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Bernie Sanders (Photo: AP)

Why, for the Democrats, Bernie clearly is the best bet

The evaluation of Sanders still rings true 20 years later, unlike the author of those words, who has dived headlong into...

13 Feb 2020 6:37 AM IST

Delhi: Cong was in a fix

The BJP badly lost in seat terms although it has a core RSS vote of about one-third of all voters, and had a...

13 Feb 2020 6:35 AM IST

The political parties who have jumped to champion the reservation cause can do justice to its beneficiaries and those who oppose quotas by coming out with the data on representation or lack of it and settle the issue.

Data, not emotions, to clinch reservations

Reservation and promotion in jobs is not a fundamental right, the apex court ruled, and left it to the discretion of the...

13 Feb 2020 6:34 AM IST

Why is it acceptable to pretend that the mass groping, sexual assault and organised intimidation of the young women of Gargi College on the evening of February 6 never happened? (Representational Image)

Evening of horrors

The motive of the assault was clear. It was to deter women from participating in co-curricular activities and to keep...

12 Feb 2020 5:57 AM IST

All the six legislators were inducted into the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Raghubar Das.

Time for BJP to reflect after historic Delhi loss

A recent opinion poll had suggested just this in the event of the Lok Sabha polls being held now.

12 Feb 2020 5:56 AM IST

Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti

Release former CMs; J&K dossiers surreal

Abdullah was also accused of speaking out against the revocation of J&Kâ€™s autonomy under Article 370.

11 Feb 2020 2:00 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Mitt Romney (Photo: AP)

Romneyâ€™s courageous stand

The party won over the country and the very principles of constitutional justice. But at least one politician had the...

10 Feb 2020 6:05 AM IST

After placing more than 400 Kashmiri politicians behind bars, and refusing Indian MPs permission to visit the Valley to assess the situation, New Delhi took some right-wing and far right members of the European Parliament on a sight-seeing trip to Kashmir.

Has New Delhi run out of ideas on J&K?

The PSA is to be used against those who are deemed a threat to the security of the state or to public order.

10 Feb 2020 1:23 AM IST

To have my sentences cut off midway through an attempted conversation because I have very fragile vocal cords and need to be silenced every now and then. Silence is good for me. Silence is golden. (Photo: Representational)

Being fortuneâ€™s favoured child

When they stare at my chest in public, it is their way of gently reminding me that I have forgotten to wear a scarf.

9 Feb 2020 5:43 AM IST

Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy

Donâ€™t let Kia leave Andhra

The new report came as a bolt but it was not from the blue.

8 Feb 2020 5:33 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A conscious move to deepen social divide

In the case of the BJP-RSS, the CAA springs from its belief which, at base, sees people of a certain minority faith as...

8 Feb 2020 5:31 AM IST

His masterâ€™s voice

Rajinikanth is least bothered that six states have sought the repeal of the CAA and protests are raging all over the...

7 Feb 2020 1:28 AM IST