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In November last year, the ISIS had claimed the responsibility for the shootout in which police sub-inspector Imran Tak was also killed in Srinagars Gulab Bagh area. (Photo: Representational | AP)

Threats to India grow, but do our netas care?

The entire episode should cause grave disquiet to all citizens at a time when the need for national security is...

3 April 2018 12:48 AM IST

IOCs current capacity stands at about 1.62 million bpd including 230,00 bpd controlled by its subsidiary Chennai Petroleum Corp.

Trauma of steep fuel prices

The Centre too isn't ready to sacrifice more excise after showing alacrity in mopping up revenue when international...

3 April 2018 12:32 AM IST

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said (Television) Journalists behave as if they have turned Popes or guardians overnight. There are limits. (Photo: PTI)

CJI needs to uphold judiciary's autonomy

Meanwhile, exploiting the servility of the Karanataka Chief Justice, it has reopened the probe in the Bhat case.

3 April 2018 12:29 AM IST

BJP leaders Shatrughan Sinha, Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Vote 2019: Inclusion is key to Opposition unity

Mamata Banerjee's approach seems to accept rather than ignore some basic political realities.

2 April 2018 3:59 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Tweaking the system a must in Pak

Loosen the dominance of the CJP in the appointment process and give a joint parliamentary committee a role in the...

2 April 2018 3:58 AM IST

The SP, despite putting up a brave front in public, is getting increasingly worried over the future of the alliance mainly because of their Buajis (aunts) mercurial moods.

Reporters' Diary: Alliance or no?

The Samajwadi strategists are now flummoxed at Behenji's turnaround and cannot understand what will happen in the...

2 April 2018 3:55 AM IST

AggregateIQ did not immediately respond to request for comment on the remarks by Christopher Wylie, a whistleblower formerly of British political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. (Photo: AP)

Of Brexit, authors & Cambridge Analytica

The real excitement here is about the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

2 April 2018 3:49 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (Photo: File)

Cong seems to have an early edge in Karnataka

The state Assembly has already passed a resolution for a separate state flag for Karnataka, and the bill is pending with...

2 April 2018 3:43 AM IST

West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi

Bengal: Don't play mischief

We hope the West Bengal governor's tour of the riot-hit areas is not a prelude to the imposition of President's Rule in...

2 April 2018 3:38 AM IST

The Tamil Nadu government in 2016 sought the apex courts intervention, saying there was a deficit of 50.0052 TMC ft. of water released from Karnatakas reservoirs, with respect to the minimum limit prescribed by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. (Photo: PTI)

Cauvery row: Centre's stand is questionable

As long as monthly releases of water don't take place as per the last revised sharing formula, the Supreme Court's...

2 April 2018 3:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Dilli Ka Babu: Fixed tenure

The PM had urged states to appoint young IAS officers as district magistrates in the 115 backward districts.

1 April 2018 12:10 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)

Majority govts aren't always good

The five years of the UPA-I coalition (2005-2009) produced an average GDP growth of 8.5 per cent, the highest in any...

1 April 2018 12:06 AM IST