Editorial

Neerja Chowdhury The Indian voters never cease to surprise. They did it again in the recent bypolls in Rajasthan, Gujarat and above all, Uttar Pradesh. Usually, byelections are not taken seriously as local factors normally influence them.…
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Ashutosh In you we are lost, in you we are found, of you, we are born, to you we shall return, this is ours way of keeping you alive in heart of ours who lived their life with yours music and millions to follow in coming years. Music,…
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Prem Shankar Jha Israel has been at the heart of the turmoil in West Asia for the last 11 years. During this period it has bombed Lebanon, imposed an embargo on Gaza, and then bombed Gaza not once but twice. It has bombed Syria without…
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The incidents of cease fire violations started increasing gradually after the Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited India during the oath taking ceremony of the Modi's government. It is something similar to the Pakistan's Kargil…
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After launching the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded a note of caution just five weeks later over the difficulties the scheme would be encountering in the future. He asked the bank officers and…
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 Devinder Sharma Flood waters in Srinagar are receding. But after the death toll has been estimated, the compensation for human life and economic loss paid out, and the city slowly limps back to normalcy, it is time to get to the most…
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Er. Jitender Kohli Before Motilal Nehru father of Jawaharlal Nehru became President of the Indian National Congress it was a complete nationalist lot but started tilting to a particular family. Mahatma Gandhi was also very soft for…
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Hari shankar vyas In the by-elections, which were held in three phases, voters of North India have given a special message to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The party has got a jolt in by-elections held in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and…
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In December last year, Pakistan and India had pledged to uphold the 2003 LoC ceasefire accord which had been left in tatters by repeated violations that year. The truce breaches had put the nascent bilateral peace dialogue on hold. The…
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A cartoon in New York Times depicting the Elite  Space Club chamber with its members inside and a poor Dhoti clad Indian holding a sickly cow knocking to seek entry, is in 'bad taste' to say the least. It was criticised for overlooking the…
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