Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Northeast push is spurred by political and military reasons

Stephen Mark Kotkin on Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928, his first volume in a three-part study of the Russian autocrat which hit the stands recently

A reckless Mamata Banerjee reduces Islamist terror to a Centre-state dispute

A despatch from the Maoist heartland

A firebrand leader, Raghavan used his sturdy, film-star looks, alpha male image, rugged nature and ruthless ambition to rustle his way through the ranks of the party

The investigation into a bomb blast in the town of Burdwan in West Bengal last month put the spotlight on a wider network of terror modules stretching beyond the border to Bangladesh. A report from the new dateline of terror

Former Swiss banker and whistleblower Rudolf Elmer says that black money from the subcontinent stashed away in Swiss banks is used for terror activities. Exclusive interview with Deputy Editor Ullekh NP

Interview with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Modi played the indulgent host to perfection as he tried to bond with the visiting Chinese president Xi Jinping. Can the mutually suspicious Asian powers overcome the trust deficit?

But letting the likes of Yogi Adityanath go berserk can ruin the BJP’s dreams of reviving a hollow organisation and sustaining the magic of Modi on the stump