal mining or a story of gross criminal illegality and intimidation.
Shooting from the hip
Kashmir seems to be erupting again, and this time the instigator could well be Chief Minister Omar Abdullah himself.
Hope in Kalavari
In Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district, a breathtaking new experiment is on the anvil.
Strategic confusion?
Hindutva's most profound icon Narendra Modi is on the horns of a dilemma.
Dangerous Liaison
In June this year, Muzaffarpur district’s then senior superintendent of police (SSP) Rajesh Kumar, in the course of a raid stumbled upon evidence which was most unMaoist-like - a den for printing Indian fake currency notes (IFCN).
Sons rise in the east
They are young, stylish and trendy and could hardly be described as icons of backward politics which their fathers espoused with such fervor.
Shantaram's legacy
At its peak, the Marathi film industry boasted of doyens that dominated the large screen, the hey days of V Shantaram, Acharaya P K Atre, Bhalji Pendharkar, Baburao Painter and Master Vinayak.
Down and out in Sarai Khaleel
The Qaumi Senior Secondary School, a 65-year old institution which has on its rolls poor Muslim students from Sadar, Qasabpura, Quresh Nagar, Bara Hindu Rao and Kishanganj in the Walled City of Delhi, is in terminal stages of closure.
Realty trouble
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Bihar tops the list of states when it comes to property-related crime.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
