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Sri Lanka’s struggle with election phobia
The call to postpone elections is an indirect acceptance by President Wickremesinghe of his inability to obtain a popular mandate, no matter what his economy-fixing mantra is
Indian business executive rescued from Myanmar captivity, reveals shocking honey-trap scam
Along with MEA, the Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) is giving a lot of attention to check organised cybercrime gangs from South East Asian countries, that include Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos PDR.
Crime unleashed by 237 violent ‘teen gangs’
Whenever crimes involving muggings, drug dealings, land grabbing, harassing women and such, occur in any area, the names of ‘teen gangs’ crop up. Even a decade ago it was one criminal terror gang or the other that was involved in these…
Journalist Jyoti Malhotra Is First Woman Editor Of ‘The Tribune’
Jyoti Malhotra has been a journalist for over three decades. She has covered foreign affairs, politics, and national affairs <!-- --> New Delhi: Journalist Jyoti Malhotra has become the first woman editor of The Tribune, the…
A year after Manipur violence: No attempt at negotiation
Political discourse in the state often skims the surface of deep faultlines. It takes the form of ‘them versus us’ binary with the Meiteis blaming the Kuki-Zos of being illegal migrants
Brahmos docus: DRDO bins reports of security breach
This newspaper spoke to Mishra on the matter, who called it a “malicious campaign and propaganda” against him by some “vested interests.”
Modi has polarised the media – Podcast
In this episode, Neerja Chowdhury, the veteran columnist, political commentator and author of the bestseller How Prime Ministers Decide, takes a long-term view of election coverage over the decade. She talks to Nirupama Subramanian and…
Upgrade needed to bring back trust in Election Commission
Indians' distrust towards the EC has grown in recent years. From voting machines and verification trails to how the statutory body handles the deployment of state officials, there is no part of the electoral system that is not being…
Continue With Good Practices Of Inclusion
Baishakh is the first month of the lunar calendar observed according to the Vikram Sambat. It is a month where the New Year is celebrated by different communities and nationalities all over South Asia. Nepal observes the New Year on the…
Mamata Banerjee: More than India’s only woman chief minister
For the BJP in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee is unidimensional—a failure as a woman chief minister. But evaluating a woman’s performance solely on the basis of her gender is discriminatory and disingenuous.