BJD-BJP Alliance: Wishful Thinking

Although the BJP has never been ballistic about the BJD and Narendra Modi has avoided being critical of Naveen Patnaik, the BJP is optimistic that the party can improve its electoral fortunes in......

'The Congress has to reboot'

'Revanth Reddy mounted a spirited campaign in Telangana which turned around the fortunes of the Congress in six months.' IMAGE: Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sonia Gandhi and Telangana Chief......

Drop our names, 33 academicians tells NCERT amid row

Their collective creative effort is in jeopardy and their names should be dropped from textbooks, 33 academicians have told the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), days......

NCERT textbook row: Academics slam name withdrawal 'spectacle'

The 'spectacle' created by some 'arrogant and self-interested' people regarding the withdrawal of their names over the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbook row is......

What the economy needs: Painful medium-term steps

'Even without major reforms, with a business as usual scenario, and with current inflation trends, we should be clocking around 11 to 12 per cent nominal growth.''That is not happening and is a......

'Why will black money get purged?'

'Even with the restrictions of depositing more than Rs 2.5 lakh in a bank, people will find new methods to convert this cash hoard into legal tender.' WAR ON BIG NOTES IMAGE: People queue up......

Land reforms fail, only 5% of India's farmers control 32% land

The average land given to the rural landless is small and falling, from 0.95 acres in 2002 to 0.88 acres in 2015 - a 7.4 per cent drop over 13 years–and a slowdown is evident in the process......

Ahmedabad: Two steps forward, one step back

Since many of Modi’s urban policies were initiated in Ahmedabad, the city may act as a template to examine what can be expected in a country that is witnessing the biggest migration from......