M Karunanidhi was a masterful practitioner of modern-day politics, wielding considerable influence beyond his own state, in the corridors of power in New Delhi, for a long time and sewing up alliances with both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
'The CPM is not in a mood to introspect, and their total failure on all fronts is being covered up by crimes such as maiming and killing political opponents,' alleges Bharatiya Janata Party's Kerala president V Muraleedharan on the eve of his rally to protest the murder of his party activists in Kannur.
Poor land-use planning, indiscriminate approvals of building plans and the absence of disaster-risk assessment in urban design have resulted in what experts term concentrated concretization, predisposing cities to disaster risks
'Nitish Kumar has only done what any smart politician will do in his place,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Currently, the travel time between Mumbai and Delhi varies between 16 and 30 hours.
Sons-in-law are 'in' these days in the circles of power.
Never one to mince words, Rajan will walk away with a mixed legacy
Justice Gogoi will be sworn in as the next CJI on October 3, a day after Justice Misra's tenure ends.
The new minister must commit himself to supporting long-term defence plans or else defence modernisation will continue to lag and the growing military capabilities gap with China will assume ominous proportions, warns Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
A modern day prince and princess are getting married in Bengaluru this weekend.
Why the Bihar defeat can be the best thing for him as PM, but only if he has the humility to read the writing on the wall, says Shekhar Gupta.
Joining hands with his arch rival, Lalu Prasad Yadav, paid off for the Bihar chief minister
There is a total disconnect between the vast majority of Indians and their elected rulers and their minions in the executive and judiciary, says Sudip Mazumdar.
He was a leader who enjoyed acceptance from all sections of the BJP and beyond.
Experts say Indian students will have to accept that international space for them is shrinking.
Expect fun and games on the floor of the two Houses.
'The Parivar's ideology and politics was and remains the very opposite of what Dr Ambedkar stood for.'
As Rose Valley resurfaces, Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Tapas Pal's arrests marks the end of the bonhomie between the TMC and BJP.
Promises have been made in the past about cleaning up bank boards, revamping processes, purging vested interests. How far away is that Promised Land?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has high hopes from the VibrantGujarat Summit.
A proposed 24 percent hike in the salaries of 2.6 million employees and pensioners, will land the railways with a wage bill of about $4.7 billion.
Uttar Pradesh still remains far behind the Indian average on most health indicators, says Dipa Sinha.
After a series of defeats since 2012, the results of the recent panchayat polls are being seen by her as a tide changer for the upcoming UP assembly elections
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to keep monetary policy steady in June despite sluggish economic activity as inflation remains elevated, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.
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