Despite his recent retractions,popular opposition to the PM is at an all-time high

The idea of private school funding for the education of 25 per cent of economically weak students appears noble,but there are certain inherent flaws...

As she sailed through the first round of Senate confirmation hearings on Tuesday,America’s top diplomat to be,Hillary Clinton,stuck to a formula that has been perfected by President Elect Barack Obama...

The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser titled “Maoist outrage on Pashupatinath” says: “The Maoist onslaught and occupation of Holy Pashupatinath in Kathmandu has outraged the Hindus all over the world.

Lasantha Wickramatunga,editor of the Sri Lankan newspaper ‘The Sunday Leader’ and known for his principled opposition to the government,was assassinated on his way to work by two gunmen,on January 8. The paper carried this posthumous

The lead editorial in the latest issue of CPM mouthpiece People’s Democracy says it is incumbent upon the government of India to immediately cease all military cooperation with Israel....

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is a story often told by our cinema,but it has a joyous heart...

I have not yet seen Slumdog Millionaire,Danny Boyle’s film that has picked up four Golden Globe awards...

Is India the richest country in the world if employees earning a gross salary of more than Rs 16 lakh can go on strike demanding increases?

For more than two decades now,India’s geographic location had her reeling under cross-border terrorism from neighbouring states. The tide finally seems to be turning....

Hindi news channels veer between the absurd and the practical

What to take away from America’s experience with audit reform

The enemy within,often does greater damage than external threats. But we haven’t learnt from past mistakes. A strike is a tool...

It was disgraceful when Shibu Soren and other MPs of his party sold their Lok Sabha votes to save the Narasimha Rao government...

Iam in the process of launching a weekly magazine. The dummy issue is printed and ready to be sent to potential advertisers and for feedback from likely readers...

The fog in Delhi is clearing up. The sun is regaining his brightness,adding warmth to the chill that hasn’t departed yet. In a few weeks from now...

So where do we go from here? How do we deal with our Pakistan problem? The short answer to that question is,nobody knows...

Mayawati has ditched the three Samajwadi Party MPs—Atiq Ahmed,Afzal Ansari and Raj Narain Bhadulia—who defied their party whip to vote along with the BSP

In its heyday in the early 1990s,there were fears that if the BJP ever came to power,it would never ever go away. Hitler-like,Vajpayee would take his mukhota off..

The Satyam scam,where (books of) accounts were fudged and investors bilked,has thrown up the urgent need for a mechanism...

The Satyam fraud was waiting to happen. Will the government,Sebi,and other authorities do anything at all to stop such malpractices?

Shock,horror,and a sense of despair followed the Israeli attacks on Gaza.

Lashkar-e-Taiba is a threat to India,the West and even Pakistan

When India and Pakistan thrashed their issues out in Tashkent

Pakistan has owned up to the obvious — but what direction will US strategy take?