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Presumably this means that at the ground level our armed forces can take such decisions that are needed to protect our borders and repel, and even punish, predators. (Representational Image)

Chanakya's View: A prosperous Kashmir is India's best riposte

The proxy war that Pakistan is waging against us is not going to end soon.

24 Feb 2019 1:52 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a sit-in over the CBIs attempt to question the Kolkata police commissioner in connection with chit fund scams, in Kolkata, on Monday. (PTI)

Centre-state war may destroy the executive

The SC's directive was hailed as a victory by both the opposing sides the BJP and Ms Banerjee.

10 Feb 2019 2:32 AM IST

Congress President Rahul Gandhi (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)

Congress' alliance blues

For the BJP this is less of a headache as the saffron party has traditional allies left in only two states now ...

10 Feb 2019 1:43 AM IST

Chanakya's View: The CBI director's removal was unfair

The CBI has made a circus of itself, and no one knows when and how the curtain will finally come down on this unseemly...

13 Jan 2019 7:32 AM IST

In the last year and a half, batches of farmers have arrived in the nations capital as many as four times to draw the attention of Parliament and the government to the crisis in agriculture and to the miserable lives they lead.

A wishlist for 2019: To brighten India's future

Let us hope that the parliamentary elections in 2019 throw up a result that is good for the country.

30 Dec 2018 12:14 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi maintained that there was massive corruption in contract and wondered why CAG report cited by SC on it had not been shared with PAC of Parliament. (Photo: ANI)

Chanakya's View: BJP gets wake-up call, Cong needs an agenda

The political climate is likely to remain surcharged, because the countdown to the next parliamentary elections has...

16 Dec 2018 7:18 AM IST

The art of civilised dialogue is dead

When our political leaders are culpable in taking discourse to its lowest common denominator, TV channels do the same.

2 Dec 2018 12:06 AM IST

Chanakya's View: Dialogue could resolve Ram temple issue

For Hindus, the site where Lord Ram was born irrespective of whether this can be historically proved or not has very...

18 Nov 2018 7:25 AM IST

Sardar Patels Statue of Unity in Gujarats Narmada district is twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty in the US. Iron was collected from all over the country to build the statue. (Photo: @PMOIndia twitter via PTI)

Chanakya's View: A befitting tribute to Patel was long overdue

Instead of that, we now have our PMs living in an improvised residence which clumsily combines thre bungalows.

4 Nov 2018 1:55 AM IST

Ashish Pandey had earlier claimed that he did not brandish his gun in the premises of Hyatt Hotel and carried it only for safety purposes. (Photo: ANI)

Lawmakers and their law-breaking progeny

The powerful need to have their egos massaged, and the supplicants must outdo each other in the most abject display of...

21 Oct 2018 1:29 AM IST

Rafale aircraft

Rafale deal not yet BJP's Bofors

The perception that there has been a huge defense scandal has hardly percolated down to the common people.

7 Oct 2018 12:46 AM IST

Chanakya's View: We need a more robust Pak foreign policy

Diplomacy to be effective must be embedded in a strategic matrix.

23 Sept 2018 7:22 AM IST