When Nitish Kumar Took On Bihar Dons

Nitish thought that his stakes as chief minister were far greater than his stakes in protecting one of his party MLAs. He could not allow his rule-of-law train to be derailed by a small rock on the......

'BJP Is On Shaky Ground In Gujarat'

'The BJP will win comfortably if the Congress and AAP fight separately -- though not with 162 seats.''But if they form an alliance, it will become a major problem for the BJP. That's precisely why......

Social unrest, SC order: What led to Emergency in 1975

Amid this unrest came the verdict of the Allahabad high court on June 12, 1975 that found Gandhi guilty over discrepancies in the electoral campaign, which led to the Emergency on the night of June......

'If NDA Manipulates Elections, They May Return To Power'

'They have no chance of winning if free and fair polls are conducted.' IMAGE: Rashtriya Janata Dal Bihar President Magni Lal Mandal, second from left, with Tejashwi Yadav, the RJD's chief......

Of Modi, Trump and the rise of crony populism

India’s real risk is not that crony populism would fail, but that it would succeed, consolidating a path that is fundamentally a trap, both in terms of social inequalities and long-term......