Bihar Assembly Elections Bihar Assembly elections and the Paswan factor Purnima S. Tripathi Venkitesh RamakrishnanThe Lok Janshakti Party, the BJP’s partner in the NDA at the Centre, queers the pitch for another alliance constituent, Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (Uni
Agriculture Farmers' resistance to the farm laws hardensVenkitesh Ramakrishnan Ziya Us SalamFarmers continue to agitate against the new farm laws and plan to use the Navaratri festivities to make their voice heard.
Profile: Yogi Adityanath Rabble-rousing yogi Divya Trivedi Venkitesh RamakrishnanYogi Adityanath has built up a career in Hindutva politics independently of the RSS and has succeeded in winning the Sangh Parivar’s support because o
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh: Hindutva Laboratory 2.0 Venkitesh RamakrishnanIn an attempt to cover up its failures on the law and order, economic and public health fronts and contain popular resentment, the Yogi Adityanath gov
Ram Vilas Paswan (1946-2020), a winner for the marginalisedVenkitesh RamakrishnanLong before he inducted Ram Vilas Paswan (July 5, 1946–October 8, 2020) into the Union Ministry in 1989, the then Prime Minister Viswanath Pratap Sing
Interview: Akhilesh Yadav ‘A mass movement against BJP’s hoodwinking’ Venkitesh RamakrishnanInterview with Akhilesh Yadav, president of the Samajwadi Party and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Farmers up in armsVenkitesh RamakrishnanThe widespread resentment and agitation of farmers against the agricultural marketing Bills, which were passed in the Rajya Sabha in brazen violation
Babri Masjid demolition: Special CBI Court acquits all 32 accused Venkitesh RamakrishnanNearly three decades after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya by rampaging kar sevaks belonging to the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh-led Sang
Bihar DGP who mocked Rhea Chakraborty in support of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Sushant Singh case joins JD(U) Venkitesh RamakrishnanIndia’s political history has numerous instances of personalities from the services, including the bureaucracy, police and defence, joining different
COVID-19 Update COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath turns to Hindutva as COVID situation worsens in the StateVenkitesh RamakrishnanCOVID situation is worsening in Uttar Pradesh, but the Yogi Adityanath regime manages to turn attention away from the subject by playing the Hindutva
Monsoon session Monsoon storm in ParliamentVenkitesh RamakrishnanThe exit of an NDA Minister citing the anti-farmer Bills comes as a shocker to the Modi government even as its plan to bulldoze its way through the mo
Monsoon session Muting ParliamentVenkitesh RamakrishnanAfter undermining key institutions through its destructive interference, the Modi government seeks to debilitate legislative democracy by eliminating
Behemoth studios in the era of pan-Indian films Yash Raj Films used to set trends, not follow them. Can it turn the tide?
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
