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West Bengal polls: Why Roopa Ganguly may score over Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Ganguly has been at the forefront when it comes to attacking the TMC on issues like women's safety and the Jadavpur sloganeering.Will TMC's Laxmi Ratan Shukla be able to trump Ganguly just on the basis of star power? → Read More
Religion should have nothing to do with politics, says BJP's Bengal face
Here's what Mamata Banerjee's opponent has to say about TMC's failures, Narendra Modi, secular politics and the nationalism debate → Read More
Kejriwal uses Kanhaiya's words to target Modi sarkaar at Patrika Keynote
What stood out in the Delhi CM's speech was the endearing manner in which he quoted Kanhaiya. → Read More
Here's why Smriti Irani should make Indian history lessons compulsory for Sangh's online brigade
HRD Minister Smriti Irani might be on the warpath about curbing anti-national sentiments among students on college campuses with the idea of installing a 207-feet high national flag atop Central Universities. → Read More
Picture this: Two artists and a story of Chinese bullying in Bangladesh
Within two days of being displayed, the installation was wrapped in white paper after the Chinese Ambassador raised his objections to it. → Read More
Bengaluru Racist Attack: Why is Congress ducking the truth?
Our governments - be it at the Centre or state levels - have a strange propensity of being defensive whenever they are caught on the wrong foot. → Read More
Meet the lawyer who accused Lord Rama of 'domestic violence'
At a time when women activists are demanding entry into temples and mosques to undo centuries of gender discrimination - justified by many in the name of religion - a 31-year old lawyer from Bihar has garnered attention because of a petition against Maryad → Read More
Are the BJP, TMC reducing Netaji's clan to mere political pawns?
While Bose's family members are now splintered across political parties of all ideologies, lets come back to where we began. The current crisis in the Forward Bloc highlights how Bose's own family members could have done more to save the freedom fighter's → Read More
Is Mulayam playing the 'soft Hindutva' card as UP goes to polls in 2017?
Does Mulayam Singh Yadav regret his decision of ordering fire at Kar Sevaks on 30 October, 1990, when the BJP-VHP Ram Ayodhya Movement was at its peak? → Read More
Vemula's suicide: politicians do what they do best. Play politics
Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide has led to students' agitation across India. This drew politicians across parties to the issue. Congress veep Rahul Gandhi reached University of Hyderabad, met Vemula's family and friends. The heat is on the BJP now. → Read More
What killed Hyderabad university Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula?
A 25-year old Dalit scholar, Rohith Vemula, committed suicide on Sunday a month after he was expelled from the University of Hyderabad along with four other students. → Read More
Netaji died in 1945: 5 pieces of clinching evidence given by UK website
Netaji's was cremated on 22 August, 1945 at Taihoku. Website provides clinching evidence of his death → Read More
Editor vs Trustees: What's ailing the EPW currently?
Editor Ram Reddy says the institution needs an overhaul. But some say the Board's reluctance to induct him as a member of the trust that runs EPW is the real issue. → Read More
Why Aamir-Shahrukh's downgraded security is a misplaced debate
The Congress says BJP is being vindictive in reducing Aamir and Shahrukh Khan's security, something denied by the Mumbai Police. Here's why we think it's a misplaced debate → Read More
How Modi's Lahore visit on Vajpayee's b'day is a tribute to the former PM's foreign policy
In a first, an Indian prime minister is making a sudden day-long trip to Lahore, to wish his Pakistani counterpart on his happy birthday. → Read More