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Former Intelligence Bureau director Dineshwar Sharma said he would go to Kashmir in eight-to-ten days. (Photo: ANI)

Delhi's feeble steps on J&K not enough

The Congress and BJP should keep out of Kashmir politics.

25 Oct 2017 12:35 AM IST

Prince William and Kate arrived at the Taj Mahal on Saturday, April 16, wrapping up their week-long trip to India and Bhutan with a visit that carries poignant echoes for Britains royal family.

Monumental neurosis: Taj is India's heritage

Hindu right-wingers need not be liberal secularists, and they should not be.

18 Oct 2017 12:22 AM IST

During 2014 election campaigns, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised more jobs under his government. (Photo: PTI)

Modi needs to govern quietly, stop bragging

At election time, the voter looks at the governance record and not at the speeches of the PM.

10 Oct 2017 12:32 AM IST

Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi at Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley, California on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Is there a change in the nation's mood?

The scales in a Modi-Gandhi contest are still in favour of Mr Modi.

19 Sept 2017 12:43 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose with new Cabinet Ministers after the reshuffle at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Is optics enough to make Centre efficient?

Nitin Gadkari gets river development and Ganga rejuvenation, that were with Uma Bharti.

4 Sept 2017 12:49 AM IST

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday awarded 10 years of imprisonment in a rape case, dating back to 2002. (Photo: AFP)

To keep cults in check, closer scrutiny needed

What will keep the gurus in check is public opinion.

29 Aug 2017 12:32 AM IST

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that triple talaq form of divorce in the Muslim community has no sanction in Holy Quran and was bad in law. (Photo: AFP/File)

For Muslim women, SC verdict is a revolution

The BJP and RSS may pretend that they support the cause of Muslim women in a bid to outflank Muslims as a whole.

23 Aug 2017 12:41 AM IST

An Indian man dance and others cheers during a program to unite India ahead of Independence Day in New Delhi, India. (Photo: AP)

India at 70: Still young, restless, beset by crisis

Political power is in the hands of the BJP, which brings with it its nationalist fervour, which is a symptom of economic...

15 Aug 2017 12:20 AM IST

Pilgrims cross mountain trails during their religious journey to the Amarnath cave on the Baltal route, some 125 kms away from Srinagar on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

In Kashmir, it's vital to keep democracy going

The party in power has to deal with the situation that arises out of the terror attacks.

12 July 2017 12:50 AM IST

NDA Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind with LK Advani, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah (from left) after filing nomination papers. (Photo: Twitter | @narendramodi)

A symbolic Dalit duel & democratic dynamics

The Indian polity has changed in a great many ways, and dalits can't be used as political pawns any longer.

26 Jun 2017 12:41 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to discuss the MMTS phase-II project on 9th June 2017 through a video conference.

Modi's biggest test is to get economy going

Combined with low productivity, low inflation is a symptom of an ailing economy.

14 Jun 2017 2:24 AM IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi with Vice-President Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

In a changed India, can Cong reinvent itself?

The political ennui in the Congress is symptomatic of the state of the country.

8 Jun 2017 1:09 AM IST