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The latest round of Rajya Sabha polls, touching several states, saw the elections for new members to the Upper House of Parliament. The results were closely watched for the suspense it generated in some northern states due to attempts at cross-voting. Cross-voting did happen in...

Aakar Patel The NDA crossed 100 Rajya Sabha seats on Friday, further consolidating the BJP as India’s dominant political force in its 40th year.  The Bharatiya Janata Party was formed in April, 1980, after its members were expelled from the Janata Party, the joint Opposition...

The Uttar Pradesh government is notoriously thin-skinned when it comes to criticism from any quarter. A retired IAS officer Surya Pratap Singh has discovered that his tweet accusing the government of low testing to “hide true Covid figure” has landed him in trouble. He has...

Oil marketing companies (OMCs) seem to be in a tearing hurry to raise the pump prices of fuel. They have raised the fuel prices for 12 consecutive days. The total increase has added up to Rs 6.55 for petrol and Rs 7.04 for diesel. The...

District Forest Officers and rangers are not trained in ecology. Ecology means the interrelationship of all things – what happens to the whole when one part is affected. They don't know about plants or animals. In fact, this entire service should be disbanded because all...

While writing this column yesterday, the title chosen was China, China, China. Little did people across India know that a highly ranked Indian army officer along with two jawans was killed by Chinese forces near the Galwan valley in Ladakh while the supposed de-escalation was...

A hilarious video of the US President Donald Trump showed how, during his first election campaign, he constantly mentioned China as the arch economic foe of the United States. The video showed Trump uttering China at various times and in different attires. While that was...

The deed is finally done. The Sharma Oli government in Nepal has won the support of the Lower House of parliament for the new political map that laid claim over a considerable stretch of land in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, which India claims as its own...

Bhakt means devotee, someone wildly enthusiastic about someone or something. Hindi defines it as anuragi, someone offering unconditional and eternal love. The word bhakt is also used to define the followers of the Prime Minister. They consider him a messianic figure, who will produce the...

The Enforcement Directorate and the Modi government may have reasons to have a pat on their own backs after word spread the ED has managed to get back valuables worth Rs 1,350crore from Hong Kong. This, in the ongoing cases of bank fraud and money...