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Manish Tewari is a lawyer and a former Union minister. The views expressed are personal. Twitter handle @manishtewari

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti at a meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

State of the Union: J&K is waiting for an emotional outreach

It is slowly becoming a redundant oxymoron that Kashmir requires a political solution.

3 Sept 2016 12:30 AM IST

Under the Corporate Law, an Independent Director can be held liable only if omission or commission by a company occurred with the directors knowledge. (Representational image)

State of the Union: An injudicious delay

The government is the country's largest litigant.

20 Aug 2016 12:20 AM IST

Pakistan has therefore chosen to needle Afghanistan on the Durand Line, perhaps to draw US attention to its sensitivities on this issue. (Photo: PTI)

State of the Union: Avoid Trumpification of India-Pak dialogue

South Asia is the world's least integrated region, hostage to the zero-sum game between India and Pakistan.

6 Aug 2016 12:21 AM IST

India and Pakistan last month mutually agreed to a short deferment of Foreign Secretary-level talks after the Pathankot terror attack. (Photo: AFP)

State of the Union: Bridge the Partition

Only a minuscule number of India's population have actually seen or met a Pakistani.

24 July 2016 12:17 AM IST

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid her homage to the victims of the Dhaka cafe attack victims during a memorial service at the Army Stadium in the city.

State of the Union: Terror live on TV puts everybody in danger

There is an urgent need to find a golden mean on this issue.

9 July 2016 12:23 AM IST

BJP workers shower milk on a cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to celebrate the completion of two years of NDA government, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Another year of empty promises

There are abysses and crevices in the hearts and minds of people.

26 May 2016 1:51 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other NDA members at Rajya Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

State of the Union: Judicial over-reach or executive paralysis?

Legislative institutions became irrelevant to the lives of citizens.

14 May 2016 1:12 AM IST

India and Pakistan last month mutually agreed to a short deferment of Foreign Secretary-level talks after the Pathankot terror attack. (Photo: AFP)

State of the Union: News diplomacy

The media, at the end of the day, is a business.

30 April 2016 12:27 AM IST

Sir creek (Photo courtesy: Google Maps)

State of the Union: Sir Creek still waits

The dispute is about delineating the borders of India and Pakistan.

16 April 2016 12:46 AM IST

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State of the Union: Siachen & the lines that divide

The ceasefire line was ratified by both sides and placed with the United Nations Commission on India and Pakistan.

2 April 2016 12:34 AM IST

State of the Union: Time for intelligence reforms?

The bill also provided for the constitution of a â€œnational intelligence and security oversight committeeâ€.

19 March 2016 1:00 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presenting the Annual Budget 2016-17 in the Lok Sabha. (Photo: PTI)

State of the Union: Honey, I shrunk the economy!

StatThe Budget has some paragraphs devoted to public investment which, in any case, cannot kick-start the economy.e of...

5 March 2016 1:29 AM IST