PR Ramesh

The upcoming Assembly elections will provide BJP cues for the General Election next year

An Opposition alliance has unseated a strong incumbent at the Centre only when it has had a promise to sell and a charismatic leader. The anti-Modi alliance has neither while its own contradictions threaten to pull it apart

Women’s empowerment has always been at the core of Prime Minister Modi’s vision for India

Modi has changed India’s terms of engagement with the world by democratising G20 and leveraging the summit to Delhi’s advantage. His India can now set and steer bigger agendas

The Modi government resists economic appeasement even as Opposition-ruled states revel in it

The long trail of how China influences ideologically friendly media and activists in India—and a prominent figure in the nexus is a senior CPM leader

The Uniform Civil Code will have a liberating effect on the Muslim community. Only the clerics need to fear

Mohammad Al-Issa’s visit unveils a reformed Saudi Arabia that advocates religious moderation and values India’s partnership

NCP’s best Lok Sabha tally was nine seats two decades ago but that never came in the way of Sharad Pawar being projected as a prime ministerial candidate. That image of the wily strategist has been shattered by Ajit Pawar’s departure