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The Election Commission dismissed the plea by Mamata Banerjee that the eight-phase election was very risky. It seemed to pay more attention to the BJPs jeers that the eight-phase election was necessary to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Mishandling elections in the time of a pandemic

Through super-spreader events and shoddy observance of Covid protocols, Citizens are paying twice over for the EC's...

26 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Aakar Patel | It's wrong to say Indians have right to choose faith

In 2003, under Narendra Modi, Gujarat passed a law that essentially removed all freedom of religion for Gujaratis

13 April 2021 1:21 AM IST

Alapan Bandyopadhyay got a three-month extension last week from the Narendra Modi government after a request from the Trinamul Congress government for his efficiency in handling the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: ANI)

Bengal may defy Centre, not relieve its chief secretary Alapan...

State government has taken a firm stand by not issuing Bandyopadhyay any order for his release

31 May 2021 7:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Virtual Vesak Global Celebrations on Buddha Purnima in Delhi. (Photo: File/PTI)

PM Modi highlights initiatives on national security on BJP govt's 7th...

The country has followed the mantra of 'sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas' over these seven year, he said

30 May 2021 2:05 PM IST

Amit Shah at a poll rally before the 2021 Assembly elections in West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Asymmetry of power & politics of revenge

The BJP's wizards have created a bigger problem for themselves out of the West Bengal defeat

27 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

In its May 5 verdict, the Supreme Court had spelled out various reasons for disallowing reservations for the Marathas. (DC file photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The case against quotas isn't about...

The reservations issue poses a special dilemma for Shiv Sena and BJP, as both subscribe to conservative ideologies of...

7 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

The commission has recommended mandatory sanitisation of polling stations, preferably a day before the polls.

BJP allies win 13 seats, to form govt in Puducherry

AINRC president and former CM N. Rangasamy emerged victorious in Thattanchavady constituency

3 May 2021 1:46 AM IST

TMC chief Mamata Banerjee with her nephew Abhisekh Banerjees daughter Azania (R), during interaction with media after trends show her partys wins in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | After Bengal win, Didi to target BJP across India

The timetable for when and how Mamata Banerjee launches the counter-offensive is unclear, but it will happen

2 May 2021 11:04 PM IST

TMC leader Yashwant Sinha (4L) with NCP President Sharad Pawar (C) and other Rashtriya Manch leaders after a meeting at Pawars residence, in New Delhi, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (PTI Photo)

NCP hints Opposition alliance not possible without Congress

The Shiv Sena too made it clear that no grand Opposition alliance can be possible without the Congress being part of it

27 Jun 2021 7:00 AM IST

BJP National President JP Nadda at a meeting with partys National General Secretaries at party headquarters in New Delhi.(Photo: Twitter @BJP4India)

Top BJP leaders discuss preparations for assembly polls in 5 states in...

Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa are slated for early next year

26 Jun 2021 9:29 PM IST

While the Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation rose from 4.23 per cent in April to a six-month high of 6.3 per cent, food inflation soared from 1.96 per cent to 5.01 per cent in May. (Representational Photo:AP)

Retail inflation hits 6-month high of 6.3 pc in May on costlier food,...

Wholesale price-based inflation too accelerated to a record 12.94 per cent in May

14 Jun 2021 11:55 PM IST

A file picture of the farmers protest in Singhu Border ( Image Source: Prakash Singh/AFP)

Amit Shah to focus on talks with farmer unions

Farmers agitation has an important political aspect to it as elections to the UP and Punjab Assemblies are due in the...

14 Jun 2021 8:37 AM IST