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The Congress party’s humiliating defeat in the recent assembly elections, particularly in Uttar Pradesh and the assembly constituency of its Vice-president Rahul Gandhi, are symbolic of its present condition….A special report by 

A day after China expressed its discontent over Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s public event in India, his office confirmed the Nobel laureate’s trip to Arunachal Pradesh, the region China claims

Narendra Modi’s emergence as the most dominant politician in today’s India, as the Congress’s P. Chidambaram has said, means that he is now the master of all he surveys….writes Amulya Ganguli  in his Column:

Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said the Congress organisational structure is “no match” to that of the BJP-RSS combine, which in turn could not match the party set-up of the Trinamool

The new Punjab Cabinet in its maiden meeting announced reservation for women in jobs and urban and rural local bodies and an end to use of red beacons on official vehicles by

The roller coaster ride of human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu continues after her maiden foray into electoral politics in her native state of Manipur proved a damp squib….writes Iboyaima Laithangbam An ordinary

Releasing a world ranking of the number of women parliamentarians that that placed India 148, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of UN Women, has called for reservations for women….writes UN calls for quotas The

Manipur’s new Chief Minister N. Biren Singh’s first love was football, which took him to the BSF. After resignation, he embraced journalism. Finally, he chose politics as a career….writes Iboyaima Laithangbam As a

Amarinder Singh, who assumed charge of Punjab as Chief Minister for a second time, wears many hats and has accomplished himself in most of them….writes Jaideep Sarin Better known as a politician from