The attack by the Islamic State has left Paris with a heightened sense of fear and vulnerability

Our final conversation was about him leaving the country so that he could be ‘free to be gay’. This was probably the most political statement he had made.

The BJP was the junior partner of the JD(U) in 2005 and 2010. It failed to take any credit for the development in Bihar, leaving all to Nitish. Sushil Modi, one of the sharpest minds in the BJP, did not get his due.

If you read the foreign press and watch IS videos on YouTube you know that Yazidi girls have been auctioned in slave markets.

What was eloquence in 2014 sounded like empty rhetoric in 2015. What were considered credible promises in 2014 appeared to be just chunavi jumla (election theatrics) in 2015.

There’s only one truly pan-Indian leader, Modi, whether we like him or not. The salvation of India rests with him, provided he reforms himself.

Advani had decided not to celebrate his birthday this year and had asked loyal followers like Harin Pathak in Gujarat not to fly down to Delhi for a party.

Today, we are seeing terrorism of two kinds in the world : one that arises out of ideological reasons and one arising due to religious fanaticism.

Excerpts from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech to the British parliament on Thursday, November 12.

While there hasn’t been one major announcement, the cumulative effect of a number of smaller agreements as well as trade and investment deals count for something.

The defence ministry’s successful digitisation and indexing should be replicated across the Union government to make an inventory of all the land it owns.

The daily Inquilab, in its editorial, writes: “We have full confidence that the movement of secularism that has started in Bihar will spread all over the country."

Good old-fashioned escapist literature beckons. It’s that time of the year

There is evidence to suggest that with a few modifications, MGNREGA can dent poverty.

India’s new model BIT makes it clear that its goal is to accomplish more than investor protection.

Polymath philologist Maulvi Muhammad Husain Azad’s work shows that Sanskrit and Persian have much in common.

Centre should merge the excise and service tax regimes as a precursor to the GST.

Washington and New Delhi should shift to a joint-venture framework — focusing on specific collaborations and creating conceptual space for inevitable disagreements.

It is easy for me to be labelled as a patriot. Do I love my country? Perhaps. Do I feel strongly about the achievements of my nation and fellow countrypersons?

The rout in Patna could generate complications for Modi’s conduct of international relations, at least in the near term.

Government must not ignore the warning signs. It needs to double its overall support to farmers and move from price policy to direct income support.

India-Nepal stand-offs are not new. But Delhi may have overplayed its hand.

If PM Modi needed a reminder of why he was voted to power, Bihar election results may have provided one.

Over-projection of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, and lack of a CM candidate, may have scuppered its chances.