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The arrest on 31 January evening and subsequent remand of now former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody had come at a time when BJP had already succeeded in its “tod jore” (break and join) politics in the adjacent state of...

The Bard famously wrote, “If music be the food of love, play on.” Music, we were told, transcends geographical borders, narrowness, and bigotry. At a time when fanaticism, anti-poor ideologies, and hatred are stoking passions and blinding people across the globe, the Grammy Awards announced...

BJP-ruled Uttarakhand may soon become the second state in India and the first after Independence to have a Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Goa has a UCC since the Portuguese rule. The final draft of the UCC was approved by the Uttarakhand Cabinet Sunday, paving the...

On its website, the BJP says, “The philosophy of Integral Humanism looks at the individual not merely as a material object but one who has a spiritual dimension. It talks of integral approach to economic development that has individual at its core that is linked...

As the Lok Sabha elections approach, speculation is rife about the Enforcement Directorate (ED) appointing a regular director. The interim chief, Rahul Navin may be regularised, or a new incumbent might be brought in. Recent weeks have seen Rahul Navin’s name circulating as the potential...

As the country is fast gearing towards the Lok Sabha election mode to elect a new government at the Centre, there are tell-tale signs of the electoral strategies the two main contenders – the BJP and the Congress – seem to be getting ready to...

The interim judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) validating South Africa’s charge of genocide against Israel marks a watershed moment in the Israel-Hamas strife. The Court confirmed there is substance in the complaint that under the Genocide Convention “Israel has engaged in, is...

Nitish Kumar has done it yet again. The JD(U) leader took oath for a record ninth time as the Chief Minister of Bihar along with the BJP’s Samrat Chowdhury and Vijay Sinha as ministers, Sunday. This is the fourth time in the last eleven years...

On the third page of its constitution, the Bharatiya Janata Party lays out its conditions for membership. “Any Indian citizen of 18 years or above who accepts Articles II, III and IV of the Constitution shall, on making a written declaration… become a member” of...

An incredible development in North Korea - the 10-year-old daughter of Kim Jong-un being catapulted into limelight as a likely heir apparent - has triggered speculation about succession and image-building exercise. It could be an over-reaction of South Korea’s intelligence agency to name Kim Ju-ae...