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Election Commission of India and the State Election commission are not ready for an immediate election.

Curious call on Gujarat poll

EC was hard pressed to explain why it couldn't hold the HP and Gujarat elections around the same dates.

16 Oct 2017 12:35 AM IST

US President Donald Trump at United Nations 72nd General Assembly meet in UN headquarters in New York (Photo: AFP)

Trump U-turn on Pakistan shouldn't surprise us

To combat terrorism, India must not count on any other nation.

16 Oct 2017 12:30 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi on Monday defended his meeting with Chinese envoy Luo Zhaohui, saying his job requires him to be informed on critical issues. (Photo: PTI)

Rahul must fix party organisation

The announcement by Mrs Gandhi also ends the speculation that her daughter Priyanka might succeed her.

15 Oct 2017 12:38 AM IST

The Centre has maintained its stand saying that the 40,000 Rohingyas should be deported to Myanmar. (Photo: PTI)

Rohingyas need sympathy

The unstated reason for resistance to the Rohingyas is obviously their religion.

15 Oct 2017 12:36 AM IST

The dentist couple, Nupur and Rajesh Talwar, were on Thursday acquitted in the double murder case of their daughter Aarushi and maid servant Hemraj in Noida in May 2008. (Photo: PTI)

Aarushi case: Wake-up call for police, judiciary

Finally, a case like the Aarushi murder is a blot on the nation.

14 Oct 2017 12:31 AM IST

The Indian Army had last month made its first-ever military intervention of sorts on behalf of Bhutan by physically blocking Chinese troops from constructing a road in the Bhutanese Doklam area border territory near Indian border defences. (Representational image) .

Some positive signals

The stakes for India are high, and something similar to the June events should not happen again.

14 Oct 2017 12:29 AM IST

It is interesting that retired Justice Raveendran, one of the finest judges of the Supreme Court has been requested to monitor the probe.

After SC order, time to halt all child marriages

A nation capable of progressive thinking should not fear taking action that matches it.

13 Oct 2017 12:37 AM IST

Indian economy grew 7.9 per cent in March quarter and recorded a five-year high growth rate of 7.6 per cent for the 2015-16 fiscal.

Why no stimulus?

Without a stimulus, the economy has to struggle till the EAC's solutions bear fruit.

13 Oct 2017 12:35 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at the annual Bharatatma Ashokji Singhal Vedic Awards 2017 function in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Statue power in UP

Lord Ram lives in the heart of his devotees and has done so for millennia.

12 Oct 2017 12:19 AM IST

Aruna Shanbaug was raped in 1973 by a ward boy following which she entered into a vegetative state and died on May 19, 2015. (Photo: PTI

Euthanasia law needs foolproof safeguards

The government may be right in its judgment in trusting the legislature to come up with a comprehensive, compassionate...

12 Oct 2017 12:13 AM IST

Supreme Court ordered an NIA probe into the conversion and marriage of Akhila Ashokan.

Cracker ban welcome, but questions do arise

Banning sales is a pointless exercise when manufacturing is also not halted.

11 Oct 2017 12:36 AM IST

Prakash Javadekar

A needless controversy

The minister says these are ancient universities and thus there should be no name change.

11 Oct 2017 12:33 AM IST