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Opinion
Don’t mess with security
There have been some adverse reactions to the initiative targeting “VIP culture”.
With ‘Zia’s boys’ in charge, Jadhav’s fate appears bleak
There is almost no common ground in India-Pakistan relations today.
Mystic Mantra: Zen is the purest form of meditation
Life is indivisible, it is an organic — whole. The moment one divides it one kills it.
Didi’s new avatar
Yogi Adityanath, interestingly, had renamed several localities in Gorakhpur to push forward his Hindu agenda.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Generic drugs look good on paper only
Experts aver that the change may be feasible in government-run hospitals but not on an all-India basis.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Petrol at your doorstep
Dharmendra Pradhan breezily said tankers or “mini-petrol pumps” will come to your home, like the newspaper wallah or the doodh wallah.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Worry, we are in dark & dangerous times
Most of the people the Indian army and Pakistan army kills are their own citizens.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Dilli Ka Babu: Nothing routine about it
But the issue has been raised again recently, this time by chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
‘We don’t want BJP leaders to resign… the PM should take a moral stand’
The fact of the matter is that since 1992 the trial has hardly proceeded both at Rae Barielly and Lucknow, says Kapil Sibal.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
360 Degree: A red herring and a red rag
There are a couple of significant, and ominous, depending on the point of view, recommendations which have been rejected.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Tamil pride, not Hindi hatred, drives movement
It is not, however, as if Hindi has neither place in Tamil Nadu nor comfortable spots for North Indians in the state.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Interview of the Week
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How Kerala flattened the curve, lowest death rates: Health minister Shailaja explains
Health department constituted 18 expert groups in training health care staff for detailed stock-taking of beds, equipment in each hospital
‘I don’t support laws that go against Preamble’
We can’t make people stand in queue again like the way it happened during demonetisation, says Hemant Soren.
‘The attack on JNU was barbaric in the least’
All the claims being made by the AAP in the areas of education and health are hugely exaggerated and we will expose them, says Sandeep Dikshit
Let Muslims be like Franciscans, espousing faith
A totalitarian system would reduce the possibility of a confederation of peoples.
The Age Debate
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Age Debate: A win for BJP and the disqualified, really?
The BJP is elated as it can look to their support - if they win the bypolls - to shore up their numbers.
Age Debate: Rafale - Time to clear the air
A joint parliamentary committee probe is the only way to resolve Rafale controversy.
Age Debate: A new roadmap for Kashmir?
Holding municipal/panchayat polls in J&K amid the NC-PDP boycott will be a farce.
Age Debate: Targeting aliens or citizens?
It will be premature to extend the NRC to the whole of India at this juncture.
Reporter's Diary
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Reporters' Diary: Keeping media at bay
UP Chief minister Yogi Adityanath also does not take questions in his press conferences that are, in any case, few and far in-between.
Reporters' Diary: Angrily yours
As the probe began, the SP chose to turn a blind eye to the development and did not issue a single statement in support of Mr Khan.
Reporters' Diary: EX-CMs in UP go house hunting
The problem is that with the Lucknow skyline going up, bungalows with sprawling lawns are now a rarity.
Columns
The whole damn episode, instead of bringing him down, may have bullet-proofed him electorally.
Modi has been unable to build a consensus on a peaceful solution of the Kashmir problem.
China has consistently followed a policy towards India of engagement with containment.
Yogi was easily the star of the show as he was most sought after by the participants.
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