Opinion

Modi’s visit to Maldives, Sri Lanka an exercise in ocean diplomacy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook a visit to the Maldives and Sri Lanka on June 8-9. Much of the focus of his first overseas diplomatic engagement after assuming power for a second straight term was how the visit cemented New Delhi’s “neighbourhood first” policy first outlined...

Opinion

Historic opportunity for Hasina and Modi to rev up bilateral ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s return to power for a second successive term with a clear electoral mandate augurs continuity and movement forward in bilateral relations that has seen a remarkable transformation in the last five years. The ties have not only deepened in existing areas of cooper...

Opinion

Battle for parliamentary seats in Delhi high on symbolism

The battle for seven parliamentary seats in India’s capital Delhi, where voting will be held on Sunday 52 seats in other parts of the country in the penultimate phase of polling, has always high in symbolism and prestige rather than in terms of number in the scramble for majority in parliament...

Opinion

Majority may elude BJP; regional parties may be kingmaker

The long-drawn parliamentary election has begun winding down. After the fifth phase of polling on May 6, the process has been completed in 424 of the 543 Lok Sabha constituencies and voting in the remaining 118 seats (election to one seat has been deferred as the process was vitiated by money power)...

Opinion

The Modi-Priyanka battle that never was

It was on April 26 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination in Varanasi parliamentary constituency, where polling will be held in the last phase of India’s parliamentary elections on May 19. On the same day, the Congress Party, Modi’s principal challenger across India, made...