Topic: Politics

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.