PRAYAGRAJ : The city that has been renamed Prayagraj lives in nostalgia and denial. Denial about its lost significance on the political map of Uttar Pradesh and

NEW DELHI: The Government of Delhi NCR headed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal implemented a new excise policy in Delhi effective November 15, 2021. It withdre

Neither arrogance nor complacency is a virtue when it comes to power, but there’s a difference between the two. The first can be sustained, at least for a durat

No one had said the run-up to the general elections would be boring. But what’s the right word for the collective state of mind we find ourselves in presently?

First of a four-part seriesVARANASI: In the mind of India, Varanasi or Kashi is an ancient space suspended in an unbroken continuum, not a project under constru

The summer of judgement is almost upon us, and it’s with a surprising sense of novelty that we meet it. Now that the Election Commission has given us the expect

It seems to be a time for the general architecture of things to change. Or not. Three weeks ago, China gave its routine haircut to India’s map. But nobody reads

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Police has unearthed a network of around 30 people from outside the state who are being allegedly used by the Aam Aadmi Party for distrib

With a triad of new laws replacing the legal core of colonial-era criminal justice—the Indian Penal Code (IPC) of 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) or

NEW DELHI: The AAP government in Delhi on Friday scrapped its New Excise Policy 2021-22 following multiple enquiries, including those by the CBI and Economic Of

The big election interview with ace poll strategist Prashant Kishor. What are his predictions? Find out right here.Also read: https://www.newindianexpress.co...

Let’s proceed from the obvious so that we can start with consensus—usually a far horizon when it comes to politics. Take one point on which there exists unanimi

NEW DELHI: Former president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee and BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa recently filed a complaint with the CBI accusin

Old Mysore is where they say it will be decided. In recent times, even those who tout ‘paradigm shifts’ in the world of business management like to put a coatin

What brainstorms will hit Udaipur as the Congress pantheon engages in collective contemplation this weekend? Rahul Gandhi and senior leaders will be on view rid

The liberal commentariat has a problem. It finds it rather difficult to adjust to the loss of a central pole in politics. Those among them who used to describe

And so another clutch of elections is upon us. Even if that elicits a sigh of fatigue from you—yes, elections do seem to come more frequently than T20 cricket s

This is a time of strange juxtapositions: life vs livelihood, unemployment vs forced labour, health vs economic health, lockdown and containment zones vs revers

Dead centre of a long cold winter, and there seems little chance of a year-end tonic for the spirits. If the sun plays truant even in otherwise balmy Bangalore,

Philosophically, perhaps, humanity has never before in modern history been closer than during this time of distancing. Even if it be in sheer doubt and incompre

Sorry, I disagree. Bigly. Who is Rihanna? Okay, 100 million followers on Twitter! That’s tough (we need that grimacing emoji here). Amitabh Bachchan has only 40

Jitin Prasada must be feeling reasonably chuffed. He's had a relaunch that a million dollar advertising blitzkrieg could not have given him. Nor even years of g

HYDERABAD: A crucial tweak has been made to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s itinerary during his visit to Telangana -- the senior BJP leader will have a brief s

Where does one even begin? Wrestling with a pandemic that had left us with little option, we locked ourselves up like cave people of the past, illumined only by