M.K. Stalin’s cynical campaign against the Election Commission reeks of political theatre, not principle. Tamil Nadu In Chennai’s political theatre, few performers relish the spotlight as much as M.K. Stalin. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, scion of the Dravidian dynasty that has ruled the state for much of the past half-century, now casts himself as democracy’s last defender. His latest move was to summon a grand all-party meeting railing against the Election Commission’s Spe

Priyank Kharge’s gaffe over semiconductor investments exposes not just Congress’s tone-deafness, but its failure to grasp India’s new industrial geography. Assam India’s race to join the global semiconductor club was never going to be easy. Building chip fabs requires billions in investment and, above all, political will. Yet, amid this high-stakes competition, the Congress party has managed to turn a debate about national industrial policy into an episode of regional insult.

The Trinamool Congress’s cynical politics of appeasement has corroded the moral and administrative foundations of West Bengal. West Bengal In Kakdwip, a quiet coastal town better known for its fishing boats and pilgrim traffic to Sagar Island, something far more sinister surfaced this week. The decapitated idols of Goddess Kali and Lord Shiva, found lying in a puja pandal, have set off a political and moral conflagration. The discovery of the vandalised idols, swiftly followe

Karnataka Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his Congress-led government recently turned a welfare milestone into a global embarrassment. By flaunting two ‘world records’ certified by a dissolved British firm, the Congress regime there has revealed its craving for validation at any cost. On October 16, the Chief Minister triumphantly announced that Karnataka had “entered the global stage” with the Shakti Scheme and the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC)

West Bengal’s chief minister has turned Durga Puja into a theatre of appeasement, where faith is subordinated to the survival instincts...

In Assam’s hills, ethnic identity and political ambition collide as voters decide who will control Bodoland’s fragile autonomy. Assam The...

Gilgit-Baltistan is, and has always been, part of India’s sovereign territory. Pakistan’s oppressive administration is occupation...

As Punjab faces its worst floods in four decades, the Chief Minister’s conspicuous absence exposes a major leadership vacuum in the...

The Delhi’s High Court’s refusal of bail to Umar Khalid and others accused in the 2020 Delhi riots pierces the myths spun by Islamist...

A sensational tale of ‘mass graves’ in a temple town in Karnataka has collapsed. What remains is proof of how foreign-funded portals and...

The subtext of Modi’s Bengaluru metro ride is to wrest narrative control from a Congress government equally determined to claim credit...

Mamata Banerjee’s ethno-linguistic grandstanding over migrant detentions is a dangerous bid to insulate West Bengal from the rest of...

A troubling web of blackmail, digital indoctrination and religious coercion is pushing Uttar Pradesh into uncharted territory. Uttar...

Odisha’s law-and-order collapse is costing its most vulnerable their lives Odisha Odisha’s long-ignored crisis of systemic sexual...

A massive liquor scandal exposes Andhra Pradesh’s circular politics of vendetta, offshore money trails, and electoral manipulation....

The rise and fall of ‘Changur Baba’ reveals a sinister nexus of religious coercion, caste-targeted manipulation and unchecked foreign...

A horrifying protest in Odisha lays bare the collapse of institutional justice. Odisha The gruesome death of a 20-year-old student at an...

Delhi’s bungled fuel ban reveals the chaos of half-baked green governance. Delhi When the Delhi government abruptly banned the supply of...

Kerala’s Marxist mandarins mock a sacred Hindu tradition yet again in the name of progress. Kerala The Marxists of Kerala are at it...

A spate of unsavoury incidents in varsity campuses and hospitals have exposed the deep rot in West Bengal’s institutions under the TMC....