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Devendra Fadnavis

Devendra Fadnavis set to be CM, with Sena thorn in side

Though the Sena is playing hardball and claiming it has other options, it has no better option than to go with the BJP.

1 Nov 2019 12:41 AM IST

The spokesman also said that the reports that the hacker used Iranian infrastructure was an attempt to drive a wedge between Russia and Iran. (Representational image)

Chasing quantum uncertainty

Quantum mechanics is certainly one of the most profound scientific ideas around.

31 Oct 2019 12:54 AM IST

Security personnel patrol a deserted street in Srinagar on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

2 new UTs born in J&K: What is govt really up to?

The Centreâ€™s decision to strike at the heart of Article 370, and to dissolve J&K state, thus strikes at the basic...

31 Oct 2019 12:52 AM IST

Sujith Wilson, who is trapped in borewell in Tamil Nadus trichy for over 60 hours.

Borewell tragedy shames India

Neither was there any limit to a perverse kind of voyeurism that television media seems to revel in, selling tragedy in...

30 Oct 2019 4:34 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses for a photograph with the members of European Parliament during a call on, in New Delhi. (Photo: Twitter/ PTI)

Euro MPs in Srinagar was a sorry spectacle

Of the 27 MEPs invited, four declined to go to Kashmir with the rest of the group.

30 Oct 2019 4:32 AM IST

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Photo: AFP)

Baghdadi had to go

The â€œfree worldâ€ will rejoice as it continues to pay the price of eternal vigilance.

29 Oct 2019 1:07 AM IST

Incumbent Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar being offered sweets by Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad after he was elected as the leader of BJP Legislature party in Chandigarh. (Photo: PTI)

Power grab in Haryana can lead to its own fall

Khattar owes his return as CM to the greed of Jananayak Janata Party (JJP) leader Dushyant Chautala.

29 Oct 2019 1:05 AM IST

(Photo: Representational Image)

Kartarpur pact: Positive step

At the same time, New Delhi had no wish to hurt Sikh religious sentiments by throwing a spanner in the works of the...

26 Oct 2019 1:04 AM IST

More state elections are around the corner. Jharkhand was not held this week though BJP CM Raghubar Das could easily have been told to request an election by his high command .

Voters put economics over fear of the other

In Haryana, the BJPâ€™s vote share plummeted from 58 per cent in May to 36.3 per cent now.

26 Oct 2019 1:01 AM IST

Sourav Ganguly was the only candidate to file his nomination for the post and was elected unopposed. (Photo: AFP)

Dynasts and the cricketer

Administrative efficiency after an in-demand game sells itself for billion is vastly over-rated.

25 Oct 2019 12:59 AM IST

MTNL which was set up 14 years before BSNL in 1986 to cater to two metropolises, New Delhi and Mumbai, that ostensibly required better services than rest of India has lost its relevance in view of mobile telephony and the internet revolution.

Merger fine, but BSNL not out of the woods

Today, Indians living in both metropolises as well as small towns have access to the same content with same quality.

25 Oct 2019 12:57 AM IST

Besides raising concerns in the US, the lockdown imposed on the Valley and the ensuing humanitarian crisis appears to be prejudicing ties with Malaysia and Turkey.

Kashmir â€˜internationalisedâ€™

The leaders of these countries had sharply criticised India on the Kashmir issue from the floor of the UN General...

24 Oct 2019 12:40 AM IST