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Ram Nath Kovind gestures before the media after being elected as the 14th President of India, in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

BJP's safe man at Rashtrapati Bhavan

The president is a constitutional head of state in a parliamentary democracy in which the prime minister is the chief...

1 Aug 2017 12:01 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PTI)

Workers abroad suffer due to India's apathy

Relatives of the missing workers have knocked at every door since June 2014 when they were last heard of but to no...

1 Aug 2017 12:01 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Rhetoric not enough

Casteism is an ancient practice that is accentuated in modern days by the differential treatment in the name of...

1 Aug 2017 12:01 AM IST

BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha also demanded that the elections be countermanded and fresh polls be declared by the State Election Commission. (Representational image)

Defection of MLAs: EC must step in

Apprehensions arise because inducing political defections has taken on a new meaning these days.

1 Aug 2017 12:00 AM IST

NSA Advisor Ajit Doval, attends the seventh meeting of BRICS senior representatives on security issues held at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse near front back to camera in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

What's at stake in Doklam stand-off?

India has a special relationship with Bhutan that is detailed in the Friendship Treaty of 2007.

31 July 2017 5:43 AM IST

Pakistani ousted PM Nawaz Sharif addresses people in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

Nawaz ouster: Let justice be done

The second time Prime Minister Sharif was ousted, he was handed a life sentence by an anti-terrorism court for hijacking...

31 July 2017 5:31 AM IST

Yogi, the god of potatoes

Yogi, the god of potatoes

The BJP is abuzz with rumours of how a certain party leader is trying hard to accommodate his spouse at the Rashtrapati...

31 July 2017 5:29 AM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar speaks to the media after meeting Governor KN Tripathi, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Nitish's dodgy Total Revolution'

Elections lost at the level of the people, have been won in the drawing rooms of governors.

31 July 2017 12:16 AM IST

Tesla founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk (Photo: AP)

Tesla's automobile revolution

However, the launch is not about Mr Musk's Tesla and its share price and finances as much as the revolutionary idea he...

31 July 2017 12:15 AM IST

Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. (Photo: AP)

Ms Mufti makes valid points, pay attention

India will have no legal claim on Kashmir if Article 370 is removed.

31 July 2017 12:13 AM IST

Ram Nath Kovind gestures before the media after being elected as the 14th President of India, in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Dilli Ka Babu: Goodbye pay panels?

West Bengal babus continue to face the brunt of the chill between chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the Centre.

30 July 2017 12:21 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves the premises of the JIT with son Hussain Nawaz in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

End of Sharif dynasty?

It is evident that the baton of leadership will now be passed on to Shahbaz Sharif, thus maintaining the dynastic hold...

30 July 2017 12:21 AM IST