In the last one week, the entire country has watched in a state of helplessness how the Pakistan authorities have treated the entire Sarabjit Singh affair and how our own government has been totally ineffective in dealing with the grim situation. Read more

Political developments are taking place at an extremely fast pace within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While on one hand Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi continues to address gatherings in different cities fueling speculation of his Prime ministerial ambitions, on the other supporters of veteran politician LK Advani are making feeble attempts at pushing his case one last time. Read more

The mysterious death of Ram Singh, the main accused in the Delhi Gangrape case on Monday continues to raise questions, which do not seem to have satisfactory answers. The initial autopsy report has apparently ruled out foul play but till the investigations are completed the authorities should make no conclusive inference regarding the death. Ram Singh’s family continues to allege that his body had several injury marks and if true this is in variance with the initial post mortem findings which state that there were no ante mortem injuries. Read more

Three times Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi continues to be a controversial figure and for the right or wrong reasons he has been consistently hitting the headlines. His visit to the Delhi University’s Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) is being seen as his first attempt at launching himself on the National stage from the capital. Read more

Rajnath Singh’s second tenure as the BJP president will determine whether the Saffron Party will once again re-assert itself in the Parliamentary poll or go the same way it did after 2009 when he was also incharge. Read more

The ghastly gang rape incident, which has led to the death of a 23-year-old paramedic student in the capital, has evoked an unprecedented public outcry all over the country. Though the alleged rapists are all behind bars and could end up on the gallows if the prosecution has enough evidence and argues its case convincingly in the court, the government could actively consider naming a National bravery award in the memory of the victim. Read more

The Exit polls have predicted that Narendra Modi will sweep Gujarat for the third consecutive time while Virbhadra Singh will regain Himachal Pradesh for the Congress with a comfortable victory. Read more

The decision of the Central government to transfer cash handouts to the bank accounts of millions of end users from the beginning of next year is bound to have a political fall out. Read more

The winter session of Parliament slated to begin next week is likely to be a stormy affair given that most political parties outside the fold of the UPA are planning to move motions on the FDI issue which entail voting. In simple words, the government could face a united opposition which includes the BJP and the Left parties pitted against it on the issue. Even some of its allies like the DMK and those offering support from outside to the minority government like the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party could oppose the treasury benches on this contentious subject. Read more

The decision of the Janata Dal (United) to field candidates in the forthcoming Gujarat assembly polls is being seen as an indirect attempt by the party to help the BJP chief minister Narendra Modi. The announcement tried to create an impression that the JD(U) which takes pride in projecting its secular credentials was not going to support its NDA ally, BJP in Gujarat and had made up its mind to fight the polls there on its own steam. Read more