The region wants in. It must be heard and understood

BJP’s delivery optics and total politics trumped the game. Biren Singh now has a second chance to deliver on the promises of peace, infrastructure, connectivity, prosperity and accountability

And the dynamics of Manipur

In Manipur, the police and Assam Rifles took an 11-year-old into custody to pressure her parents, suspected separatists, to surrender

Expect the CPM to flex its strong arm with impunity in the run-up to the Assembly polls in West Bengal, and political thuggery at its crassest

The sentencing of Binayak Sen by the Raipur Sessions Court is a measure of the Chhattisgarh government’s desperation to finesse its record of human rights violations

There is no mistaking Russian muscle in this tourist heaven, but the presiding bad guys are decidedly Goan

The Indian Penal Code’s provisions on sedition apply to Arundhati Roy no more than they do to those who perpetuate bad governance.

Denial continues to be a disease. Cornered by outraged public opinion, the Government and public officials are playing ostrich

After fifteen failed attempts at electing a Prime Minister, the question in Nepal now is whether it can maintain its cohesion