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The timing by SC verdict and the demand for green firecrackers have left many of the traders clueless. (Representional Image)

Diwali: Hard to enforce rules

Given the Indians' pathological dislike for rules and regulations, it is more than likely the orders will be observed...

24 Oct 2018 12:54 AM IST

Opinion

Forcing caged parrot to sing master's tune

The fundamental basis of the turmoil in the CBI, from which it may find it difficult to extricate itself in the...

24 Oct 2018 12:42 AM IST

$With multiple agencies probing the alleged Rs 13,000-crore fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) says it has conducted its scrutiny and the matter is currently under examination for \enforcement action\.$ Opinion

RBI should be autonomous

The government also had its differences with RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and that was why, it is said, he was not given...

23 Oct 2018 1:29 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with INA veteran Lalti Ram during a flag hoisting ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Azad Hind government at Red Fort in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Playing politics with history is a low art

Giants like Patel and Bose need no new statues and commemoration volumes for the nation to remember them, as Modi may...

23 Oct 2018 1:25 AM IST

BEL and Electronics Corporation of India are the only companies supplying EVMs to Election Commission of India.

Opinion

A strange democracy for J&K

The present dispensation has badly botched the political and security situation in Kashmir.

22 Oct 2018 12:07 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe ahead of a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

Opinion

It's vital for India to keep Lanka on its side

The importance of mutual ties may have been made obvious in the long meeting between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and...

22 Oct 2018 12:05 AM IST

Opinion

New uncertainty in West Asia

It is unclear whether he can do so with domestic pressure mounting on him to penalise Riyadh through sanctions.

21 Oct 2018 1:07 AM IST

An angry crowd shout slogans as they sit by bodies of victims of the train accident in Amritsar on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Opinion

How many tragedies before we wake up?

We see the same fecklessness in dealing with crowds at festivals, in places of worship and at public meetings.

21 Oct 2018 12:59 AM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (Photo: PTI/File)

Opinion

Prejudicial view on temple

RSS' deep concern for the government arises from the fact that the BJP is the political front of the core Hindutva body.

20 Oct 2018 1:20 AM IST

Opinion

Sabarimala: Constitution has been let down

Gender justice was denied on the ground although the court had ruled that anyone could worship Lord Ayyappa at his most...

20 Oct 2018 1:14 AM IST

The police booked Ashish Pandey, son of ex-BSP MLA Rakesh Pandey, for allegedly brandishing a gun at guests and threatening them in foyer of The Hyatt Regency hotel in R K Puram. (Photo: Screengrab)

Opinion

Crack down on guns

He needs to be made a eg of so that others who may possess arms, even legally, understand that they can't be misused to...

18 Oct 2018 12:51 AM IST

That is no reason to be dismissive towards women who have mustered courage and are outing their predators or see the current #MeToo movement as a conflict between grassroots feminism and elite feminism. (Representional Image)

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Akbar's departure shows effectiveness of #MeToo

The RSS too evidently crumbled and may have counselled the government privately that Mr Akbar's continuance would be a...

18 Oct 2018 12:37 AM IST