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Ms Banerjee always favoured the downtrodden and ceaselessly championed their cause. This made her a mass leader as well as an unbridled populist.

2016 looking back: Will Mamata's star keep rising on national stage?

Ms Banerjee plunges in where most fear to venture, often creating, in the process, the most noticeable of splashes.

28 Dec 2016 12:54 AM IST

Election Commission of India (Photo: PTI)

Electoral reforms: A very long way to go

It is widely believed that such political parties exist only on paper and are suspected to be potential conduits for...

27 Dec 2016 2:20 AM IST

People stand in long queuesoutside an ATM at a bank to withdraw cash after the ban on old high denomination notes, in Allahabad. (Photo: PTI)

Queuing up with hope... For a much better 2017!

A new year is waiting. A year full of possibilities. It could be full of towering taxmen and further shrinking freedoms.

27 Dec 2016 2:19 AM IST

Nalanda University

Troubled Nalanda

The unkindest cut is that the name of Y. Sudershan Rao, who headed the RSS' history wing.

27 Dec 2016 2:19 AM IST

The newly-issued Rs 500 notes.

Can govt act now to ease the pain?

The PM has added insult to injury by saying he has the people's support over this.

27 Dec 2016 2:19 AM IST

When the first ray of January sparkles and people meet each other, they say, Happy Now Here .

Mystic Mantra: Life is being here & now

Life can do nothing but become very intense if you want to live this moment.

27 Dec 2016 2:17 AM IST

Damaged buildings in old Aleppos Jdeideh neighbourhood after an intense bombing campaign. (Photo: AFP)

Mosul, Aleppo, Ankara... Future is bleak

Russia and Iran now seem like the dominant regional powers, but will this survive the presidential transition in...

27 Dec 2016 2:16 AM IST

The issue has taken away some sheen from the cadre and even some senior officers disapprove of the demand.

Elite officers' feet of clay

The Punjab government, particularly Mr Badal, is trying to divert the attention of people through its false propaganda...

26 Dec 2016 3:56 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo: AP)

A year full of joy, shock, pain

For Londoners, the exit was very painful as this multicultural city had voted to Remain .

26 Dec 2016 3:50 AM IST

Ashwin's home truths

In cricket, controlled largely on the field by the fielding team skipper, there's no fury like a captain scorned.

26 Dec 2016 3:46 AM IST

Old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes placed in an order that reads BAN in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Effects of note ban: More clarity needed

It has also been promised that the corrupt will be in for hard times.

26 Dec 2016 3:44 AM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

After UN vote, Mideast awaits Trump tremors

The shock and delight the UN resolution has caused in the two opposing camps signifies how seriously the principal...

26 Dec 2016 3:36 AM IST