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Opposition dilemma: United, we float, divided, we sink

Opposition dilemma: United, we float, divided, we sink

To defeat BJP's Goliath, Narendra Modi, the Congress president will need a powerful army of allies.

4 Feb 2018 4:08 AM IST

NCP president Sharad Pawar during the press conference on Saturday. (Photo: Shripad Naik)

Will Sharad Pawar emerge as face of united Opposition?

The NCP leader once again proved that he is capable of bringing together all Opposition parties in Maharashtra.

4 Feb 2018 3:55 AM IST

D. Raja, National Secretary of the Communist Party of India

The myth of Modi's invincibility busted'

In an interview to Sreeparna Chakrabarty, Mr Raja held out the hope that a collective leadership could defeat the Modi...

4 Feb 2018 3:47 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the new process would be finalised in the next meeting of the GST Council after a written formulation is circulated to the states. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Great expectations

The delays in implementing GST 2 and 3 are allowing large leakages of revenue to happen.

21 Jan 2018 12:09 AM IST

Genuine reform or slogan-based economics?

The low levels of education in the rural areas make people less suitable for skilled jobs and employability.

21 Jan 2018 12:09 AM IST

People have many doubts about the safety of their information and the adequacy of current laws in addressing the issues that may arise from any future breach of privacy or data theft from Aadhaar database or its vast network.

Aadhaar Law is inadequate to deal with privacy issues

Aadhaar ecosystem is unsafe as there are no parameters for protecting cyber security and privacy of its users.

14 Jan 2018 3:33 AM IST

Millions of people were not getting pension as their thumb impressions no longer matched the impression stored in the Aadhaar data due to old age. (Photo: PTI)

Beef up Aadhaar security

UIDAI must take steps to have multiple key holders.

14 Jan 2018 3:28 AM IST

Threats galore for centralised data

Threats galore for centralised data

The availability of numbers and demographic data in centralised databases and disbursed ones as well, is a sure target...

14 Jan 2018 3:23 AM IST

Pak response was shorn of bluster

Pak response was shorn of bluster

There was a precipitate, but not too insistent, mention of India in the discussions as an agent provocateur.

7 Jan 2018 2:10 AM IST

Pakistani protesters burn posters of US President Donald Trump in Lahore. (Photo: AP)

Trump threats won't change US-Pak dynamic

Logistical support for this mission, movement of heavy equipment, fuel and other supplies, needs connectivity via...

7 Jan 2018 2:04 AM IST

DMK supporters celebrate the acquittal of party leaders A. Raja and Kanimozhi in the 2G scam case in Chennai. (Photo: Asian Age)

Inglorious investigators

The CBI, keeping with its tradition of making a mess of political cases, has bungled up the probe of what is arguably...

31 Dec 2017 2:19 AM IST

On December 21, everything turned topsy-turvy when the Special CBI judge O.P. Saini acquitted former telecom minister A Raja and DMKs Kanimozhi of all charges in the seven-year-old case.

BJP's Catch-22 situation: Appeal in 2G case or ally with DMK?

DMK carried the 2G stigma for too long; in fact, much more than the Congress whose leader Manmohan Singh was at the...

31 Dec 2017 2:05 AM IST