Shivraj Singh Chouhan's inept leadership led to farmers' crisis in Madhya Pradesh, says Congress' Ajay Singh. The Indian National Congress has launched a full offensive against the policies of the BJP-led Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh following the current monsoon, which seems to have...
The electoral battle in Amethi has taken an interesting turn, with BJP fielding Garima Singh, the estranged first wife of the erstwhile Maharaja of Amethi and Congress leader Sanjay Sinh. Sinh’s second wife, Ameeta Sinh, who had contested the polls from Amethi in 2012 but had...
A grandson reminds us why India needs its political Siddharth . With the Congress in retreat and the steamrolling BJP wagon set to capture India, the era of coalition politics seems to be ending. But perhaps history is to set repeat itself. As the call for for the...
Is PM Modi Pushing for GM Mustard? Swadeshi Activists Resist GMO India is on the verge of a very critical decision right now: to sell out swadeshi mustard to Bayer’s mustard or not? The genetically modified (GM) mustard question is secretly causing splinters within the BJP-RSS...
GM mustard gets go-ahead: Scientist Vandana Shiva calls move 'fraud perpetrated on nation' Condemning the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee's (GEAC) decision to allow herbicide tolerant Bayer’s GM mustard, scientist and environmentalist Dr Vandana Shiva sent out the call across India to intensify resistance to genetically modified...
Champaran Satyagraha, 100 years on: Reimagining Gandhian politics in times of violence, greed and fear (Representational image. Reuters ) In Mahatma Gandhi’s own words, Champaran was the place that first introduced him to India. To discover more about his association with the region, on the eve of...
UP Election 2017: Raghuraj Pratap Singh reveals why people have voted for him for 25 years. (Raghuraj Pratap Singh. Firstpost ) In nine hours, forty thousand people, three MLA constituencies and one man, Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiya. And this was a typical campaign day for...
BHOPAL: 32 years on, as one walks past the peripheral wall of the Union Carbide Company (UCC) factory in Bhopal, all seems quiet. The feeling you get is similar to walking past any abandoned factory in small town India. Overgrown trees, uncut shrubs, grass and...
NEW DELHI: I was traveling in an auto to the railways station, and after a long discussion on black money and demonetisation with my driver, by the time his tirade against black money end, my destination arrived. Somewhere during this conversation, he maybe forgot that...
Dear Modi ji, As a working professional, I want to ask you – who exchanged your notes? Did you get it done right before the portentous November 8 announcement? Why don’t we see a Twitter post/picture of you waiting for hours in an unnecessary bank queue? Maybe...