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Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi can now go ahead with reforms

A reversal of fortunes in Gujarat might have led to downing shutters on reforms, prominent sections of the western media...

20 Dec 2017 12:58 AM IST

Four fire tankers and fire engines were rushed to the spot to douse the flame. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Avoidable fire tragedy

A probe would be ordered and the owner arrested and booked.

20 Dec 2017 12:57 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi, scion of Indias most enduring political dynasty, will now preside over the 132-year-old Indian National Congress.

Amid BJP's victories, some cheer for Cong

The dynasty criticism also didn't click in Gujarat.

19 Dec 2017 12:44 AM IST

Stop targeting the EVMs

When the EC invited political parties to a hackathon this year, not one turned up.

19 Dec 2017 12:42 AM IST

Rahul now needs to take a broader view

In Mr Modi, Mr Gandhi also faces the most difficult adversary imaginable.

18 Dec 2017 1:12 AM IST

US President Donald Trump

A big blow to Trump

Democratic candidate Doug Jones' victory will reduce the Republican majority in the US Senate to 51-47 (with two...

18 Dec 2017 1:11 AM IST

The winter session of Parliament has not begun too well. The nations main House of the legislature has once again been held to ransom by the politics of the forces in the government and those that oppose them.

Rise above petty politics

The winter session of Parliament has not begun too well.

17 Dec 2017 6:06 AM IST

The circumstances in which Rahul Gandhi has taken over as president of the 132-year-old Congress are vastly different from the ones in which his mother Sonia Gandhi had assumed charge as head of the Congress 19 years ago.

Rahul must reinvent Congress' ideology

Mrs Gandhi had taken the baton from Sitaram Kesri.

17 Dec 2017 6:02 AM IST

Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom addressing the nation in Male, Maldives. (Photo: AP)

Fresh uncertainty on India's Maldives ties

Until not so long back, India had the friendliest of ties with the Maldives, the tiny island group in the Indian Ocean,...

16 Dec 2017 12:36 AM IST

The finance department has directed all departments to complete the process of seeding Aadhaar card of beneficiaries before the deadline. (Representational image)

Aadhaar: A lot still unresolved

Wrangling over an identity card has now become a unique Indian data apprehension industry.

16 Dec 2017 12:34 AM IST

New Prime Minister of Nepal K P Sharma Oli. (Photo: AP)

As Nepal Left triumphs, Delhi must be cautious

It's important for New Delhi to convey to Kathmandu that it places a premium on political stability in Nepal.

15 Dec 2017 12:31 AM IST

Election Commission of India

EC must be seen to be fair

India's democracy is getting so noisy and contentious that the EC must redefine its role more sharply.

15 Dec 2017 12:26 AM IST