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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

David Warner struggled to fight back the tears as he read a prepared statement in which he said his actions had been inexcusable. (Photo: AFP)

Pressure to win makes players cheat

Smith is currently rated as the best Test batsman in the world, and his absence from the scene would be a great loss to...

1 April 2018 12:06 AM IST

John Bolton led negotiations for America to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so that the Bush administration could proceed with a national missile-defence programme. (Photo: AP)

Trump's NSA is a threat to world peace

After many a meeting and documents galore, in 1947, the US Congress enacted the National Security Act.

1 April 2018 12:05 AM IST

While bathing the destitute beggar, Swamis helpers found an Aadhar card and a fixed deposit receipt of Rs 1.06 crore inside his clothes.

'Tis the season of leaks, peep and squeaks

Oil is a single-use commodity while data can be recycled and reprocessed for fresh purposes and discernments.

1 April 2018 12:05 AM IST

North Koreas Kim Jong Un made his first-ever foreign trip as leader to meet Chinas president Xi Jinping in Beijing. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

China-North Korea chess moves

China is isolated North Korea's biggest benefactor, in economic and military terms.

1 April 2018 12:04 AM IST

CBSE students protest over the paper leak, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

CBSE has failed its students

A beguiling aspect of the imbroglio is that officials of the CBSE have not been made accountable.

1 April 2018 12:04 AM IST