BJP workers protest against BSP general secretary Nasimuddin Siddqui over his comments on Dayashankar’s family members in Mirzapur.

BJP leader Daya Shankar Singh addresses the media in Ballia regarding his remarks on BSP chief Mayawati.

NCP women members protest against Bollywood actor Salman Khan over his controversial rape remarks at Bandra in Mumbai.

Ashis Nandy vs Dalit activists

The liberal-at-heart came tumbling down at the Jaipur lit-fest when he said—according to him in irony—that greater corruption was co...

Nitish vs BJP

Nitish Kumar and the BJP split finally, after many years of curious cohabitation. The BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi was the trigger. Nitish likened...

Nigella Lawson vs Charles Saatchi

We can’t call her the luscious Nigella Lawson—too sexist—but she did, admittedly, serve herself up as a feast. The burnt toast ...

V.K. Singh vs Everybody Else

Give him a national flag, and he’ll wave it at any platform, whether Anna’s village or Modi’s podium. The ex-army chief took on anyo...

U.K. Sinha versus Subroto Roy

Accusing Sahara of flouting an SC order to refund investor money, market regulator SEBI launched a furious campaign against the shadow-ba...

Gurudas Dasgupta vs Veerappa Moily

Dubbing the oil minister’s support to Reliance Industries in the KG basin gas matter a “sinister ploy” by that “rascal”, D...

Arvind Kejriwal vs Anna Hazare

Kejriwal sent heart-shaped letters to Anna all year round, begging him to support their anti-corruption movement’s political avatar. A...

Amartya Sen vs Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya

You’d hardly expect a fight between two leading economists to set the Yamuna on fire. But in a surcharged polit...

MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi waves to his supporters after being released of Adilabad jail. After spending 38 days in a local prison, Owaisi, who is facing charges of sedition and ...

File photo of Renowned sociologist Ashis Nandy. The Supreme Court stayed the arrest of Ashis Nandy for making remarks alleged to be anti-Dalit at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

BJP activists prepare to throw a cutout of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde into a burning effigy during a protest in New Delhi.

BJP workers burn effigy of Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde during a protest over his controversial Hindu terror remarks in Lucknow.

BJP Delhi Pradesh activists burn an effigy of Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde during a protest over his Hindu terror remarks, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

BJP President Rajnath Singh with senior leader Sushma Swaraj and others during a protest against Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde over his Hindu terror remarks, at Jantar Ma...

Rajnath Singh, BJP President, and Sushma Swaraj, Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, during Bharatiya Janata Party protests against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's saffron terro...

BJP activists protest against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's Saffron terror remark in New Delhi.

BJP activists burn an effigy of Union Home Minister Sushi Kumar Shinde during a protest over his Hindu terror remarks, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi