Javed M. Ansari

Mohan Bhagwat's outreach to Muslims has been viewed with a mixture of suspicion and cynicism on both sides.

To try and take "first mover advantage", Arvind Kejriwal is launching a nationwide tour to extend his party's footprint and also build a national profile for himself.

Five years after they uncoupled in 2017, Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar, old socialist mates have joined hands again to form the next government in Bihar.

On a Presidential candidate, the Congress made it clear at the outset that it would be happy to go along with any candidate the rest of the opposition agreed upon.

By making Eknath Shinde, the man who led the rebellion, the Chief Minister, the BJP is intent on ensuring that the Shinde-led faction takes hold of the parent party and finishes off Uddhav Thackeray's attempts to resurrect himself politically.

Sonia Gandhi was extremely forthright in her opening remarks saying that "the results clearly tell us that we need to put our house in order". It will require a lot more than mere plain speaking for the party to come out of the situation it finds its

Both Rahul Gandhi and his sister have displayed gumption and courage in confronting the Yogi administration, and their decision to lead from the front is bound to fire up their workers and supporters.

At the all-important Congress meeting tomorrow, Sonia Gandhi is likely to go ahead with her resignation as President and insist on the party finding a replacement for her as President. Unlike the time that she resigned in 1999, and then decided to continue as President, this time around, she is unlikely to allow herself to be persuaded into going b...

The Congress believes it is now time to rediscover its his Hindu roots, and challenge the BJP's image as being the sole representative of Hindus and also come up with a narrative and definition of Hinduism that is unifying, peaceful and tolerant.

The current crisis in Rajasthan, just months after similar infighting culminated in the fall of Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh, lays bare the insatiable appetite of the Congress party for self-destruction. At the root of the crisis is not just the inability to give Sachin Pilot his due but also the seeming helplessness or unwillingness of ...

If Muslims want equal opportunities, they need to be equal participants in the national effort. As Muslims, we cannot and must not be seen as obstructionists who are perennially at odds with the system. What is good for the country is good for everybody, including Muslims.

The timing of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar'sintervention and the three-point formula suggested by him has raised many eyebrows.

The top court has not just termed triple talaq unconstitutional , illegal and against the teachings of the Quran, but it has also affectively insulated Muslim women from being divorced in a jiffy and will henceforth have the same rights as their counterparts on other religions in matters of marriage .

BSP chief Mayawati made good on her threat to quit the Rajya Sabha yesterday despite attempts by her colleagues in the opposition to dissuade her from doing so. Her resignation took the government and opposition parties by surprise. The resignation may have been dramatic, but it was also a well-thought-out political gambit aimed at resurrecting her...

At a time when social tensions are on the rise, the way forward is reconciliation not confrontation, resolution not conflict, unity not division, togetherness not division.

Mohan Bhagwat's outreach to Muslims has been viewed with a mixture of suspicion and cynicism on both sides.

To try and take "first mover advantage", Arvind Kejriwal is launching a nationwide tour to extend his party's footprint and also build a national profile for himself.

Five years after they uncoupled in 2017, Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar, old socialist mates have joined hands again to form the next government in Bihar.

On a Presidential candidate, the Congress made it clear at the outset that it would be happy to go along with any candidate the rest of the opposition agreed upon.

By making Eknath Shinde, the man who led the rebellion, the Chief Minister, the BJP is intent on ensuring that the Shinde-led faction takes hold of the parent party and finishes off Uddhav Thackeray's attempts to resurrect himself politically.

Sonia Gandhi was extremely forthright in her opening remarks saying that "the results clearly tell us that we need to put our house in order". It will require a lot more than mere plain speaking for the party to come out of the situation it finds its

Both Rahul Gandhi and his sister have displayed gumption and courage in confronting the Yogi administration, and their decision to lead from the front is bound to fire up their workers and supporters.

At the all-important Congress meeting tomorrow, Sonia Gandhi is likely to go ahead with her resignation as President and insist on the party finding a replacement for her as President. Unlike the time that she resigned in 1999, and then decided to continue as President, this time around, she is unlikely to allow herself to be persuaded into going b...

The Congress believes it is now time to rediscover its his Hindu roots, and challenge the BJP's image as being the sole representative of Hindus and also come up with a narrative and definition of Hinduism that is unifying, peaceful and tolerant.

The current crisis in Rajasthan, just months after similar infighting culminated in the fall of Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh, lays bare the insatiable appetite of the Congress party for self-destruction. At the root of the crisis is not just the inability to give Sachin Pilot his due but also the seeming helplessness or unwillingness of ...

If Muslims want equal opportunities, they need to be equal participants in the national effort. As Muslims, we cannot and must not be seen as obstructionists who are perennially at odds with the system. What is good for the country is good for everybody, including Muslims.

The timing of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar'sintervention and the three-point formula suggested by him has raised many eyebrows.

The top court has not just termed triple talaq unconstitutional , illegal and against the teachings of the Quran, but it has also affectively insulated Muslim women from being divorced in a jiffy and will henceforth have the same rights as their counterparts on other religions in matters of marriage .

BSP chief Mayawati made good on her threat to quit the Rajya Sabha yesterday despite attempts by her colleagues in the opposition to dissuade her from doing so. Her resignation took the government and opposition parties by surprise. The resignation may have been dramatic, but it was also a well-thought-out political gambit aimed at resurrecting her...

At a time when social tensions are on the rise, the way forward is reconciliation not confrontation, resolution not conflict, unity not division, togetherness not division.