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RLD candidate Tabassum Hasan with her supporters after winning the Kairana Lok Sabha byelections on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

2019: Greater challenge lies before the Opposition

There is also news that wherever possible, the Congress is taking the lead in forming pre-poll alliances.

3 Jun 2018 12:49 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

SC must set clear rules to ensure ethical polity

PM Modi held 21 rallies, and credit must be given to the indefatigable energy he invested to boost the BJP's prospects.

20 May 2018 5:30 AM IST

Aligarh Muslim University students stage a protest over Jinnah portrait issue on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Alienating in the name of Hinduism

Whether AMU should have a portrait of Jinnah can be debated without unnecessarily glorifying the founder of Pakistan.

6 May 2018 12:31 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Politics must not trump national interest

Mature democracies run as much by the letter of the law, as they do by the spirit of national interest.

22 April 2018 12:37 AM IST

Titled Mere Deendayal after Deendayal Upadhyay, the quiz seeks to raise awareness about him and the schemes of the BJP-led state government and Centre.

Don't idolise Deendayal, follow his humanism

Deendayal was also particularly emphatic about the definition and role of the individual in society.

8 April 2018 3:42 AM IST

Meanwhile, Congress MP Rajni Patil gave zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over the issue of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and Assembly. (Photo: ANI)

Non-functioning of Parliament must stop

There is little to be gained in trying to establish culpability for this deplorable state of affairs.

25 March 2018 12:12 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

Why is Delhi so eager to kowtow to Beijing?

Has China done anything in recent times to deserve a more compliant India?

11 March 2018 1:31 AM IST

Kerala actress Priya Prakash Varrier moves SC seeking to quash the FIRs and fatwa issued against her in Maharashtra and Telangana for the Malayalam song in movie Oru Adaar Love. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Are we turning into a republic of hurt?

In a mature democratic republic, there is room for citizens to have their own opinion, and the right to express it.

25 Feb 2018 12:50 AM IST

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Well done, Mr Jaitley! At least you tried

According to the National Sample Survey, average annual income of median farmers, net of production costs, is currently...

11 Feb 2018 12:10 AM IST

Firefighters and policemen try to douse a fire after activists of the Karni Sena torched a Haryana Roadways bus during a demonstration against the release of Padmaavat in Gurgaon. (Photo: PTI)

69 years of republic: It's time to introspect

The standards of public health and education need urgent attention.

28 Jan 2018 12:13 AM IST

All Prime Ministers of India, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi, have tried to have closer relations with Pakistan.

India's contradictory Pakistan policy

Our foreign office seems to have adopted it to hide the complete absence of strategic clarity.

14 Jan 2018 12:27 AM IST

The committee comprises of top leaders including party president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)

2017: The end of BJP's honeymoon period

2017 was thus the year that began with the spell cast by UP, but also the year that ended with the lesson of Gujarat.

31 Dec 2017 1:05 AM IST