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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Govt, RBI must work together, end turf war

An angry Jaitley wanted to know why the RBI had failed in its oversight duty of checking the increasing non-performing assets of retail banks.

19 Nov 2018 12:05 AM

If the Taliban return to power, which is a hypothesis, they may or may not deal with India and Iran on friendly terms because of their rigid Sunni ideology. (Representational Image | AFP)

Delhi shouldn’t meddle in Kabul power games

The Taliban did not have anything to do with the hijacking itself, but tried to show that they were playing neutral hosts.

12 Nov 2018 12:00 AM

The government should not have chosen officers to lead the CBI, who were, in the first place, carrying the baggage of corruption charges.

Oil, rupee, Rafale, CBI: Govt challenges mount

The CBI trouble may be hogging the headlines but it is not the most important issue facing the country, nor does it pose a challenge to the govt.

30 Oct 2018 5:05 AM

The inability of the Congress to reach out to smaller parties is only strengthening Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lead the BJP and the NDA back to power in the summer of 2019.

When coalition maths goes far off the mark

The ostensible Hindu vote of the BJP is the BJP’s eternally.

12 Oct 2018 1:59 AM

The argument put forward by the leaders of the BJP and others was that India did not depend on exports for its economic growth, and that the huge domestic market and the consumption it entailed was good enough to keep the economy in shape and the global developments were marginal. (Representational image)

India’s ostrich club and the global recession

The moral of the market economy is that small disasters trigger bigger ones, potentially.

03 Oct 2018 1:31 AM

Using Aadhaar as the equivalent of a social security number appears rational, but it needs to be stated clearly.

Govt bid to extend data dragnet clipped, partly

The Supreme Court judgments should not be viewed as a closure of the national debate over Aadhaar.

28 Sep 2018 12:34 AM

RSS ‘muscle-flexing’ a bid to re-invent itself?

The RSS seems to be learning from the experience of the BJP that you cannot survive in politics by catering only to Hindus.

22 Sep 2018 1:30 AM

LGBTQ community members celebrate after the Supreme Court verdict which decriminalises consensual gay sex, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

SC makes history, but ‘gay’ prejudices linger

The LGBT community would want to rightly press on with the logical implications, leading to issues of gay marriage, adoption and inheritance.

07 Sep 2018 7:03 AM

Finance minister Arun Jaitley, in his Facebook blog, has argued that this does not delegitimise the demonetisation decision. (Photo: File)

DeMo-GST jolt: How the economy survived

On the demonetisation front, the RBI had to execute remonetisation and put money back into circulation.

01 Sep 2018 12:04 AM

A file photograph of Atal Behari Vajpayee at the PMO.

A ‘liberal’ pragmatist & last of the Nehruvians

Vajpayee said if he were to criticise a person the way he criticised Nehru, that person would stop talking to him.

17 Aug 2018 1:12 AM

When India and Pakistan became two independent states, they became neighbours and they had immediately taken to deal with each other as two states.

We live in many Indias: A reality check will help

Pakistan is trying to move away from the toxic notion of a Muslim Pakistan.

15 Aug 2018 1:27 AM

Article 35A should be even less intimidating than Article 370 because it is a mere question of domicile, which is a technical and tricky issue in Himachal as well as in Telangana, Nagaland as well as in Maharashtra.

Article 35A is on domicile: What’s the fuss about?

he hope of political right-wingers that Article 370 or Article 35A would be declared unconstitutional is also an unrealistic expectation.

08 Aug 2018 12:26 AM

There is much at stake for both the Congress and the BSP to the dalit constituency, and the negotiations will be tough. It does not make sense to blame either of them for defending their respective claims to represent dalit interests.

Why dalit vote is vital for both Congress and BSP

The simple fact is that the BSP is not yet a pan-Indian dalit party.

30 Jul 2018 12:08 AM

The BJP already proclaims itself as the defender of the rights of Muslim women, especially on the question of triple talaq.

How BJP & Congress play politics over Muslims

The Congress is seen as a pro-Muslim party and the BJP as an anti-Muslim one.

17 Jul 2018 5:24 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)

Tall talk, zero action on buying guns, warplanes

In this one-man government, Prime Minister Modi is the one who takes all the decisions.

11 Jul 2018 2:47 AM

Former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Why Indira’s Emergency won’t be an issue in 2019

Whatever the temptations, the BJP and Mr Modi may not go down the Emergency road.

27 Jun 2018 2:43 AM

PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti. (Photo: File)

BJP’s J&K exit an act of cowardice and cunning

The PDP wanted a conciliatory posture though the party is fully aware that it has not fetched dividends of any kind.

21 Jun 2018 12:08 AM

Former President Pranab Mukherjee is welcomed by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at the closing ceremony of “Tritiya Varsha Sangh Shiksha Varg”, an RSS event to mark the conclusion of a three-year training camp for swayamsevaks in Nagpur. (Photo: PTI)

Pranab as PM? Ex-Prez is a stranded politician

The RSS-BJP cannot dictate who should be the Prime Minister of a formation to be supported by the BJP to keep the Congress out.

12 Jun 2018 3:38 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Modi@4: The hype, the facts & shades of grey

People in general are not too unhappy but they are also deeply dissatisfied with the Narendra Modi government.

28 May 2018 12:12 AM

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala. (Photo: File)

K’taka: Post-poll games as voters bowl a googly

Mr Vala should be bending over backwards to prove that he is not going to show any favour to his former party and play strictly by the rulebook.

16 May 2018 12:45 AM

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