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Opinion
No escaping Rafale deal scrutiny
This was explosive and Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s attack on the government and the PM grew sharper.
Outlawing triple talaq will not help women
An incarcerated husband will not be in a position to pay maintenance.
Rahul Gandhi must forge a different Congress
However, the overall advantage may still be presumed to lie with the ruling government as it has the state machinery at its beck and call.
Mystic Mantra: How to cure loneliness
It is an irony that in this overpopulated world people feel they have no connection with anybody.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Decision to cancel Pak talks imprudent
India has officially said that it was cancelling the meet on account of killings of Indian security personnel by Pakistan.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Poor Khel Ratna choice
Beyond the metrics of comparing performances across disciplines, what hurts the athletic world is the national fixation with cricket.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
We need more women in politics
Certainly the lack of adequate representation of women in politics is not because of a lack of talent.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Imran’s mistakes perpetuate old narrative
The second sign of sovereign intransigence and policy-perpetuity were in the usual handling of the India-Pakistan relationship.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Dilli Ka Babu: More power to J&K babus
Babu watchers say that this development is due to B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, the current chief secretary of the state.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
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
While India alleged that it only now saw Imran Khan’s “real face”, he retorted with the barb that “small men occupying big offices” lacked vision.
Three big things and all spelling some kind of danger for the PTI.
Diplomacy to be effective must be embedded in a strategic matrix. The question is not whether we should talk to Pakistan or not.
Kathmandu is convinced that the Modi government is undermining its Prime Minister K.P. Oli as it suspects him to be closer to China.
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