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Former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee

A true statesman of the highest calibre

If Vajpayee's successors can show his broadness of vision, we will be a better society and country.

17 Aug 2018 7:04 AM IST

In March, Arvind Kejriwal offered three such apologies to end his legal mess; the Delhi Chief Minister is named in more than 30 defamation suits. (Photo: PTI | File)

More Delhi fissures

FIRs will be perceived as political witch hunts if they do not quickly lead to judicial scrutiny and a verdict.

16 Aug 2018 7:06 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort on the occasion of 72nd Independence Day, in New Delhi on Wednesday. ( Image: PTI)

PM's I-Day speech aimed at 2019 polls

The mantra at the Red Fort was enumeration of the record.

16 Aug 2018 7:04 AM IST

MK Stalin and MK Alagiri

Rebellion in DMK

As non-BJP parties, the DMK and AIADMK have earlier been kingmakers or useful allies in Delhi.

15 Aug 2018 1:19 AM IST

BJP national President Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Joint polls an idea that faces a sea of hurdles

In a letter to the Law Commission on Monday, BJP chief Amit Shah pushed it with greater fervour.

15 Aug 2018 1:12 AM IST

Virat Kohli mocks Joe Root with the mic-drop celebration. (Photo:AP)

Disastrous batting show

The point is Indian batsmen have proved far too vulnerable against the moving ball on the last three tours of England.

14 Aug 2018 12:09 AM IST

Somnath Chatterjee, one of the longest-serving parliamentarians in India, was not keeping well from the last few months. (Photo: File | PTI)

Somnath embellished Speaker's standing

Somnath was the kind of a man who made the Speaker's post sacrosanct.

14 Aug 2018 12:07 AM IST

An irascible literary giant

An irascible literary giant

Naipaul deprecated the lives of Indians and West Indians in his writings as much as he criticised Islam.

13 Aug 2018 12:33 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Is Pak Army now playing mind games with Imran?

The Army wasn't in favour of this though Mr Khan's party, in its naivete, had at the beginning expressed the desire to...

13 Aug 2018 12:31 AM IST

In May, the Supreme Court had agreed to reconsider one state, one vote mandate that quashed the voting rights of regional affiliates of the BCCI. (Photo: AFP)

Disappointing BCCI verdict

The final judgment on reforms to be carried out in the BCCI is less than satisfactory because it dilutes the best of...

12 Aug 2018 7:34 AM IST

Short-sighted thinking in Supreme Court on public violence

In the Friday hearing, the spate of cow-related violence in the country found no mention.

12 Aug 2018 7:31 AM IST

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has promised no one will be spared and action taken against the perpetrators of such exploitation of destitute children. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

Punish shelter home culprits

Anyone who has exploited these minor girls should be booked for rape.

10 Aug 2018 2:10 AM IST