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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

No move will be welcomed more widely by people than the Centres promise to set up 12 special courts to try MPs, MLAs and other politicians in criminal cases.

A good idea, but...

The fast-track scheme, which will cost just Rs 7.8 crores a year, will be worth its weight in gold.

14 Dec 2017 4:05 AM IST

Reserve Bank governor Urjit Patel

RBI's inflation fears, caution were justified

Had Dr Patel given industry access to easy money with a rate cut, inflation would been even higher.

14 Dec 2017 4:02 AM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Russia-India-China talks a positive step

They aired their differences and promised to handle the bilateral relationship with sensitivity.

13 Dec 2017 12:34 AM IST

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma tied the knot on Monday at Borgo Finocchieto, a countryside resort in Italy which also happens to be one of the most expensive holiday properties in the world. (Photo: Twitter / Anushka Sharma)

Dream wedding

The couple's earnings may be stratospheric in Indian terms, but the happiness created by their union denotes the pair's...

13 Dec 2017 12:29 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

In desperate gamble, PM links Pak to Gujarat polls

Mr Aiyar has been very active in Track II processes designed to break the ice between India and Pakistan.

12 Dec 2017 12:37 AM IST

Zaira Wasim (File photo)

Perverts must be shamed

Much of the print media may have been wary of publishing the name of the victim.

12 Dec 2017 12:34 AM IST

The video showed a man leading the victim identified as Mohammed Afrazul, to a spot and then attacking him with an axe from behind. (Screengrab from NDTV)

Hate crimes must be stopped

The official responses to such hate crimes have been taking a routine, virtually pro-forma route as it were with SIT...

11 Dec 2017 12:05 AM IST

A panel formed by the Delhi government to look into the case on Tuesday found Max Hospital guilty of not following prescribed medical norms in dealing with newborn infants. (Photo: PTI/File)

Don't kill the hospital

However, shutting down the hospital amounts to punishing the entire local community.

11 Dec 2017 12:05 AM IST

Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court takes up difficult task

Society may not shift from its old habit of blaming the man while forgiving the woman.

10 Dec 2017 6:39 AM IST

The fierce campaign for the first phase of Gujarat polls on Saturday, in which voting was held in 89 of the 182 seats or nearly 50 per cent, did not ebb in intensity.

All eyes on phase one of Gujarat polls

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, continued to rage against the Congress in areas where polling day is December 14.

10 Dec 2017 6:36 AM IST

Its time the historical gender gap is dismantled too, and how better to begin than by granting a woman absolute rights to her body.

#MeToo revolutionaries

It's time the historical gender gap is dismantled.

9 Dec 2017 12:50 AM IST