Ideally, if the home minister and law enforcement agencies anticipate such incidents and had an idea that such incidents take place in certain locations in the city on new year’s eve then they should have done everything in their power to stop them from happening.

The Supreme Court’s ruling just ahead of the Uttar Pradesh election on use of religion and caste seems an admirable but difficult to implement measure to clean up electoral politics in the country.

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav wielded his authority and appointed himself as the national president of the party, sidelining his father Mulayam Singh Yadav. Amid all the chaos, Amar Singh seems to be the man in the middle of the latest crisis.

There was a clear bid to tell the nation that the honest Indian will be come out triumphant in the end and the corrupt with pay for their sins.

Toned, slim bodies are invoked not only as proxies for health and energy, but also as indicators of self-control, discipline and efficiency.

In the SP stalwart's word, he expelled both the leaders to save the party.

Other than Sasikala and M K Stalin, other politicians to look out for in 2017 are the current AIADMK Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and DMK leader and Stalin’s sister Kanimozhi.

The year was dominated by a bitter political fight within the ruling Samajwadi Party, between Mulayam Singh's brother Shivpal Yadav against CM Akhilesh Yadav.

After nearly 15 years, the December 2017 marathon looks like a contest. And it is likely to play out as BJP Vs BJP and BJP Vs the 'non-BJP'.

A charismatic leader, Amarinder was hoping to lead the Congress to victory after a humiliating defeat in the last two terms.

This year, the Sangh did not like Modi’s critical remarks on Gau Rakshaks but both sides quickly covered up the chinks in their relationship and rebuilt trust.

The fallout between the father and the son gives strong hints of Akhilesh releasing another list of candidates, which in effect will be seen as a rebellion against Mulayam.

Mehbooba Mufti would be the first one to acknowledge that 2016 has been one of the toughest years faced by her party and the state.

In May this year, Banerjee single-handedly went on to capture two-thirds majority in the state elections – an unprecedented 211 seats out of a total 294 in the West Bengal Assembly.

The biggest issue he espoused in order to expand his constituency to the national level, was to pass a prohibition law in April this year – it was one of his main poll campaign promises in an effort to woo women voters.

Indian Railways in 2015 suffered seven major collisions and derailments which killed 65 people.

The year concludes on a note of confusion and apprehension over how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation exercise will affect the party’s prospects in upcoming Assembly elections.

The emergence of small, independent, geographically scattered, transgender projects indicate that there is a larger, intellectual, universal movement gaining momentum.

A lot of mud slinging has been witnessed across the country from all political parties after demonetisation.

Sheila Dikshit had questioned the authenticity of the papers a couple of days ago and rubbished allegations of her being a monetary beneficiary in the case.

Sheila Dikshit’s comments rubbishing the controversial Sahara diaries has taken away the sharpness from Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The development points to complacency exercised by Gandhi and the Congress top brass in accusing the PM of corruption.

From snide remarks and patronising jibes to unapologetic, hateful memes, trolling has become a day-to-day event. And it’s the perfect fodder for the media.

Recently, Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami was ridiculed on twitter for "allowing" his wife to wear a religiously inappropriate attire. Trolling, in Twitter’s sprawling empire, is ubiquitous.

In 2016, history in India was the victim of ‘nationalism’, the word that in present times is often confused with ‘patriotism’ and ‘Hinduism’.

Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi parivar still seems to be embroiled in infighting. As a result, the SP looks inept to exploit the issue of demonetisation in their ongoing election campaign.