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Cheer in Trump's Diwali too

All stories around Diwali and Deepawali had a happy ending, except maybe in the air over the nation's capital, which...

16 Nov 2018 7:11 AM IST

Rafale aircraft

Rafale deal probe looks unavoidable

The Chief Justice has reserved his order on a Supreme Court-supervised probe in l'affaire Rafale.

16 Nov 2018 7:07 AM IST

Shortly after Jawaharlal Nehrus death in May 1964, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri published the Code of Conduct for Ministers.

Nehru: Remembering a giant

Alas, every single thing that Nehru stood for is under institutional and physical assault today.

15 Nov 2018 7:30 AM IST

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (Photo: AP)

Challenge to democracy in Lanka power struggle

The immediate future is uncertain as the cards may still lie with the President.

15 Nov 2018 7:18 AM IST

In an official communication recently, a senior Assam police officer, the special DGP (special branch), has cautioned that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is creating conditions for the resumption of Ulfa activity, that thrives on anti-Bengali sentiment being whipped up. (Representational image)

Ulfa rising, act swiftly

The BJP establishment has consciously promoted policies that excavate existing faultlines along religion and language.

14 Nov 2018 7:47 AM IST

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.

Fake news is winning the war against facts

Extensive research by the BBC World Service has thrown light on what India has known for a while as an incipient problem...

14 Nov 2018 7:41 AM IST

Gali Janardhan Reddy

Fresh blow to BJP in Karnataka

The party has tried hard, and failed, to rid itself of the corruption tag brought on by Mr Reddy and former Karnataka CM...

13 Nov 2018 1:06 AM IST

Voters wait in queues to cast their votes during the first phase of Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh at a polling station in Narayanpur. (Photo: PTI)

In Naxal belt, faith in democracy lives on

While political leaders are regularly seen to be failing the idea of democracy in India through their manifest...

13 Nov 2018 1:04 AM IST

In Chhattisgarh, the manifesto of the challenger Congress Party promises farm loan waivers and rice at Rs 1 per kilo.

Manifestoes hit a new low in Assembly polls

This is a scale of regression not seen in a long time.

12 Nov 2018 3:59 AM IST

Tipu Sultan Jayanti will be celebrated across Karnataka on November 10. (Photo: PTI)

Riding the Tipu tiger

The Congress' tom-tomming of the son-of-the-soil warrior trope is the same construct.

12 Nov 2018 3:55 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday directed all payment system operators in India to store data within the country.

India's NBFCs need funds

Most NBFCs are facing a drought-like situation as far as funding is concerned.

11 Nov 2018 12:02 AM IST

Maithripala Sirisena

Sri Lanka President's actions undemocratic

The saddest development in this unseemly power struggle is how the democratic institution of Parliament has been...

11 Nov 2018 12:01 AM IST