Express Opinion

General elections are due in a few months. Therefore,the move by the CEC in recommending Navin Chawla’s removal could not have been more ill-timed.

An article titled “political manipulation of CBI” in the latest issue of CPM mouthpiece People’s Democracy...

Police data on crime is structurally skewed. A household survey takes a different tack

France has been at the forefront of the climate change effort,and India is a key partner

Bharat Sundaresan For someone who plays online fantasy cricket,the build-up to a series involving New Zealand must be traumatic.

GS Vivek His scores might not suggest any problems,but Yuvraj,like all batsmen,is finicky about his bat.

PRATAP BHANU MEHTA | SWARAJ AUR SAMVIDHAN Two institutions,two different crises,but the story is eerily familiar.

C. Raja Mohan | RAJA-MANDALA Although many NATO and European countries have troops in Afghanistan,only the British and Canadian armies earn some respect for their willingness to fight along with the Americans.

Coomi Kapoor | BLOG BYTES Who is the better known Gandhi today? The Father of the Nation or descendants of the Congress first family whose members have ruled India for most of the last half

Recollections of the ‘Indian Express’ newsroom on the day Gandhi died

Whatever goes on in the global economy,lifestyle channels live in la-la land

The government must clarify its position on competition in the petroleum sector

The points that have been made in the criticism of the chief election commissioner’s recommendation of the removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla...

Given that the country is currently facing complex challenges from communally-oriented terrorists,huge corporate frauds and a worsening political situation in the neighbourhood...

G.S. Vivek It was noon on Sunday. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina were busy sampling seafood...

Aabha Rathee The green and yellow fringing her dress was certainly no coincidence,and as her fairytale continued into the week,Australia's exuberant fans made sure Jelena Dokic's opponents had more than just the tennis to contend

Judges’ reluctance to make their assets public has subjected them to unwarranted and totally avoidable controversy...

The Taliban,in virtual control of northern parts of Pakistan,has exhibited its fanatical mindset....

It is useless talking to Pakistan’s civilian leaders about what happened in Mumbai. They are not in charge of that unfortunate country’s foreign policy....

Elections to the 15th Lok Sabha are only ten weeks away. Can anything be said about their outcome without the fear of being contradicted....

The distribution of the Prime Minister’s duties during his absence has been such that it ensured nobody feels overly self-important....

I celebrated the millennium’s arrival in a restaurant in Galle in Sri Lanka. An election had just taken place where I was an observer and that taught me a lot about politics in Sri Lanka....

The self-appointed moral police are not really the best advertisement for Indian culture.

Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah’s writ runs large over the picturesque Swat valley,reported all major papers.

Prime Minister Vajpayee’s knee got away lightly compared to Prime Minister Singh’s heart.