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Strongly believe SC will accept OBC reservation survey: Siddaramaiah

'Backward classes were denied rightful political representation due to a lack of reservation in politics, it will be against Social Justice if they again lose their reservation due to the SC order'

Central Vista Project is criminal wastage, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the Union government over the central vista project, terming it a "criminal wastage" and asked the dispensation to focus on people's lives.

Congress mulling options to appoint new presidents for several states

The Congress is set to appoint new state presidents for Telangana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand, sources said

Secularism can't be protected without separating religion and politics: Yechury

Unless there is a strict separation of religion from politics and government, secularism can't be protected, defended or put into operation properly, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said

Values and realpolitik

Seen through a wider lens, foreign policy values will be contextual

Citizenship protests can change politics

It has both footprint and depth among youth but remains a movement in search of a name

Best of BS Opinion: Govt's macro challenge, Karnataka exception & more

From what govt must do to ensure that macro targets don't become embarrassments to how others can take inspiration from Yediyurappa's handling of Modi and Shah, here's a selection of BS Opinion pieces

It's game over for the Gandhis but Congress has a chance to begin anew

The prime minister, a former tea seller from Gujarat, makes a far more credible champion of the poor than a globe-trotting champagne socialist from Delhi with a famous last name

Different era, different politics: When HKL Bhagat left Khurana in tears

Bhagat, suffering from memory lapses, recognised his rival immediately

What exactly is neo-liberalism?

In the first installment of a three-part series, the author finds that contrary to usual murky references to neo-liberalism, it is better to find a unifying thread in its variants

For Ramrajya, be like Vibhishana

As citizens, every day, and often in very small and arguably insignificant ways, we are faced with the same choice: To act and question what we see is wrong or to ignore

We are like that only!

Is it possible for even the greatest of Indians to discard the bonds of caste, class, clan or straightforward profit in favour of austere principles?