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A swift call is needed on Indias Boeing Max jets

A swift call is needed on India's Boeing Max jets

The Cayman Islands (2), Ethiopia (6) and Indonesia (11) have taken quick decisions to ground the Max.

12 March 2019 1:57 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 49 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

Dial down the rhetoric

The events have to be assessed in the light of the fact that the international community also recognised India's right...

11 March 2019 1:15 AM IST

For poll commission, the devil is in the detail

Arora failed to give the assurance that the VVPATs (the paper trails) for the ballots vote cast through EVMs will be...

11 March 2019 1:15 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 49 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

Less grief had Modi been swifter first time

After the Pulwama attack, the Centre took recourse to unusual steps in order to give the impression that it was serious...

10 March 2019 12:47 AM IST

Typically, the Congress takes time to declare its candidates but has done so now even before the formal announcement of the poll dates by the Election Commission, that is likely any time now.

Early Cong list a surprise

Of the 15 names that the Congress announced, 11 are from Uttar Pradesh and four from Gujarat.

9 March 2019 12:51 AM IST

Those demanding a temple on the land may have their legal and faith-based claims, but history will record that the Babri Masjids demolition in December 1992 by religious zealots headed by a sprinkling of political leaders changed the Ayodhya narrative forever. (Photo: File)

Mediation a challenge in Ayodhya land case

The composition of the mediation team with a total southern bias is understandable.

9 March 2019 12:43 AM IST

In pre-dawn precision airstrikes, the Indian Air Forces Mirage-2000 fighters hit at the Jaish-e-Mohammeds main training facility at Balakot in Pakistans Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, crossing the Line of Control and the international border. (Representational image)

Balakot: Truth still fuzzy

There is even an eyewitness account from local villagers of victims who were more alive than trees.

8 March 2019 7:24 AM IST

The first is that the price contracted by the present government to buy 36 Rafale jets is 2.86 per cent cheaper than that negotiated to buy 136 of the same aircraft by the UPA government earlier. (Representational image)

Rafale in SC: A-G is using bullying tactics

Let us hope the government isn't suppressing the Rafale papers and passing the matter off as theft.

8 March 2019 7:17 AM IST

In West Bengal, the Congress and the CPI(M) have reached an understanding on a few seats, but none with Mamata Banerjees Trinamul Congress. (Photo: PTI)

Congress, AAP don't connect

While the AAP is in government in the National Capital Territory, it is a very new party and has only four Lok Sabha MPs...

7 March 2019 12:44 AM IST

Its clear the court hadnt gone into the cases minute details though it was a matter of life and death for the accused.

Not a case of all's well that ends well

The reversal of the death sentences brings up the question of who committed the crime in the first place.

7 March 2019 12:40 AM IST

JeM chief Masood Azhar

Pak measures too few

On Tuesday, Pakistan arrested 44 individuals linked to terrorist outfits, including the brother and son of Jaish chief...

6 March 2019 7:15 AM IST

Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called The Snake to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)

US trade action: India can't play submissive

The point is India should speak some home truths to Mr Trump without letting it affect the larger US-India relationship.

6 March 2019 7:11 AM IST