Shubham Ghosh

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Gwadar Port, CPEC: China cosying up to Pakistan is more about its own security than keeping India at bay

China has always projected itself as Pakistan's all-weather friend; but does Beijing back Islamabad mainly to protect its own borders against a terror threat emanating from Pakistan?

Mar 21, 2017

EVMs cannot be tampered with...period! The Kejriwals, Mayawatis and Mamatas are barking up the wrong tree

After the BJP swept the recent Assembly polls, the Kejriwals, Mayawatis and Mamatas of the nation have put the blame on EVM tampering. But there is every evidence to show that they can't be manipulated easily.

Mar 21, 2017

CBI probe in Narada case: BJP will keep Mamata under pressure but will not touch her

The BJP would know that despite the charges against her party, Mamata Banerjee herself has a clean image and is Bengal's biggest leader. So attacking her will only strengthen her presence in the state.

Mar 21, 2017

Yogi Adityanath as UP chief minister is a gamble: 5 risks that Narendra Modi took and they paid off

Narendra Modi loves to take gambles and enjoys the outcome. He has been seen making risky moves even before becoming the PM in 2014 and almost each time, they have delivered.

Mar 20, 2017

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Yogi Adityanath's journey begins: 5 former UP chief ministers he can keep in mind as he assumes office

While a lot of apprehension is in the air about Hindutva leader Yogi Adityanath's journey as the CM of Uttar Pradesh, he can learn some lessons from five of his predecessors who ruled the state after Independence.

Mar 20, 2017

Yellow Ambassador taxis are failing to survive test of time: One of Kolkata's famous identities on path to extinction?

The enthusiasm to operate yellow taxis in the City of Joy has come down alarmingly, thanks to the advent of modern service-providers like Ola and Uber and also the gradual disappearance of the iconic Ambassador itself.

Mar 19, 2017

Yogi Adityanath picked as UP chief minister: How BJP ruined all the good work it did last week

Just when the BJP top brass was giving signals that the party looked beyond its traditional Hindutva politics in a changing India, its pick of the hardliner took it back by 25 years.

Mar 18, 2017

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Putin, Erdogan... Modi? Tracking the BJP's impending PR calamity

PM Narendra Modi has been delivering one election win after another, thanks to his development platform. But minorities still fear what he allegedly represents, and come the inevitable downturn, this could hurt him and the party.

Mar 17, 2017

Congress still has one trump card to play, but does its leadership even know it exists?

Though the Congress has been routed by Narendra Modi's BJP at the Centre and in several states, the party still has a substantial vote-share in the country. Will its top brass work on this only remaining hope to make a comeback?

Mar 17, 2017

Two Indian Sufi clerics go missing in Pakistan; Indian govt takes up matter with Islamabad

Two Indian clerics, including the head priest of New Delhi's Nizamuddin Dargah, have gone missing in Pakistan. The other missing person is the priest's nephew Nazim Nizami.

Mar 17, 2017

Rahul Gandhi is just the tip of Congress' iceberg of a problem; here are 10 others the party needs to dump

It is futile for the Congress today to maintain an outdated and inefficient team of supporting leaders. If Rahul Gandhi deserves to be removed, then the likes of Digvijaya Singh and CP Joshi also need to go.

Mar 16, 2017

While Congress sinks, the party's sycophants take cover in 'morality' tactic to please the Gandhis

After Sanjay Nirupam in Mumbai, Raj Babbar and BK Hariprasad in UP and Odisha, respectively, 'admitted' to their failure in the poll arena. Are they really bothered or is it just an act to help their own survival?

Mar 16, 2017

Goa floor test: Manohar Parrikar's to and fro movement from state shows the flexibility in BJP's leadership

Reminding one of Siddhartha Shankar Ray's movement from Centre to West Bengal in the early 1970s, the return of Manohar Parrikar to Goa from the Centre shows how much the BJP has grown as a national party.

Mar 16, 2017

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In desperate times, Aam Aadmi Party reaches for controversial alliances

Even though Arvind Kejriwal blamed faulty EVMs after losing in Punjab, serious charges of the AAP's hobnobbing with disruptive elements was a big reason behind the debacle. But the AAP has always been desperate to prove a point.

Mar 15, 2017

Karnataka budget: Siddaramaiah's freebies reek of a last-ditch attempt to save the Congress throne in 2018?

That the results in UP and Uttarakhand were piling the pressure on Karnataka's Congress government became obvious when CM Siddaramaiah presented an ultra-populist budget

Mar 15, 2017

Were EVMs working fine when AAP won 67 out of 70 seats in Delhi elections 2015, dear Arvind Kejriwal?

Arvind Kejriwal said at a press conference on March 15 that the EVMs were harming India's democracy by not allowing the right results to come out. It is a common problem with India's Opposition parties who get frustrated with repeated losses.

Mar 15, 2017

SM Krishna's second coming: It's advantage BJP as the veteran Karnataka leader heads to the fold

Karnataka's towering political personality SM Krishna quit Congress in January and is about to join the BJP. The move will be a masterstroke that the Congress will struggle to tackle.

Mar 15, 2017

Battleground Karnataka: Is the Congress' Southern redoubt in danger of being overrun?

Congress leaders in Karnataka have said that the politics of the state differ from that of UP and hence there is nothing much to worry about in the elections next year. Bluster?

Mar 14, 2017

Enjoy the beaches of Goa, but don't step on the last nails in the Congress party's coffin!

The Congress might have been arithmetically ahead in Goa, but its failure to build on the chemistry with local kingmakers like the MGP and GFP helped the BJP inch closer to power, despite the odds.

Mar 14, 2017

Shashi Tharoor for PM in 2019? Only if he can take time out from fighting the British!

After the debacle in four of five states that recently went to polls, an online petition has been launched to make Shashi Tharoor as the Congress' PM candidate for 2019 LS polls. Is Tharoor, who carries an elitist image, really a sensible choice?

Mar 14, 2017

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Articles by Shubham Ghosh

Gwadar Port, CPEC: China cosying up to Pakistan is more about its own security than keeping India at bay

EVMs cannot be tampered with...period! The Kejriwals, Mayawatis and Mamatas are barking up the wrong tree

CBI probe in Narada case: BJP will keep Mamata under pressure but will not touch her

Yogi Adityanath as UP chief minister is a gamble: 5 risks that Narendra Modi took and they paid off

Yogi Adityanath's journey begins: 5 former UP chief ministers he can keep in mind as he assumes office

Yellow Ambassador taxis are failing to survive test of time: One of Kolkata's famous identities on path to extinction?

Yogi Adityanath picked as UP chief minister: How BJP ruined all the good work it did last week

Putin, Erdogan... Modi? Tracking the BJP's impending PR calamity

Congress still has one trump card to play, but does its leadership even know it exists?

Two Indian Sufi clerics go missing in Pakistan; Indian govt takes up matter with Islamabad

Rahul Gandhi is just the tip of Congress' iceberg of a problem; here are 10 others the party needs to dump

While Congress sinks, the party's sycophants take cover in 'morality' tactic to please the Gandhis

Goa floor test: Manohar Parrikar's to and fro movement from state shows the flexibility in BJP's leadership

In desperate times, Aam Aadmi Party reaches for controversial alliances

Karnataka budget: Siddaramaiah's freebies reek of a last-ditch attempt to save the Congress throne in 2018?

Were EVMs working fine when AAP won 67 out of 70 seats in Delhi elections 2015, dear Arvind Kejriwal?

SM Krishna's second coming: It's advantage BJP as the veteran Karnataka leader heads to the fold

Battleground Karnataka: Is the Congress' Southern redoubt in danger of being overrun?

Enjoy the beaches of Goa, but don't step on the last nails in the Congress party's coffin!

Shashi Tharoor for PM in 2019? Only if he can take time out from fighting the British!

Ranveer Singh touches Sanjay Leela Bhansali's feet; Sara Ali Khan, Aditi Rao Hydari radiate in ethnic outfits at reception

Omar lambasts "arrogant" Congress after BJP's historic victory; Mehbooba reacts [details]

BJP leads in 53 seats, crosses majority mark in Chhattisgarh

Ranbir Kapoor's fans burst crackers inside theatres during Animal screening; fans say 'low budget Salman Khan' fans'