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Is Election Commission playing favourites?

The mammoth task of conducting elections in a diverse country like India has always remained a challenge for the EC for years.

AAP MLA Vijender Garg celebrates after Delhi High Court ruling in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Loose talk about poll body unwarranted

The Office of Profit row over the disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs has caused major ‘embarrassment’ to The Election Commission of India.

01 Apr 2018 3:34 AM

The DGCA recently stated that “preliminary findings indicate that the affected engines, which have high pressure compressor aft hub modification embodied from ESN P770450, are more susceptible to IFSD” and that “this condition, if not corrected, could lead to dual engine IFSD”.

Aviation sector hits air pocket

Aviation regulator DGCA was also aware of the problem and held meetings to discuss the issue in which P&W participated too.

25 Mar 2018 2:06 AM

The government informed Parliament that snags have increased in the past few years “due to increase in number of aircraft in the airline fleet and increased number of flight sectors”. (Photo: Representational Image)

Memories of Dreamliner grounding come back to haunt

Aviation experts are, however, confident that the industry will be able to tide over the current crisis.

25 Mar 2018 12:19 AM

Though the BJP has the numbers in the Lok Sabha, the mere talk of a no-confidence motion takes away from the invincibility of a Narendra Modi-led BJP, making the 2019 scenario look more open than it has so far been.

‘Modi Shining’ moment?

While the BJP’s allies have been growing restive, the other regional parties are bestirring themselves to come together to take on the BJP.

18 Mar 2018 1:16 AM

One final bid for PM post: Pawar rolls the dice

Aware of his limitations, the NCP is canvassing for Congress support in the state, regional parties at the Centre.

18 Mar 2018 12:39 AM

Former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar (Photo: PTI)

Dogmatic CPM gropes in dark

Marxism has become obsolete and it is not equipped to change the 21st century world despite capitalism and globalisation being in deep trouble.

11 Mar 2018 12:48 AM

Remains of the five-foot-tall statue of Lenin which was allegedly demolished by a pay-loader at Belonia in Tripura. (Photo: PTI)

CPM fails to handle power

People booted out the Left because of the widening gap between their practice and precept, between promise and delivery.

11 Mar 2018 12:37 AM

Actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan during a meeting in Chennai. (Photo: Asian Age)

Shooting stars or lode stars?

Kamal Haasan has not shown intimate knowledge of problems like Cauvery water.

04 Mar 2018 12:12 AM

Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan (Photo: PTI/File)

Matinee politicians

In Tamil Nadu, cinema itself is revered as a religion, theatre as a temple and the star as the presiding deity.

04 Mar 2018 12:11 AM

PNB Scam: grey areas that bankers and scamsters like

Despite scamsters cashing in on gaps in banking system in the past, bankers did not take required steps because both of them benefit from grey areas.

25 Feb 2018 1:04 AM

Tax havens, also called “offshore financial centres” (OFC), are an important offshoot of the global growth of finance capital after the 1970s.

Tax havens turn financial black holes

The number of tax havens has also grown with the growth of financial liberalisation and generation of wealth abroad.

25 Feb 2018 12:57 AM

Coercive Diplomacy required

China is using its economic and military power to encircle india through the string of pearls theory.

18 Feb 2018 5:39 AM

The archipelago had been close to India till a reversal in this trend was witnessed in 2013 with Abdulla Yameen coming to power. (Photo: AP)

Maldives & the Elephant-Dragon Power Struggle

Beijing’s position on the crisis combines a fine blend of invisible ambitions and strategic confidence

18 Feb 2018 5:23 AM

India is being forcing to choose between the high road and the messy, contentious road. (Photo: AFP)

Navigating the Maldivian crisis

India fears “debt traps” set by China that could lead to land grabs and a potential military foothold on the archipelago

18 Feb 2018 5:13 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

BJP’s Hamletian dilemma: To advance elections or not

While some saffron strategists believe that advancing elections will neutralise anti-incumbency, others can’t forget the 2004 ‘blunder’.

11 Feb 2018 12:30 AM

The Congress as an organisation is always in an election mode in some measure. (Photo: PTI)

Is Congress prepared for early Lok Sabha polls?

A strong anti-government sentiment is building up with increasing distrust and growing dislike of the Prime Minister.

11 Feb 2018 12:21 AM

The Modi-led BJP, which seemed to be on the backfoot, following the party’s poor performance in Gujarat and the devastating blow in Rajasthan, is also at work.

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.

04 Feb 2018 4:08 AM

NCP president Sharad Pawar (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.

04 Feb 2018 3:55 AM

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 monolith.

04 Feb 2018 3:47 AM

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