Uttar Pradesh
Shailaja Khanna | Are musicians today losing confidence in desi sounds?
The young seem unable to fully relate to music that is solely authentically indigenous, whether Thai, Cambodian or Indian
Shikha Mukerjee | Morbi shows anatomy of political immunity
The Gujarat election in December 2022 will be a test of Mr Modi’s winnability rather than that of the chief minister
Dilip Cherian | Another panel set up to sort Central secretariat service promotions
The panel will examine the current and future career progression of the CSS officers and suggest remedial measures to streamline the service
Mohan Guruswamy | Only small states will be able to save the republic
Demand for new administrative units will be a continuous one, one that seeks to bring distant provincial govts in remote capitals
AA Edit | Opposition must do much more to unitedly battle BJP in 2024
The Opposition leaders have reasons to think of a real fight at the hustings and they have listed some
AA Edit | Relief without sufficient cause
Court’s reasoning would vie with that of the person who sought clemency for being an orphan after being convicted for murdering his parents
Dilip Cherian | New worry for UP govt: Exit of senior officers
Some blame the over-politicisation of the service in UP, which is making babus avoid working in the state
Dilip Cherian | Why babu rejig in UP govt is an ongoing process
Last week, the UP government reshuffled 13 IAS officers, including 10 of the rank of district magistrates and CDOs, with immediate effect
AA Edit | Bypolls show how BJP is eating into SP’s UP base
Uttar Pradesh sends 80 members to the 542-member Lok Sabha, and hence every signal that emanates from there is politically important
Aakar Patel | The real reason for BJP’s huge UP triumph: Not ‘development’
Election victories sanctify the actions of a political party; they do not validate them