Rahul Usurps Bragging Rights of SP-BSP
The Congress heads the UPA. But the party has so far lacked innovative leadership. It was the SP and BSP which thought out of the box and won the...
Scrumptious Namkeen, Anyone?
Ruchira tells us about various namkeens, from different parts of India, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Indians are probably the most notorious foodies in the world....
GI Registry Needs to be Broad-based: Exclusion of MP from Basmati Cultivation Intriguing
The Chennai-based Geographical Indications (GI) Registry’s order in mid-March to exclude Madhya Pradesh from the area officially declared for the cultivation of the aromatic and widely consumed basmati rice,...
Pandavas Metaphor of Rahul Gandhi Might Work: Congress Pitches 2019 as Mahabharata of Truth
The Congress, trying to come out of one of the worst crisis it has faced in its 133-year-long history, used the 84th plenary in Delhi to set an agenda...
Resentment Brewing around PML(N) Succession: Opposition to the Daughter of Sharif is Growing
Enthronement of Maryam Nawaz, daughter of deposed Pak premier Nawaz Sharif, as his political heir apparent – as chief of Pakistan Muslim League (Navajo) – has peeled factional wrangling...
39 Returning in Boxes Dash Hopes of Their Families: Confirmation Made Possible by ISIS Rout of Mosul
That truth is that ISIS was cleared from Mosul only towards the end of 2017, and only after then could a search be carried out by the Iraqi authorities....
Veteran Communist Leader of Pakistan Jam Saqi is no More
Jam Saqi, former general secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan passed away on March 5. Suffering from multiple ailments, he died of renal failure. Here’s a tribute, for...
Modi vs. Modi, From Chicken Soup to Indian Marriage Vows, Alone on Valentine, Pumpisthan the Evil Eye
Nirav Modi, in connivance with bank officials and political masters, left a $1.8 billion hole in Punjab National Bank’s books. Taxpayers will have to bear the brunt of this...
How Trinamool Splits Anti-BJP Consolidation: Increasing Evidence of Tacit Understanding with BJP
Are the TMC and the BJP in a clandestine tie-up of sorts? Opposition parties in Bengal are convinced that they are. Both the Congress and the CPI(M)-led Left Front...
Scams Again for Poll Battle as in 2014: Modi Tries pinning all Ills on Congress
The PNB scam could add to uncertainties for the BJP government to return with a comfortable majority in 2019. For the same reason, Modi would be still wavering on...