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The communist leader’s insights on democracy, economy, and social change.
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Kashmir’s Public Safety Act: Former defenders National Conference and PDP now seek its repeal

Both parties pledge to abolish the controversial law in their election manifestos. But new political realities may make it impossible.
Zaid Bin Shabir
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I have committed this political hara-kiri to bring them back to their senses: Jawhar Sircar

The former bureaucrat, who resigned as Trinamool MP over the Kolkata rape case, speaks out on his decision to leave party amid growing public unrest.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

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A woman walks past burnt vehicles and the destroyed barrack of police personnel in Koutruk on September 2.

Manipur on the boil again

A drone attack by militants on Manipur’s Koutruk village on September 1 marks a phase of escalation of conflict after a relative lull of four months.
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Voters stand in line to vote at a polling station during the general election in Kashmir’s Pulwama district, May 13, 2024.

How the banned Jamaat-e-Islami is politically shape-shifting in Kashmir

The group’s sudden embrace of democracy has raised eyebrows in Kashmir and beyond. Sceptics question its motives and warn of potential consequences.
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Waqf Amendment Bill might dismantle centuries-old Islamic institutions in India

The changes aim to overhaul Waqf administration, stripping powers from traditional bodies and centralising control under government authorities.
P.S. Munawar Hussain
Mahatma Gandhi speaks with Jawaharlal Nehru in Bombay, in 1946. Both Gandhi and Nehru represented a tradition of “thinking-in-action” or “thinking-in-politics” that characterised Indian political thought during the anti-colonial movement. 

Who needs political thinkers?

A prominent activist laments the disappearance of political philosophers in India, but are they truly missing or just unheard?
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Bangladeshi army personnel stand guard in front of the Supreme Court in Dhaka on August 10. 

Bangladesh: Modi government’s diplomacy debacle

It is time India realised the limits to its coercive diplomacy and batted for South Asian regionalism instead of Indian exceptionalism.
Kanak Mani Dixit
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Champai Soren accompanied by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (first from right) meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on August 27.

BJP’s ‘poach and polarise’ strategy for Jharkhand

With Champai Soren in the bag, BJP may go all out with Operation Lotus. It is also pushing a Bangladesh infiltration narrative to boost its chances.
Anand Mishra
National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah greets Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in the presence of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and NC president Farooq Abdullah in Srinagar on August 22.

Jammu and Kashmir: Back to the ballot

As the first Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 approaches, the electorate awaits a stable State government. 
Irfan Amin Malik
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing IAS officers in New Delhi on July 2, 2019. As many as 63 appointments have been made through lateral entry to date.

UPSC lateral entry recruitment plan may sidestep reservation

Government’s new strategy raises red flags for civil service diversity and constitutional compliance.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
JJP chief Dushyant Chautala (right) and Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) leader Chandrashekhar Azad after forming an alliance for the Haryana Assembly election, in New Delhi on August 27.

Haryana voters weigh a decade of BJP rule against Congress promises

Old rivals face off in a State where farmer unrest simmers and caste alliances shift. But internal squabbles might decide who takes the crown.
Gautam Dheer
Activists from various organisations, along with the Karnataka State Backward Classes Forum, protesting against Governor T.C. Gehlot for permitting the prosecution of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in Bengaluru on August 27.

MUDA case: BJP’s corruption charges roil Congress government in Karnataka

The ruling party accuses the opposition of attempting to destabilise an elected administration, echoing past power struggles in the State.
A. Narayana
A house in Mirzapur Mafi village, Faizabad, that was demolished to make way for the four-lane Parikrama marg coming up on the outer circle of Ayodhya on June 10.

Can the BJP recover in Uttar Pradesh?

Yogi government faces the challenge of regaining disgruntled urban voters while wooing OBCs and Dalits who rejected it in the Lok Sabha election.
Saba Naqvi
BRS leader K Kavitha reaches Hyderabad after being released from Tihar Jail in Delhi following the Supreme Court’s decision to grant her bail in the irregularities in the “excise policy case” by the CBI and the ED, on August 28, 2024.

Supreme Court champions bail reform. But will lower courts listen?

Recent judgments reaffirm “bail is the rule, jail the exception”. Yet crucial bail pleas languish in courts for years on trivial grounds.
V. Venkatesan
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