A Buddhist organisation lays claim to Ayodhya, says Buddhist sensibilities should not be hurt while constructing a Ram temple Venkitesh RamakrishnanEven as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments in Uttar Pradesh and at the Centre are finalising plans to begin construction of a “grand” Ram Ma
Drug Production A scam in the making?Venkitesh RamakrishnanGautam D. Sheetal P. SinghTwo government institutions are collaborating with a private pharmaceutical company to come up with drugs for COVID treatment. The company’s connectio
COVID-19 Update Uttar Pradesh: Infrastructure in a shambles Venkitesh RamakrishnanThe rising COVID figures in Uttar Pradesh point to the debilitating effects of the State’s poor public health infrastructure on its efforts to deal wi
As Bihar inches towards Assembly elections, Paswans cross swords with coalition leader Nitish Kumar Venkitesh RamakrishnanLok Janshkathi Party (LJP) founder Ram Vilas Paswan’s 74th birthday on July 5 signalled some new churning in the political equations o
Politics Offence as defence Venkitesh Ramakrishnan The BJP fulminates against the opposition in a bid to hide the government’s inefficient handling of the face-off with China and the COVID crisis.
Uttar Pradesh Travesty of truthVenkitesh RamakrishnanUttar Pradesh scales new peaks in June in the number of COVID-19 cases, but leaders, including the Prime Minister, tom-tom the State’s “success story”
Politics Crisis of leadership Venkitesh Ramakrishnan. If the June 19 all-party videoconference raised hopes that the government had come around to engaging opposition parties in the handling of the border
Politics Why ‘boycott China’ is not easy to implementVenkitesh Ramakrishnan The inroads China has made into the Indian trade, commerce and industrial sectors over the past two decades are so deep and expansive that an Indian b
Defence Beware the ‘Yes Man’Purnima S. Tripathi Venkitesh Ramakrishnan There are murmurs within the armed forces over the way the Army has been kept out of the COVID relief operations and the proposal to recruit short-ter
Uttar Pradesh High on hypeVenkitesh RamakrishnanThe Yogi Adityanath government steps up its self-promotion campaign rather than mobilise resources to defeat the virus.
Politics Unlocking the real agenda Venkitesh RamakrishnanWhat marks out the first anniversary of the Modi government’s second stint is its focus on communal polarisation and muscle power to wriggle out of ch
Uttar Pradesh Short on action Venkitesh RamakrishnanThe government is going ahead with plans to come out of the lockdown in a phased manner even though it has by no means got a handle on the pandemic or
Can there be something such as an honest critic? The critic is a persona largely missing from India’s classical music and dance scene.
SlideshowOut at seaThe month-long fishing trips of migrant fishermen at Veraval port in Gujarat are the stuff of adventure, endurance, and life lessons.
