Opinion

The Supreme Court verdict on Monday regarding Article 370 abrogation is a huge endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Kashmir policy

On an average, as of 2016, 632 people from the minority community leave Bangladesh each day. Deep Halder and Avishek Biswas’ book explores what it means ‘being Hindu in Bangladesh’

Unless the Congress submits to an effective pre-poll coalition, with a credible figure at the helm, 2024 will be a repeat of the assembly elections

Uttarakhand, under the double-engine BJP government in 2023, has shown to the world how adversity and a potential disaster can be surmounted by super-efficient leadership that thinks and acts

In the US, the threats that Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has made are serious. If such threats were made against President Joe Biden in India, the US would demand action within 48 hours

The hostility among the three religions has deep historical roots, going way back to around 1800 BCE

To alter the dynamics behind the deterioration of their ties, a redefinition of their interests and policies is needed. This is not on the cards

The BJP’s strategic manoeuvring and its ability to tap into the electorate’s desire for change has undoubtedly placed it in a strong position to challenge the Congress government in the Rajasthan elections

Children deserve a happy childhood. But are all of them as fortunate as Mini and Pinky in ‘Masoom’ (1983) were? Let us take a walk through some of the dark lanes portrayed in Bollywood where children were waylaid of their innocence

For Hindus, Diwali reminds us of the assurance that truth, light, dharma, and knowledge always prevail over darkness, ignorance, and adharma. Just as a spark or a small flame peers outward and penetrates many square miles of prior darkness

A new opinion poll conducted by The New York Times-Siena College projects that if the presidential election pitting Donald Trump against US President Joe Biden was held today, Trump would win a comfortable majority

The deportation is likely to adversely affect law-abiding Afghans and Pashtuns in the area and may indeed trigger a humanitarian catastrophe, exacerbating the security situation along the Afghan-Pakistan borders

A review of Minhaz Merchant’s new book, ‘Modi: The Challenge of 2024’

Amit Shah has accomplished quite a lot with the Cooperation Ministry. The Centre is now in the business of controlling the cooperative movement nationally. Some analysts have described the movement as the ‘scaffolding’ that holds up rural India

Initially heralded as a tool for purifying the opaque financial channels of India’s political entities, electoral bonds are now being scrutinised in the nation’s supreme judicial forum as a potential ‘corruption of democratic principles’

Much would depend on whether the Congress holds, if not improves, its position in the coming weeks or loses momentum as the Modi juggernaut gathers speed and the BJP’s vastly superior resources of money and power come into play