A Congress hand is being traced in the defeat of AAP. Undeniably defeat of AAP was on the wish list of Rahul Gandhi. But it would purely be an exercise of naivety to think that Congress put its ...

To be remembered, by protocol, the Governor is the Chancellor of every government University in a State. There are 24 public universities in Tamil Nadu. The Governor is a Union government appointee, ...

The Delhi Model of governance that was spearheaded by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) founder Arvind Kejriwal is often characterised as an exercise in freebie politics, particularly by the Bharatiya Janata ...

Andre Glucsmann, French philosopher and Bernard-Henry Levy, French public intellectual, believe the French intelligentsia’s love affair with the radical left has ended. They say, today the French ...

The successive victories of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) soon after its nominal loss in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, first in Haryana, then Maharashtra and now in Delhi have caused only ...

Ismat Chughtai was a rebel woman writer in the world of Urdu fiction. In his Foreword to Ismat’s first collection of short stories, Choten (Wounds), the eminent fiction writer of her time, Krishan ...

The emergence of "civil celebrities" has transformed how civil servants interact with the public in India. Traditionally known for their quiet dedication to governance, these officials are now ...

We must keep in mind that that India’s budgetary policy has undergone significant changes over the years after independence. It would not be out of focus to shed a little light on the difference ...

As expected, Donald Trump, after his inauguration of second term, is unleashing the ferocious wave of unilateralism through flurry of orders. In fact, the Trump has declared a full-frontal war on rule ...

In the previous budget the government banked upon hefty increase in capital expenditure to boost economic growth. But the capital expenditure proposed in 2025-26 is only 1 per cent higher than the ...

Thereafter, the BJP planned to systematically destroy the functioning of the Delhi government by taking control of Central cadre officers. A Constitutional Bench of five Supreme Court Judges gave a ...

As CEC Rajiv Kumar retires, his legacy casts a dark cloud. On January 7, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar assured the country that “no Delhi-specific provision can ...