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Anita Katyal | Phoolka Joins BJP, Could Be CM Face; J&K Cong Plagued By Feuds, Aloof NC

Anita Katyal | Phoolka Joins BJP, Could Be CM Face; J&K Cong Plagued ...

Private conversations with Opposition leaders reveal that it fears the delimitation exercise will, at the BJP’s...

11 April 2026 10:39 PM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | Stir The Blood, But For Peace And Love

Shreya Sen-Handley | Stir The Blood, But For Peace And Love

I don’t know how many medics there are in the world who are sickened by the sight of the stuff, but in the Dominic...

11 April 2026 9:29 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Did Assam CM Overreact To Criticism From Oppn. Leader?

Pavan K. Varma | Did Assam CM Overreact To Criticism From Oppn....

The allegations made by Pawan Khera, the head of the Congress media cell, against Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief...

11 April 2026 8:57 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Ye! Ye! No UK Visa For Kanye West… Transgenders Get A Choice: He, She, It? | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Ye! Ye! No UK Visa For Kanye West…...

Sir Keir Starmer expressed strong denunciations of West’s antisemitism, saying his stance was unwelcome in Britain. That...

10 April 2026 11:56 PM IST

K. C. Singh | After Truce, Is Iran-US Peace Accord Likely?

K. C. Singh | After Truce, Is Iran-US Peace Accord Likely?

The Iran war has publicly exposed these differences. For instance, the countries supporting Pakistan’s role in mediating...

10 April 2026 11:06 PM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Shadows of Truce: Fragile Peace & India’s Job Market

Patralekha Chatterjee | Shadows of Truce: Fragile Peace & India’s Job...

Job uncertainty and weak markets hit young workers hard

10 April 2026 12:44 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | IAS Short of 1,300 Officers, but No One Wants To Fix It

Dilip Cherian | IAS Short of 1,300 Officers, but No One Wants To Fix...

IAS deficit, IIS-MEA tussle and frequent transfers expose systemic gaps

9 April 2026 11:55 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Rising MPs: Development Need; or Jobs for the Boys?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Rising MPs: Development Need; or Jobs for the...

Proposal links women’s quota with seat hike, raises concerns over balance

8 April 2026 10:36 PM IST

Saeed Naqvi | Advantage Iran? If US Distances From West Asia, Israel in Big Fix

Saeed Naqvi | Advantage Iran? If US Distances From West Asia, Israel...

Israel ties, White House tensions and public anger strain US politics

8 April 2026 10:20 PM IST

Ruchira Gupta | Trump, Epstein, Iran: An Election To Signal The W Way The US Is Headed

Ruchira Gupta | Trump, Epstein, Iran: An Election To Signal The W Way...

Bolts, looking at 2025 more broadly, found Democrats flipped 25 Republican-held state legislative seats, or 21 per cent...

8 April 2026 12:10 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Diversity Works Just Fine In All 4 Poll-going States

Shikha Mukerjee | Diversity Works Just Fine In All 4 Poll-going States

In two states, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the BJP is not the principal challenger; the Congress is the lead party of the...

7 April 2026 11:20 PM IST

Aakar Patel | What Are We Doing To Prepare India For The Fallout Of The US War With Iran?

Aakar Patel | What Are We Doing To Prepare India For The Fallout Of...

Australia has made public transport free in Tasmania and Victoria to encourage citizens not to use cars. Egypt requires...

6 April 2026 11:09 PM IST