Opinion
PM & Singh-Pak: Row over, bad taste lingers
While the issue has been papered over, the political stain of a PM portraying his predecessor in traitorous light is unlikely to fade anytime soon.
Stop all this meddling
The resistance to Christmas celebrations was handled with some firmness in a few states.
2017: A year of unusual predicaments
The Kushner/Netanyahu collaboration has begun with the acknowledgement of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
In 2018, expect LoC to get even more active
Currently, Pakistan is witnessing a political vacuum with all its mainstream parties in disarray.
We’re a nation of gullible people... But how long?
The grim bunch clapped in joy and carried Santa on their shoulders to their village head’s throne.
Tech gamechanger in politics, governance
Hardik Patel had shown that even a skeletal organisational network leveraging technology could almost overnight become a political force.
Mystic Mantra: Tawhid — The heart of Islam
Tawhid further refers to the nature of that God — that he is a unity, not composed, not made up of parts, but simple and uncompounded.
RBI’s data on banks’ bad loans disturbing
The defaults of a few big borrowers amount to over 70 per cent of bad loans, according to the All-India Bank Employees Association.
Tough guys rule the world
China’s Xi showed he had galloped ahead to claim being the world’s most powerful man, with his party congress deifying him.
A Pakistani tragedy
The deep wounds inflicted on the national psyche on April 4, 1979, and Dec 27, 2007 are ineradicable.
Protect rights of all, or it’ll be drag on growth
Democracy is about winning elections, forming stable governments, governing efficiently and ensuring justice.
Alarm bells vs jingle bells
Three and half years of high-decibel Hindutva has done much for Modi and his party.
Mystic Mantra: To new beginnings
A new year is a new opportunity to leave the past behind and move forward in life.
Age Debate: A ploy to malign Congress?
If there was no scam in 2G allocations, the UPA government was unfairly tarnished.
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.