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GoAir has joined IndiGo, Air India and SpiceJet in banning Kunal Kamra for roasting a TV anchor Arnab Goswami on flight.Opinion
Comedian’s grounding ironic

Airlines have to be in tune with the Establishment given the competition in the skies.

31 Jan 2020 1:09 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while talking to reporters, said states too will have to make efforts in improving the business climate in India, especially with regard to property registration. (Photo: File)Opinion
No room to manoeuvre: Nirmala in a tight spot

Expectations from the Union Budget are almost infinite.

31 Jan 2020 1:08 AM IST

The Bill is being brought by BJP to neutralise the impact of National Register of Citizens exercise that saw several Hindus also being excluded.Opinion
Hate speeches in Delhi: Will EC finally step in?

The BJP is using its deadliest weapon, and communal vitriol appears to be its brahmastra.

30 Jan 2020 6:09 AM IST

The Supreme Court of IndiaOpinion
Liberal, if curious precedent

Experiments aimed at making hardened criminals humans again must be supported wholeheartedly.

30 Jan 2020 6:07 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi.Opinion
Foreign triggers that spurred rise of Modi

It was a long hard-hitting poem on the grand betrayal of the Indian people, an acerbic version of Faiz’s plaint about...

29 Jan 2020 2:24 AM IST

AP CM YS Jagan Mohan ReddyOpinion
Why abolish AP Council?

It is not compulsory for states to have an Upper House, and most don’t.

29 Jan 2020 2:12 AM IST

His attitude was vintage Air India. And I was so relieved that it still exists at least in a few dedicated employees. It is, of course, very hard to ignore reports of on-board scuffles, regular no-shows by crew members, sudden sick leave absentees, drunk pilots and co-pilots, stories of sexual abuse and nepotism, apart from a cavalier attitude thrown at paying passengers.Opinion
Will Centre succeed in selling Air India now?

Chronic mismanagement by Air India officials and missteps by successive governments bled the national carrier.

29 Jan 2020 2:09 AM IST

U.S. president Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing American troops on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP)Opinion
Confrontational Davos

The meeting of plutocrats used to be a forum where ideas were thrown at the super-rich and governments on how to make...

28 Jan 2020 4:36 AM IST

Indias Citizenship (Amendment) Act has united practically the whole European Parliament against it. Five resolutions by different groups in it from centre-right to social democratic look set to move resolutions against the modified citizenship law, two of which will be debated and voted on later this week. (Photo: Twitter/ EuroParl_EN)Opinion
Strong reaction to CAA in European Parliament

These groups comprise 559 members in a House of 751, a huge majority.

28 Jan 2020 4:33 AM IST

Dalit activists alleged that the 2018 riots were instigated by right-wing leaders Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote. However, the Pune police in its investigation alleged that the riots were orchestrated by Urban Naxals and arrested nine renowned social activists. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Probe must cover all angles

Dalit activists alleged that the 2018 riots were instigated by right-wing leaders Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote.

27 Jan 2020 1:47 AM IST

The amended Citizenship law along with a National Register of Citizens (NRC) being planned by the Narendra Modi government \may affect the status\ of Muslim minority in India, a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has said. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
This R-Day, we are on a slippery path

On the 71st anniversary of the founding of the modern republic, there is a palpable sense of confusion and despair.

27 Jan 2020 1:44 AM IST

When people demand their own repressionOpinion
When people demand their own repression

The tiger that the government claims Narendra Modi is, isn’t interested in harming the populace.

26 Jan 2020 6:13 AM IST

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