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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Will it be enough to defeat BJP in Gujarat?

The Prime Minister lies and says the Congress celebrated Hafiz Saeed's bail.

3 Dec 2017 12:51 AM IST

A total of 30 red rebels including some top Maoist leaders were gunned down by the security forces in a dense forest in Odishas Malkangiri district near AOB. (Representational image)

The case of disappearing human rights

The activists were charged after a workshop on digital security that was held in a hotel.

26 Nov 2017 12:19 AM IST

Harvey Weinstein

Now is the time to go public against predators

A campaign on Twitter began to take what was essentially an international American moment.

19 Nov 2017 1:02 AM IST

The finance department said that there is not much of an impact of imposition of the GST on the state governments revenues as of now.

Are the GST tax slabs logical?

Till Friday, there were 227 items in the 28 per cent slab.

12 Nov 2017 1:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the dedication of the first ever All India Institute of Ayurveda to the nation, on the occasion of 2nd Ayurveda Day, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Does PM Modi have an ideology?

The question is not whether the UPA was better at governance than the NDA, Chidambaram is accepting his government's...

5 Nov 2017 1:58 AM IST

Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PTI/File)

Sushma's e-durbar: Today's Adl-e-Jahangir

We have no real coherent foreign policy on Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or Myanmar.

29 Oct 2017 6:30 AM IST

S. Sreesanth said that he would consider playing for another country as the BCCI did not want him.

India's bogus cricket patriotism

S. Sreesanth said that he would consider playing for another country as the BCCI did not want him.

22 Oct 2017 3:57 AM IST

Later, on September 12, the apex court had temporarily lifted its earlier order and permitted sale of firecrackers. (Representational Image)

One-day cracker ban isn't the solution

The problem of pollution and the larger problem of climate change are very serious matters.

15 Oct 2017 12:51 AM IST

At least 59 people were killed and more than 500 wounded in Las Vegas shooting in US (Photo: AP)

When Muslims do it, it's called terrorism

The American police said that the Vegas shootout was not an act of terrorism because he acted alone.

8 Oct 2017 12:38 AM IST

NDTV co-founder Prannoy Roy (Photo: File)

Keep arrogance aside, focus on facts

We have had a long period when ministers and politicians behaved like they did not owe any explanations for their...

2 Oct 2017 3:58 AM IST

Singer K J Yesudas

Hindus, proud of their own prejudice

A board in many languages outside Jagannath temple says that only Hindus are allowed.

24 Sept 2017 7:47 AM IST

A Rohingya Muslim man walks to the shore carrying two children after they arrived on a boat from Myanmar to Bangladesh in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh on Thursday. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands are still flooding across the border in search of help in Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Good immigrants, bad immigrants?

The coldness with which the Indian government has responded to the brutality against the Rohingya is disappointing to...

17 Sept 2017 7:42 AM IST