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With 2024 not far, BJP gets stronger, weakens its opponents at the same time

SANTOSH KUMAR PATHAK New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Eyeing upcoming Assembly elections and 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP is working on a two-pronged strategy...

India plays the field as a swing state. But for how long?

YASHWANT RAJ Washington, May 15 (IANS) As the war in Ukraine intensified, the number of foreign political leaders descending on New Delhi shot up -...

Bulldozer politics will polarize voters in Gujarat, but at a cost

HARESH JHALA Ahmedabad, May 14 (IANS) The bulldozer politics started in some parts of the state by the ruling BJP will polarize the voters and...

Political philosophy of Imran Khan

DR AMJAD AYUB MIRZA In this article, I am going to make an attempt to look into Imran Khan's mindset and try to explain the...

Why Anusuiya Uike’s name is doing the rounds as possible presidential candidate

SUNDEEP PAURANIK Bhopal/Raipur, May 8 (IANS) As the tenure of the country's 14th President Ram Nath Kovind is ending in July, many names for presidential...

Can Arif Mohd Khan give PM Modi his Kalam moment?

SHASHI BHUSHAN New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Outspoken, educated in both secular and religious issues, against Islamic fundamentalism, and a career out and out in...

Manmohan Singh’s blanket support for west-driven globalization may need a reality check

KANWAL SIBAL New Delhi, May 2: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Op-Ed piece in the Hindu (April 22) contained many thoughtful observations on the implications...

Growing importance of intelligence

D.C. PATHAK End of the Cold War marked the beginning of an era of covert offensives, externally instigated insurgencies and proxy wars. Interestingly, even a...

South films go national; Hindi films fail to deliver

VINOD MIRANI The recent South-dubbed film, 'KGF: Chapter 2', did at the box office in the first two days what a major original Hindi film...

Kashmiri Sufi Saint known as ‘India’s defence minister’

SHEIKH QAYOOM Srinagar, April 25 (IANS) He was lean, tall and awe inspiring. Through the lanes and bylanes of Srinagar city, he walked briskly wearing...