AI generated image The controversy over India’s latest GDP numbers have acquired an importance that extends beyond the economy. The Q1 2026-27 estimate has prompted accusations by some quarters that the BJP-led Central government allegedly manipulated the statistical base to manufacture a stronger growth rate. National accounting is not a matter of picking two numbers and calculating the difference between them. It involves a constantly evolving statistical framework, changin

The Shiv Sena MLA has chosen confrontation over the Shaktipeeth Expressway risking political isolation Kolhapur: Shiv Sena MLA Rajesh Kshirsagar’s aggressive support to the proposed Shaktipeeth Expressway has brought him face-to-face with former MP Raju Shetti. But the political fallout has not stopped there. In quick succession, he has taken on Congress leader Satej Patil, questioned the position of fellow Mahayuti legislator Chandradip Narake and criticised his own party co

The numbers emerging from Maharashtra’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are striking, but they should not be read simply as a story of voter exclusion. They are also a warning about urban voter apathy and mobility that are making the electoral rolls increasingly difficult to maintain. Across Maharashtra, 20.68 million electors, or 21.14 percent of registered voters, have been excluded from the draft rolls after they could not be traced at their given addre

India’s language debate has become a political balancing act while schools, higher education and workplaces continue to reward English. AI generated image In early August, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin unveiled the state’s two bilingual policy of using Tamil and English in schools. With that TN government has effectively rejected the three-language policy prescribed in National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Earlier some other non-Hindi speaking states including Maharasht

The Union government’s latest initiative, the 'One Day, One University' programme, aims to deploy Union Ministers to higher education institutions across India on a daily basis to interact directly with Generation Z. As reported, this ambitious initiative seeks to create a direct channel between top policymakers and youth, allowing ministers to listen to student concerns, understand youth perspectives on national matters and raise awareness about government welfare schemes de

There is something deeply revealing about the reflexive hostility of the global ‘Left-liberal’ establishment and their Westernized Indian counterparts towards the RSS. It seems less interested in what the organisation actually says than in what it has decided the organisation must mean. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat latest remarks in New York that if a Hindu believes there should be no Muslims in Bharat, he is not a Hindu is proof of his inclusivity and that of his organization, wh

AI generated image Mumbai/Nagpur: A consumer rights panel has sought urgent intervention by the government to a ‘systematic exploitation of fliers by a cartel’ comprising commercial airlines and online travel portals through arbitrary and exorbitant ‘Convenience Fees’ (CF) – estimated at a staggering Rs. 14,000-cr per year - and demanding a cap of 1-pc. A representation has been sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister for Civil Aviation (MoCA) K. Rammohan Naidu, bes

For India’s film stars, the leap from screen fame to political power has been a journey of triumphs, reversals and occasional second acts. From Thalapathy on screen, Vijay has taken political centre stage as Tamil Nadu's current Chief Minister. For an Indian film star, politics can look deceptively familiar. Both trades depend on visibility, crowds and the ability to turn a personal following into collective enthusiasm. But the resemblance ends there as the actor works to a s

As daughters and sisters stake their claims, succession in Indian political families is getting increasingly contested. Dynastic politics has long been a defining feature of Indian democracy. Since independence, parties have often witnessed leadership transitions along familial lines, most notably the Indian National Congress. Over time, this tendency deepened, and nepotism became a recurring critique of the system. In recent years, however, dynastic politics has evolved into

The recent conviction of Amit Jogi underscores how, despite delays and distortions, India’s justice system can still bring the powerful to account Amit Jogi The complexities of India’s judicial system, and its eventual credibility, are best illustrated not in abstract doctrine but in the fate of the powerful. Few propositions are more frequently doubted and more intermittently vindicated than the idea that the law can reach those once thought untouchable. The recent convictio

Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party has moved decisively closer to an outright majority in the Rajya Sabha after the latest biennial polls, a shift that political strategists say is the product of careful arithmetic, opportunistic cross voting and a sustained focus on state level strength. With the ruling party now holding 106 of the 245 seats in the Upper House, it stands 17 short of the 123 seat majority mark; yet the pattern of recent results and the calendar of forthcoming