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United States President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this year in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

Trump's tariff war

Trump made the big announcement on March 1, of imposing higher tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium from a number...

27 Jun 2018 7:24 AM IST

Democracy requires education. Education for democracy and in democracy are absolutely essential for the success of a democratic experiment.

Let's teach our children fundamental rights and duties

There is an argument that the word secular' was not in the Constitution but it has no merit.

21 Jun 2018 4:35 AM IST

Justice Rohinton Nariman, who wrote the main judgment, invalidated triple talaq mainly on the ground that it violated Article 14, which offers equality before law and equal opportunities before law.

It's tough to teach

The law and the Constitution are not simple constructs that everyone would understand easily, said Justice K.T. Thomas...

21 Jun 2018 4:30 AM IST

Constitutional lessons

Constitutional lessons

What our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi told us on November 26, 2015 must be respected and lived,Bishop Theodore...

21 Jun 2018 4:22 AM IST

It is being felt that the government is trying to build a â€œcommitted bureaucracyâ€ before the 2019 battle royale.

Modi's gamble leaves babus, Opposition seething

The government's enthusiasm for doing away with the Nehruvian civil services has opened up a Pandora's Box.

20 Jun 2018 3:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Lateral Entry: An elixir for a moth eaten system

Lateral inductions of sectoral leaders has been attempted before even by previous governments.

20 Jun 2018 3:37 AM IST

Former Union Minister and BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain.

Trinamul Congress party has turned into a Taliban Congress party:...

TMC supremo and its leaders are scared of BJP's growing popularity and support in the state, says Shahnawaz Hussain.

10 Jun 2018 6:36 AM IST

As a BJP functionary admitted to an English daily: The prospects of Opposition unity is the new reality.

When battle for 2019 gets dirty and dangerous

The BJP intends to project Modi as Mahabharata's Abhimanyu, trapped in enemy's chakravyuh fought valiantly.

10 Jun 2018 6:33 AM IST

32-year-old Dulal Kumar, who went missing on Friday, was found hanging by a pole in Dabha village of Purulias Balarampur. (Facebook | Screengrab | Kailash Vijayvargiya)

From the killing fields of Purulia

The Trinamool Congress supporters however blamed the criminal gangs crossing over to the district from Jharkhand for the...

10 Jun 2018 6:30 AM IST

Right to Information

Flawed understanding, flawed logic

Discussions on selection of a candidate, if made available through RTI, could seriously impact the freedom of expression...

3 Jun 2018 3:54 AM IST

The government by exempting the entire political contributions received by political parties from income-tax is foregoing substantial revenue.

Political party is public authority

This laconic definition in the RP Act does not reveal the actual role or functions of a political party in our...

3 Jun 2018 3:48 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally at Baliyatra field in Cuttack on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Congress, the catalyst for anti-BJP front

The Congress, with 22 berths and Deputy Chief Ministership and Speakership, should have no reason to complain.

27 May 2018 6:38 AM IST