opinion

October 31 marks 41 years of the assassination of former Prime Minister Ms Indira Gandhi. It was on the morning of October 31, 1984, as she had got ready to appear for a television interview that her two “trusted Sikh bodyguards” took her unawares and shot her dead point-blank, raining a shower of bullets on her from their automatic weapons.

The controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has reignited political fault lines, with Opposition parties alleging bias and the Election Commission asserting due process.

The recent death of 14 children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan due to contaminated cough syrups is a national tragedy. It’s heartbreaking that the deaths were linked to a generic cough syrup containing dangerous levels of an industrial chemical.

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to attend his first public rally along with the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on October 29. This is more of a token presence that Gandhi will mark in the Bihar battlefield. Otherwise, he has remained away all these days.

An unprecedented string of recusals, 16 judges stepping aside from hearing IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi’s cases, has stirred debate over judicial accountability.

The upcoming Tarn Taran by-election in Punjab, scheduled for November 11, has drawn intense attention as it tests the Aam Aadmi Party’s hold over its traditional base amid a rising undercurrent of radical politics. The contest, though unlikely to affect AAP’s majority, could signal a deeper political shift ahead of the 2027 polls.

Even 78 years after Partition, the brutal communal violence against non-Muslims in Kashmir, including gang-rapes and massacres, remains overlooked, with historical myths still obscuring the truth.

Omar Abdullah’s Rajya Sabha picks has sparked disappointment in Jammu, raising questions about NC’s regional representation despite the CM’s otherwise pragmatic leadership.

A decade after the Dantewada massacre, Bastar’s forests remain scarred by violence. Amid ‘encounters’ and corporate-driven development, the tribals bear the cost of a war they never chose.

Delhi’s air quality hits hazardous levels post-Diwali, sparking outrage as green crackers fail to curb pollution and systemic inaction persists.

Kashmir parties NC, PDP, and Congress unite to block BJP in RS polls, despite past rivalries, risking further polarisation between Kashmir and Jammu regions.

Gold prices have surged past US$4,100 an ounce, driven by soaring investor demand through ETFs and central bank purchases from emerging markets like China and Russia.