Opinion
As LoC flareups go on, no sign of any solution
Official figures indicate well over 800 truce violations by Pakistan in 2017, approximately four times the number in 2016.
Spoiling Trump’s party
Any credible deal to resolve the shutdown may depend on Mr Trump yielding ground on measures like deporting people.
Reading the tea leaves as fiscal 2019 looms
The FM is fiscally bound this year, not least because the GST is performing below expectations.
Prospect of a hung House is growing in Pakistan
Nawaz could win again, but to actually win he needs to win big in Punjab.
Of the Beatles, an ashram in Rishikesh and would-be royals
It is now 50 years since the Beatles came to Rishikesh to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram.
‘Kabhi Gussa, Kabhi Pyar’
The transformation noticed in him at Babai was truly amazing, a member of the delegation observed.
Parliamentary secy issue: Let SC decide
If this case also goes against the AAP MLAs, the government would be perilously close to skimming the halfway mark.
A democracy in peril
The BJP/RSS has deliberately polarised the media, especially television into ‘us media’ and ‘them media’.
Ministers above law
The Supreme Court waxes eloquent on judicial activism, but it has yet to strike down Section 197.
Virtual currency risks
The jury is still out on what exactly is cryptocurrency.
'Haryana Govt has lost the trust of people, CM must quit now'
The principal Opposition, the Congress Party, is up in arms and has demanded the removal of the state chief minister M.L. Khattar.
Insanitation is national crisis, not littering
In the introductory note Mr Modi uses the words clean, cleanliness, litter and littering 21 times.
Dilli Ka Babu: Rise of the non-IAS babus
The most recent example is the naming of 10 new joint secretaries last month, of which five are from the non-IAS services.
Interview of the Week
‘I don’t see any Modi tsunami... both Cong and NDA have failed’
On Karnataka pivots the BJP’s hope of launching the southern leg of its Congress-Mukt Bharat operation.
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
‘India can be argumentative but not intolerant...’
Demonetisation has immobilised a large amount of cash, a part of which was black money on which no tax was being paid, says Pranab.
‘Mayawati no longer talking about dalits... she is scared of losing upper caste votes’
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has been in the thick of Dalit politics since the dilution of the SC/ST Atrocities Act.
‘Impact of #MeToo will take time... It’s a step towards a just world’
The Act allows for complaints to be made within 30 days of the incident, and in case of delay within an additional 30 days.
The Age Debate
Home truths on foreign soil?
Rahul Gandhi criticising the Modi government in the US is not an insult to India.
The games politicians play
Congress has itself to blame for defection of its MLAs.