Is Boris Johnson’s do-or-die stance on Brexit a means to push the EU into brokering a better deal?

Suspending parliament could be a master bluffer's final play in a game of chicken – raise the stakes till the other side backs down.

Abhinay Muthoo, The Conversation

· Aug 29, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Trump and Kim can talk all they want, but for results they need to find real common ground

There are several parallel games at play in which the US, North Korea and South Korea have diverging interests.

Benjamin Habib, The Conversation

· Jul 04, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Fact check: Yogi Adityanath’s claim of no riots during his tenure is false and misleading

The home ministry report shows that in a total of 195 incidents of communal violence in 2017, 44 people died and 542 people were injured.

Jignesh Patel, AltNews.in

· Jan 05, 2019 · 06:35 pm

For Jay Panda, quitting the BJD was the easy part. His real battle will be to stay relevant

Though influential, the suave Odisha politician lacks mass appeal.

Priya Ranjan Sahu

· May 29, 2018 · 10:30 am

Income Tax raids on powerful Karnataka minister bare fissures in the Congress

DK Shivakumar’s supporters wonder why the state intelligence did not alert him.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Aug 05, 2017 · 06:30 am

Political violence returns to Kerala’s Kannur: What happens to the peace process now?

Nine CPI(M) workers were injured in Payyanur town and the RSS office was burnt.

TA Ameerudheen

· Jul 13, 2017 · 06:30 am

The right way to be Right

The challenge is to find people who have the courage not only to stand up for what they believe in, but also to oppose what they don’t.

Nitin Pai

· Feb 19, 2017 · 05:30 am

Playing the mimic: Rahul Gandhi just took a leaf out of Narendra Modi’s book

His speech at a Congress special convention in Delhi on Wednesday indicates that he is close to taking over as party president.

Anita Katyal

· Jan 12, 2017 · 10:30 am

In his eagerness to be king, will Nitish Kumar come across as the jester?

The Bihar chief minister has made his desire for a national role clear far ahead of the next Lok Sabha elections in 2019. But that might just be his undoing.

Anita Katyal

· Aug 22, 2016 · 06:30 pm

Full text: 'Educational criteria for contesting panchayat polls undermine democracy'

A group of eminent citizens urge urging Parliament to safeguard citizen’s rights against anti-democratic moves by the governments of Rajasthan and Haryana.

Scroll Staff

· May 07, 2016 · 04:00 pm

Why the Centre must do everything in its power to keep the Army away from politics

Asking veterans to take sides in the nationalism debate is the first step towards politicising the military. We know how that worked out for our neighbours.

Guru Aiyar

· Mar 02, 2016 · 06:30 pm

Watch Sania Mirza teach Mamata Banerjee how to play a forehand shot

The West Bengal chief minister shows she's game for anything.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 27, 2015 · 06:04 pm