Dazzling array of Supreme Court verdicts enforces gender justice and dignity 

The blow for the Congress is especially painful because it had done everything it could by the book — and away from it — to retain control of the only other major State it ruled in the country apart from Punjab

Opinion: Karnataka election result is a defeat for divisive politics

The momentum which began with the party’s win in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, has been maintained. Nearly all of the region of north-east India is now painted saffron.

Opinion: BJP's bandwagon continues to roll in NE

Nagaland’s all-round development and inclusive growth will depend on both political stability and a broadly acceptable Naga accord.

Opinion: Nagaland's political instability is the biggest challenge to BJP, Congress and others

BJP leaders believe they can reverse the situation in Meghalaya through appeals in favour of development and against parochial considerations.

Opinion: Will Meghalaya prefer BJP over Congress's Mukul Sangma?

PM Narasimha Rao and CM Kalyan Singh were aware of archaeological evidence of the pre-existence of a temple where the Babri mosque stood.

Opinion: What decides Babri Masjid's fate on March 14

In the upcoming Tripura election, BJP's trump card is development while Manik Sarkar's is that of a scandal-free clean image.

Opinion: Modi vs Manik Sarkar battle about to start in Tripura

India’s campaign for lasting regional superiority rests on its relations with the immediate and near neighbourhood.

Opinion: If New Delhi falters with its neighbours, Beijing gains

The 2018-19 Union Budget is the last big chance for the Government to tweak its priorities so as to be seen as being pro-rural.

Opinion: BJP should focus on winning rural India in Budget 2018

PM Modi was not really addressing the Opposition but speaking to constituents across the country, who matter electorally.

Opinion: Not the opposition, PM Modi was addressing Indian electorates

The government had correctly understood that a boost to rural India would have a far greater multiplier effect on the national economy than sops in the shape of tax concessions etc to the industry.

Opinion: Budget 2018 implies enough had been done for corporate India

India's Income Tax Department is the largest litigant. The department’s appeals, according to the survey, constitute about 85 per cent of the total number of appeals filed in the case of direct taxes.

Opinion: Economic Survey, Sunny Deol and Tax litigation in India

There must be some sort of a transparent mechanism by which the Chief Justice of India allots cases. But it is dangerous to suggest that ‘sensitive’ case must necessarily go to the senior-most Justices.

Opinion: Did rebel SC judges want to save democracy or be heroes?

It would not be hyperbolic to suggest that the tribal vote will determine the winner of the coming Assembly election in Tripura.

Opinion: Will BJP succeed in trumping Manik Sarkar in Tripura?

If both the Congress and the BJP have absorbed the experiences of the year to soon end, we can expect fireworks that will light up the nation?s democratic landscape.

Opinion: Will Congress's fortune see a turnaround in 2018?

Of the 98 seats that fall in rural Gujarat, the majority went to the Congress, while the BJP swept the 53 urban seats. It is evident that the farmer?s distress worked against the BJP.

Opinion: Gujarat election displayed Bharat-India divide

The BJP has not just contained the Patidar damage but also managed to compensate for the loss by winning over a majority of the tribal and OBC votes

Opinion: Exit poll comforts BJP; Congress may have to look for scapegoats

The Congress aggressively pushed for reservation as an affirmative action to benefit the Patidars who form nearly 12 per cent of the population in Gujarat

Opinion: Gujarat elections, a litmus test for Rahul

Realising that some of the Patidar votes may migrate from its camp to the Congress, now supported by Patidar leader Hardik Patel, the BJP is keen to make up for the deficit through enhanced votes from the Scheduled Tribes.

Opinion: BJP trying to win over tribal communities in Gujarat. Why?

Alpesh wanted a Ram temple in Gujarat and a ban on cow slaughter. He blamed both the Congress and the BJP for a host of social problems, and wanted the prohibition policy to be more stringently implemented in Gujarat.

Opinion: Alpesh Thakore's main drawback is lack of credibility

The Congress and the Hardik Patel-led Patidars represented the privileged system, while the BJP under Modi stood for inclusive development.

2017 Gujarat election: Development vs reservation

The real test of Hardik Patel's alliance with the Congress party lies in the alliance?s acceptance among the people at the lower levels.

Gujarat election: Hardik Patel's glory may fizzle out

BJP has stepped up its focus on development and Gujarati pride ? juxtaposing it with the Congress?s ?indifference?.

Gujarat election: Demonetisation vs Gujarati pride

The India-Afghanistan relationship cannot rest on the negativity over Islamabad; it needs fresh positive doses to prevent any more disruptions

India-Afghanistan relationship seeks to prosper through all ups and downs

Amit Shah comes up with a master plan to enhance BJP's dominance in Kerala

BJP ambitious to gain majority in CPIM's Kerala

Dera Sacha Sauda movement is not going to disappear with its leader secured behind bars.

Will Ram Rahim's imprisonment bring to an end the godman syndrome in India?

Through the denial of hydrological data and by constructing dams upstream on rivers that flow into India, China can use water as a potent weapon against India.

Is China using water as a potent weapon against India?

Will Samajwadi Secular Morcha create further split in the Samajwadi Party?

Mulyam Singh Yadav's family members are at daggers drawn

Evidently, the Indian-origin Madhesi community in Nepal has lost faith in Prime Minister Prachanda

Prachanda and Madhesi: India is troubled by the political crisis in Nepal

Irregularities, combative image and arrogance are the three factors responsible for AAP's recent election debacles

Rajesh Singh