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India’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has evolved into a masterclass in strategic ambiguity — a careful blend of pragmatism, restraint, and quiet assertion. Few recent moves illustrate this better than New Delhi extending an invitation to Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government, allowing Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to…
As anticipated, the Telangana High Court has cleared the decks for the conduct of local body elections by refusing to stay — at least for now — Government Orders (GO) 9 and 41 issued by the Revanth Reddy-led Congress government enhancing reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) to 42 per cent in panchayats and municipalities. The…
India is witnessing monsoon fury like never before — killer landslides, flash floods and cloudbursts tearing through towns, sweeping away homes, and claiming hundreds of lives while destroying property worth crores. The climate crisis is no longer a distant projection. It is unfolding in real time, and its impact is being felt across India more…
As the Election Commission of India has announced the poll dates for Bihar as Nov 4 and 7, while counting will be on Nov 14, the state is once again bracing for a political showdown. The NDA and the India Alliance are loudly staking claims, but a new entrant, poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishore, is emerging…
India’s Military Modernisation for an Unpredictable World India is quietly, methodically transforming into a formidable military power — not to redraw maps or threaten neighbours, but to defend itself in a world that’s becoming increasingly uncertain and hostile. The new age of fast-moving geopolitics, shifting alliances, and proxy conflicts demands readiness, resilience, and rapid response….
The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, seems to have perfected one skill in politics: converting every foreign visit into a grievance roadshow against his own country. If the role of LoP is to uphold democratic debate within the sacred precincts of Parliament, Rahul has chosen instead to become a permanent India-basher…
In a world where international relations are often reduced to coercion, arm-twisting, and economic blackmail, Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again shown what genuine statesmanship looks like. At a time when U.S. President Donald Trump has been weaponising tariffs and sanctions to pressure allies and adversaries alike, Putin has moved decisively to protect India,…
The world today does not face its gravest threat from nuclear weapons, climate change, or even economic collapse. The most potent danger to global peace and human coexistence comes from Islamic fundamentalism—a doctrine that refuses to live and let live. The recent Bareilly incident in Uttar Pradesh, where fundamentalists unleashed violence in the name of…
Tamil Nadu has been shaken by the tragic loss of 41 lives in a stampede at actor Vijay’s political rally in Karur. The visuals of desperate families, bodies lined up, and survivors in shock should have moved the entire political establishment to one united demand: justice for the victims. Instead, what we see is a…
As a Hyderabadi, I hardly need to introduce Asaduddin Owaisi — the barrister-politician who inherited the legacy of the All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). His family’s political roots run deep in the Old City, where his party has built its empire on a concentrated pocket of community votes. Election after election, AIMIM has managed to hold…
