Uttar Pradesh State of fluxVENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in LucknowMajor political parties in Uttar Pradesh swing between confidence and doubt in the run-up to the Assembly elections in the context of the tussle in th
Uttar Pradesh Advent of AkhileshVENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in LucknowThe emergence of the “Akhilesh factor” in the political space in Uttar Pradesh and the surge in the 43-year-old Chief Minister’s stock within the Sama
Politics Cold calculationsVENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in LucknowNew DelhiAfter defensive tactics and firefighting on the Rohith Vemula issue, the BJP may now raise a communal plank with an eye on Dalit votes.
A new caste formulaVENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in LucknowThe BSP's efforts to reach out to the Brahmin community point to the party's plans to forge a new Brahmin-Dalit-Muslim social alliance in Uttar Prades
THE BATTLE FOR U.P.VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in LucknowThe Bharatiya Janata Party could meet with an electoral disaster in the country's most populous State as Muslims resort to `strategic voting', mostly
Uttar Pradesh rumblingsVENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in LucknowThe "power at any cost" approach of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led regime in Uttar Pradesh is taking a heavy toll in terms of primary tasks of governa
A Governor and a politicianVENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in LucknowThe dismissal and reinstatement of the Kalyan Singh Ministry raise questions about the constitutional validity of Governor Romesh Bhandari's action an
A first round in Uttar PradeshVENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in LucknowThe Kalyan Singh Government's announcement of grants to local bodies just before their members were to elect 39 MLCs betrays his party's nervousness d
A round-up from the StatesVENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in LucknowPolitical parties are using the Legislative Council elections, due on December 29, as an opportunity to test the waters before the Lok Sabha elections
The Great Lucknow CircusVENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in LucknowThe size and composition of Kalyan Singh's farcical jumbo Ministry show up the sordidness of the BJP's power politics.
A Pyrrhic victory?VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in LucknowBy engineering a majority on his terms, Kalyan Singh has made some personal gains, but the BJP has paid for this with its credibility.
Divided they ruleVENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in LucknowWith Kalyan Singh installed as the Chief Minister of U.P., the BSP and he are at loggerheads again. The BJP's national leadership, caught in the cross
A new phase of censorship creep in India A proposal to amend the IT Rules 2021 and the ban on a BBC documentary are part of a larger trend of Internet censorship, growing since 2014.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
