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Saeed Naqvi
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The writer is a senior journalist and commentator based in New Delhi
    Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservative Party lost a by-election in Wales, cutting his parliamentary majority to just one. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Boris made PM to ward off fresh UK elections

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would be perfectly qualified to jig to that number if he disciplined his hair with...

    3 Aug 2019 1:17 AM IST

    Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Tensions simmer in Tehran, hard times for Bibi

    The point is that the Shias latched on to Karbala, a relatively recent event in history, as the ideal for morality and...

    18 July 2019 11:59 PM IST

    US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) slammed Russia, Syria and Iran for killing many innocent civilians. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Trump still an enigma: So who is starting a war with Iran?

    The lazy assumption that the technologies in the Iranian arsenal must trace their origins to allies Russia and China is...

    5 July 2019 12:10 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    A new compact needed between media & State

    It was brave of the pundits whom the anchors had assembled to keep up the pretence of being in the loop.

    7 Jun 2019 12:13 AM IST

    Narendra ModiOpinion
    Elections 2019: 187 million Muslims out of the frame

    In the communal politics of the 1990s, a searing slogan was Garv se kaho hum Hindu hain , or let us proclaim with...

    24 May 2019 12:05 AM IST

    Following the meeting, Ram Madhav said that he received an assurance from the Finance Commissions chairman that the states with progressive population would not be penalised. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    BJP has NDA, Cong fought UPA allies: Now what?

    Muslims are shuttling between caste parties and anyone, even the devil, if he can help to keep the BJP out.

    10 May 2019 6:49 AM IST

    Lord Ram (Representational image)Opinion
    Sidestep a fiercely communal campaign, find solace in Ayodhya's Ram...

    Once Ram Lalla is born, Madhukar and his rani wave a 'murchal', a sort of whisk in slow, pampering motions around the...

    26 April 2019 12:35 AM IST

    Congress president Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat on Thursday. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)Opinion
    To fight inequality, Cong must stay left of centre

    If Andhra and Telangana were a little inhospitable for Rahul Gandhi, a seat in Karnataka would have been custom made for...

    12 April 2019 12:05 AM IST

    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern led an estimated 5,000 people standing quietly at Hagley Park in front of the Al Noor mosque, where most of the victims died. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Kiwi PM Jacinda Ardern deserves to get this year's Nobel Peace Prize

    Heaven knows the Nobel Peace Prize has in recent years been in urgent need of some value addition.

    29 March 2019 4:47 AM IST

    Addressing a press conference in Dubai, Rahul Gandhi maintained that PM Modi should have defended himself in the Lok Sabha over the Rafle fighter jet deal. (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)Opinion
    Oppn needs to block a Machiavellian war

    Indeed, there should be plan in place to protect the nation as well as our armed forces from Machiavellian plots.

    15 March 2019 12:04 AM IST

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AP)Opinion
    US courts Kim at Hanoi while bullying Maduro

    Time magazine considered President Lula as one of the most influential leaders in recent history.

    1 March 2019 12:10 AM IST

    Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Should India ignore, condemn or back US meddling in Venezuela?

    US national security adviser John Bolton has been salivating on Venezuela for military action.

    15 Feb 2019 12:34 AM IST

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