Jawhar Sircar speaking in the Rajya Sabha. | Photo Credit: ANI Jawhar Sircar, Rajya Sabha MP of the Trinamool Congress, dropped a political bomb on September 8, by sending his resignation letter to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee, citing the State government’s “faulty handling” of the rape and murder case at […]
Former President Donald Trump’s plan to have Elon Musk lead a government efficiency commission would vault the world’s richest man to an unprecedented role: American oligarch. The details of the commission and Musk’s involvement are still vague, but any formal role in government would give greater influence to the billionaire owner of Tesla, Space X, […]
A drone attack by militants on Manipur’s Koutruk village on September 1 marks a phase of escalation of conflict after a relative lull of four months. “She had bought a new phanek (sarong), along with her friends, with the money they earned from working in a nearby field. Wearing it, she had gone to her […]
In May this year, a picture of a banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leader casting his vote in the Parliamentary election in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district surprised everyone in the valley, marking a significant shift in the region’s political dynamic. The organisation, which boycotted elections for 30 years, has now indicated a willingness to join the mainstream […]
“Waqf” means the permanent dedication of movable or immovable property for the purposes enshrined in Islam as pious, religious, or charitable. The administration of waqf institutions was entrusted to different entities at different times in India. During the Muslim Rule in India, the waqf administration was decentralised and controlled by provincial and district officers, such […]
Mahatma Gandhi speaks with Jawaharlal Nehru in Bombay, in 1946. Both Gandhi and Nehru represented a tradition of “thinking-in-action” or “thinking-in-politics” that characterised Indian political thought during the anti-colonial movement. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Yogendra Yadav took a dig(Indian Express, August 26) at practitioners of modern political thought and theory in India by pronouncing […]
Into his third term as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi continues to make much of his “Neighbourhood First” policy, but India’s public is not aware that it has been a debacle. The tendency of New Delhi commentators to hew close to the line set by North Block and South Block means India’s citizens do not get […]
Despite appointing prominent tribal leader Babulal Marandi as its State chief and vesting another key Jharkhand leader, Arjun Munda, with the key portfolios of tribal affairs and agriculture at the Centre, the BJP lost all five tribal parliamentary seats in Jharkhand in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Now, the party is leaving no stone unturned […]
The Election Commission of India’s announcement of dates for the long-awaited Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir has triggered a surge in political activity across the region. With the election scheduled to be held in three phases—on September 18, September 25, and October 1 to elect 90 members—the political scene is buzzing after a long […]
In recent weeks, the NDA government has selectively rolled back a few decisions, the most crucial one being the proposal to induct officers at the level of Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Director through a “lateral entry” system. Other climbdowns include the withdrawal of the Draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill and the referral of the […]
