NEW DELHI (TIP): The BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congress and Left parties are now all set for a mega electoral battle. Chief Election Commissioner Naseem Zaidi said on Friday that the 126-member Assam Assembly will go […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Opposition parties led by Congress and SP on March 5 created a storm in Rajya Sabha over alleged government interference in the autonomy of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), forcing adjournment of the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Thank you, Tihar. You took in an “anti-national” and sent out a national treasure. Kanhaiya Kumar on March 3 night exploded on the collective consciousness of India, sending an electrifying spark down the […]
JAMMU (TIP): After two-month suspense, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has said that she is not ‘stubborn’ and hinted that the party would be going ahead with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form […]
“This Budget is pro-village, pro-poor, pro-farmer. The main focus is to bringing about qualitative change in the country. There will be a big change in the lives of common people. Several steps have been taken […]
New information technology has become a great leveler. Just as it allows the jihadis to have their violent message registered across national boundaries, it also enables an Anna Hazare to hobble down political establishment. The […]
Purno Agitok Sangma, that legendary politician from Meghalaya, nay the northeast, who once controlled the proceedings of the Lok Sabha as its Speaker, is no more . It is difficult to associate this vibrant personality, gifted […]
Washington has no shortage of politicians struggling to be seen as a maverick. But Tulsi Gabbard isn’t one of them. As one of the first two female combat veterans elected to US Congress and also […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In one of the fieriest debates in the recent times, the issue of Rohit Vemula, Dalit scholar who committed suicide, and JNU episode rocked both the houses of the parliament as Opposition […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Railway Budget 2016 that was presented by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu brought a pot of mixed reactions from several political parties and the common man. On the one hand, the commoners […]
From the very beginning, it has been amply clear that the people who raised anti-India slogans at the Jawaharlal Nehru University on 9 February were Kashmiris. Yet, the Delhi Police has not even been looking for […]
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday, Feb 22, accused BJP of unleashing its “divisive agenda by generating a wholly unwarranted debate on patriotism and nationalism” and said it was the government’s responsibility to ensure that […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The protests in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) began on Wednesday, Feb 10, when Left-oriented students’ group planned to organise a cultural program and a protest march to protest against the ‘Judicial Killing […]
What is the issue at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi? A radical left-wing student group as vocal and abusive as RSS/Parivar organized a function to discuss the ‘judicial murder of’ of Afzal Guru as […]
JALANDHAR: In a surprising and unexplained trend, there has been a sudden rise in the number of Indian citizens seeking asylum in the US in 2015 compared to the two previous years. The figures were […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Police on February 11 registered a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy against “unknown persons” for allegedly raising anti-India slogans at an event organised by some students in Jawaharlal Nehru University against the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s growth potential is much higher than seven per cent and can be eight to nine per cent, American economist Nouriel Roubini said on Saturday, pointing out that the reforms being undertaken […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The ghost of the 2010 Adarsh Housing Society scam on February 4 came back to haunt former CM Ashok Chavan as Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao granted sanction to the CBI to prosecute […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Continued tug-war on garbage politics in the capital has tarnished the “Clean Delhi City” image worldwide, stated Senior BJP leader Vijay Jolly at New Delhi February 2, 2016. Foreign tourists especially Non […]
The Supreme Court hearing in the political row in Arunachal Pradesh has thrown up three interesting issues concerning a Governor’s role under the Constitution. The first is about a Governor’s powers. Though it is too early […]
History, despite Francis Fukuyama’s prediction of it having ended, was made on Saturday, January 16th 2016 inthe “Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu”, aka Chinese Taipei, aka Republic of China or the de […]
Awards go up in public esteem if given on merit, and decline if extraneous considerations prevail. Of all the Padma awardees this year the most controversial is the choice of veteran actor Anupam Kher. That […]
I am proud of the pluralistic ethos of my motherland, India and my homeland, America. It is a pleasure to call both the nations, “God’s own countries.” Let me explain why, and make a few […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) dilly-dallying on Jammu and Kashmir government formation despite seven-day state mourning ending on Wednesday, has left the BJP in a tizzy. The BJP leaders have been maintaining […]
Nikki Haley is a breath of fresh air; she is a moderate Republican representing the mainstream GOP values, that none of the current front line GOP candidates are able to articulate. I have used the […]
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