Opinion

BS Yeddyurappa can’t take the Chief Minister’s chair despite his party falling just nine seats short of a simple majority. And Siddaramaiah gets to remain a power player as leader of the Congress Legislature Party.

The simple fact of the growing communalisation of our shared culture iconography is this — threats make minority community defensive and insecurity among majority community makes it aggressive.

Dear A, you have left a wound which has scarred humanity forever.

At many places Dalits have risen through the ranks in Sangh. At some places they are also serving as Prant Prachaaraks. But we don’t go out of our way to find out their numbers.

The immediate question for the BJP is whether it can win over the Dalits of Karnataka, who have been split between the two national parties, depending on whether they are “right hand” or “left hand”. It's certainly trying, by projecting a Dalit as deputy...

This government has taken an unprecedented step in announcing Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission (ABNHPM) - where government will cover about 40% of India population for sum assured of 5 lakhs per family.

With increased awareness and empowerment, we can normalise the conversation and change deep-rooted misconceptions around Tuberculosis.

With Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sticking to the tune of ‘political conspiracy’ behind the midnight incident at his residence, the city’s bureaucracy will not easily take the bait.

Of all the legacies she leaves behind, Sridevi's strongest one will probably be about how she diverted our disproportionate bias for English into making us appreciate our fellow-beings for their wider knowledge, understanding, maturity and skills.

Delhi for Rahul Gandhi is important. There are 20 seats which are waiting to be vacated following a poll panel ruling. If the bypolls are held on these seats, which are all now with the Aam Aadmi Party, the Congress has a fair chance to win four to five s...

PM Modi’s approach is to engage with both Israel and Palestine independently and build India’s relations with both on its own merit.

Strengthening of 24 district hospitals to host 24 new medical colleges is a much needed move that will not only strengthen public sector capacity to deliver advanced care at district level but also position medical colleges in district clusters that don'...

The Shiv Sena-BJP alliance had some 25 years back, in 1995 to be exact, ended the one party rule of the Congress in the state and had created a Hindutva vote bank by attracting OBCs, lower and urban middle class and youth.

There is no doubt that many contributed to the success of the surgical strikes, from the political will displayed to those who assisted in preparing a brilliant plan.

It is an open secret that former RSS colleagues Pravin Togadia and Narendra Modi had fallen out long back and never tried to keep it a secret.

Today, AAP is acting like BSP and selling tickets to the Rajya Sabha, has broken the faith of thousands and it is my hope that the existing volunteers understand that the dream of alternative politics is completely over.