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The incident happened in the first week of June near the Lalten post in the Doka La general area in Sikkim after a face-off between the two forces, which triggered tension along the Sino-Indian frontier, official sources in New Delhi said. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

After Doklam, it's time for a new beginning

It was not then a bilateral but a quadrilateral issue, imvolving the British, Tibetans, Chinese and Indians.

4 Sept 2017 12:39 AM IST

US President Donald Trump signed into law a new batch of sanctions on Beijing, Tehran, and Moscow. (Photo: AP)

Afghanistan: Trump has changed the big picture

Mr Trumps announcement failed to elicit a highly positive response in the United States and India, where it should have.

4 Sept 2017 12:34 AM IST

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seventh left, President Ramnath Kovind, eighth left and Vice President Venkiah Naidu, nineth left pose with the newly sworn-in ministers after a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India. (Photo: AP)

Will optics be enough to make govt efficient?

The BJP is mostly in a self-congratulatory mood, and Prime Minister Modi leads the way. There is very little of...

4 Sept 2017 12:32 AM IST

The court said that the state cannot disallow a student from changing courses. (Representational image)

Questions about Neet

Having been exempted so long, NEET was thrust upon Tamil Nadu from this academic year by a Supreme Court ruling.

4 Sept 2017 12:27 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses with new members of cabinet after the reshuffle at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

After reshuffle, govt must be energised

A number of former bureaucrats have been roped in as ministers of state, but not in areas where they have worked in...

4 Sept 2017 12:27 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Dilli Ka Babu: Retirement dilemma

Transfers, though disruptive, are accepted as a normal part of babudom. But frequent transfers can be frustrating.

3 Sept 2017 12:53 AM IST

Women celebrate Supreme courts decision to strike down triple talaq.

Of politics, talaq and judgments

The two Quranic safeguards render triple talaq void. The courts will determine whether the reason for divorce was ...

3 Sept 2017 12:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg. (Photo: AP)

Note ban failed, yet it's advantage Modi

When the government refers to demonetisation and terrorism it is talking about violence in Jammu and Kashmir.

3 Sept 2017 12:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Photo: PTI)

Brics: Brickbats and bouquets

The last meeting between Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping didn't exactly exude good vibes.

3 Sept 2017 12:17 AM IST

Isros 8th navigation satellite launch IRNSS-1H was termed as unsuccessful. (Photo: PTI)

Why did space mission fail?

The IRNSS-1H satellite would have brought us nearer to completing an octet of navisats to form India's own GPS system.

3 Sept 2017 12:13 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and other leaders at the partys Mukhyamatri Parishad Baithak (meeting of chief ministers of BJP-ruled states) in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Why not a reshuffle in the states as well?

It is hard to know whose performance has been more inglorious Manohar Lal Khattar's or Yogi Adityanath's?

3 Sept 2017 12:10 AM IST

Why did the English stay behind

There was no analysis of how Partition came about, though several historians had their partial say.

2 Sept 2017 6:53 AM IST