Rajeev Deshpande

After a long gap, Congress gets it right in a major state, reasserts its main challenger status. But the party’s success needs to be replicated in crucial state elections due at the year end.

Grass roots anger over price rise, factional frictions hurt BJP while Congress gains by exploiting incumbency and focussing on local discontent.

The astute politician is finding it difficult to manage his family’s ambitions

The debate on The Kerala Story, though, is not really about the ‘facts’ of the case or the presence of radical organisations in Kerala

The Grand Mufti of Egypt is on a mission to promote Islam’s relations with other faithsPr

Apart from the letter of the law, the courts must judiciously balance competing claims in society

The police probe into seven complaints of sexual harassment need to be concluded speedily to allow athletes to return to training and prevent uncertainty over participating abroad

On the eve of a high-stakes finale, BJP hopes to retain its only Southern bastion by pitching development against the opposition’s caste calculus

Tendulkar turns fifty on April 24. In his long career, he allowed his cricket to do the talking and by believing in himself, he helped india believe in itself

Changes proposed to the Forest Act are a much-needed overhaul of an outdated law, balancing conservation and livelihoods while boosting defence infrastructure