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Saturday, November 22, 2025
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Topic: Politics

Talk Point: How did some pockets of West Bengal become so communally polarised?

A controversial Facebook post about Islam recently prompted angry Muslim mobs to go on a rampage setting buildings on fire and clash with the police in West Bengal, killing a 65-year-old Hindu man. Retaliatory Hindu mobs burnt down the dargah and shops owned by Muslims. Who is responsible for this communal tinderbox? We ask experts.

A week after GST: Confusion galore but people willing to wait and watch

Even as small traders in India’s vast unorganized sector express their confusion about the new tax regime, their faith in its long-term benefits has not lessened. AADYA SINHA, TALHA ASHRAF & DIVYA NARAYANAN

Congress won’t name candidate for vice president poll, leaves it to other opposition parties

After naming the candidate for presidential polls, Congress asks other opposition parties to take the lead and name the vice presidential candidate.  ANUBHUTI VISHNOI 

Before taking charge of party, Rahul Gandhi takes charge of his loyalists

The Congress vice president has put together a core team of young politicians to advise him, implement his agenda and enjoy unhindered access to him. RUHI TEWARI

Congress and the art of being in limbo

Congress has become a sleepwalking opposition party, showing no signs of wanting to seriously reinvent itself.

Stink-tank strategies

In stinking new politics, thieves get away, as mud-slinging and dirty tricks become weapons of mass self-destruction.

State-sponsored anarchy

The fight between Punjab and Haryana over river water has evolved into an absurd mess. This is history in making — of constitutional subversion, anarchy and chaos.

Rajbala Vs State of Haryana = No more Pakori Lals

Why I disagree with Supreme Court's clearance of a Haryana law stipulating literacy, solvency and hygiene qualifications to contest panchayat elections.

The you in UP

Voters in India's largest state may be coming out of their trenches. Celebrate, unless you are the politician who built those trenches.

The wisdom of fools

When was the last time the Congress thought through its strategy? Even if politicians are stupid, the people aren't. They know who really calls the shots.

On Camera

India’s labour policy left it unable to compete with other eastern economies: Nani A Palkhivala

Liberty without accountability is the freedom of the fool. Our concept of freedom will remain impoverished until it is deepened by liberal education, wrote Nani A Palkhivala in 1995.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.