K.T. Jaleel, Minister in the LDF government in Kerala, resigns after the State Lok Ayukta finds him guilty of ‘abuse of power’ and ‘nepotism’
Andhra Pradesh government order makes Chief Minister the final authority on performance appraisals of All India Services Officers posted in the State
Election Commission bars Mamata from campaigning for 24 hours, cites violations of model code, the IPC and the RPA; Mamata to sit in dharna in Kolkata
BMC launches a project to restore Khotachiwadi, Mumbai’s 200-year-old heritage enclave with colonial and Portuguese legacies
Faced with rapidly rising number of COVID-19 infections, Telangana government sends SOS to Centre for 30 lakh doses of vaccine
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy cancels visit to Tirupati for Lok Sabha byelection campaign as COVID cases increase
ASSEMBLY ELECTION: Assam Revolt in Assam BJP and allies over seat-sharing deal Sushanta Talukdar Election to the 126-member Assam Assembly, scheduled to be held in three phases, sees the ...
Digital media With new rules for digital media, the noose tightens T.K. Rajalakshmi Jittery over the swelling tide of online dissent, the government issues new rules that ...
Cover story: Governors' role Governors doing the Centre’s bidding Sanjay Hegde As an appointee of the Centre, many a Governor has chosen to serve the political interests ...
COVER STORY: Anti-defection law Anti-defection law ridden with loopholes, prone to misuse Ziya Us Salam Legal experts want the anti-defection law to be re-examined as it is not equipped in its ...
COVER STORY: Rajasthan Close shave in Rajasthan T.K. Rajalakshmi The Congress saved its government in Rajasthan last year, but as long as there are methods ...
Cover Story: Karnataka The BJP’s use of allurements to come to power in Karnataka Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed The BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’ in 2008 and enticement of MLAs through offers of money and ...
Cover Story: Madhya Pradesh Poaching for power in Madhya Pradesh Anando Bhakto There was perhaps more to it than met the eye in the drama that unfolded in Madhya Pradesh ...
Goa Political flip-flops, Goan style ANUPAMA KATAKAM In stark contrast to its laid-back culture, Goa has been a hotbed of political opportunism ...
Maharashtra The Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra shows resilience in the face of the BJP's ploys to destabilise it Lyla Bavadam Despite repeated attempts by the BJP to destabilise the government in the State, the ...
ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2021: West Bengal High-stakes triangular contest in Bengal for the 2021 assembly election Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay The entry of the Indian Secular Front in a big way into the electoral arena has changed ...
COVER STORY: West Bengal Bengal BJP: Lotus of borrowed petals Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay Riding high on the shoulders of leaders who defected from other parties, the BJP has made ...
Assembly Elections 2021: Puducherry The Congress and the N.R. Congress remain prime contenders in Puducherry even as the BJP looks to make inroads R.K. Radhakrishnan While the Congress and the N.R. Congress fight it out in Puducherry, the BJP is expected ...
Assembly Elections 2021: Tamil Nadu Moments of high drama lie in store ahead of 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly election R.K. Radhakrishnan With twists and turns at every corner, the run-up to the Tamil Nadu Assembly election is ...
From ‘bling-bling’ to Sing Sing: the calamitous fall of Nicolas Sarkozy Susan Ram The conviction of a former president on corruption charges is a major humiliation for the ...
Interview: V. Narayanasamy V. Narayanasamy on BJP’s twin-track toppling game R.K. Radhakrishnan Interview with V. Narayanasamy, former Chief Minister of Puducherry.
COVER STORY: Puducherry Coordinated resignations of legislators in Puducherry just ahead of the Assembly election R.K. Radhakrishnan The coordinated resignations of legislators in Puducherry just ahead of the Assembly ...
Interview: N. Rangasamy ‘It was our duty to seek a trust vote’ R.K. Radhakrishnan Interview with N. Rangasamy, former Chief Minister of Puducherry.
Cover story BJP’s brazen ventures to topple democratically elected governments in the name of Operation Lotus makes a mockery of democracy Venkitesh Ramakrishnan In the face of its failure to achieve its goal of a Congress-free India, the Bharatiya ...
RESERVATION Panchamsali and Kuruba caste groups demand increase in percentage of quota in Karnataka Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed Chief Minister Yediyurappa finds himself in a catch-22 situation as a Lingayat subsect ...
Imaginary enemies Ziya Us Salam Contrary to the vilification of Islamic rulers of the medieval era by Hindutva warriors ...
Social Issues Condition of Muslims in West Bengal: A reality check Subhanil Chowdhury Saswata Ghosh Official data available in the public domain show that the claims made against Muslims in ...
LEPAKSHI TEMPLE The grandeur of the Vijayanagar era temple at Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh SUDHA MAHALINGAM Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam Built in the 16th century, the golden age of the Vijayanagar empire, the Lepakshi temple ...
Interview: Audrey Truschke Audrey Truschke: ‘I am not alone in refusing to sway with the Indian political winds’ Ziya Us Salam Interview with the historian Audrey Truschke.
TRIBUTE: Christopher Plummer Christopher Plummer (1929-2021): Captain out of a trap Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay Actor Christopher Plummer (1929-2021) was much more than Captain von Trapp, the role that ...