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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh taking oath on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

States should have a say in foreign affairs

Foreign affairs is a subject of the Union under India's Constitution and, indeed, of all countries.

19 March 2017 2:17 AM IST

Prime MInister Narendra Modi. (Photo: File)

Verdict 2017's lesson: Nurture local leaders

Mr Modi and Amit Shah, the two senior men in the BJP today, are alive to the need to build regional figures and icons.

19 March 2017 2:13 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

A blow to Mamata

The ease with which politicians run rings around the system even while being investigated suggests a much deeper...

19 March 2017 2:09 AM IST

President Pranab Mukherjee (Photo: PTI)

Rashtrapati has set very high standards

Politics at the top is a high-stakes game that needs boldness and nerves of steel.

19 March 2017 2:08 AM IST

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

360 degree: It's time the AICC revitalises itself

Congress needs to fashion itself as a unit that reflects and respects talent and capability.

19 March 2017 1:43 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a road show in Varanasi during the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election campaign. (Photo: PTI)

360 degree: Numbers look good for Modi

BJP's Uttar Pradesh win is thought to have made Narendra Modi's return to power in 2019 inevitable.

19 March 2017 1:22 AM IST

A person reading the Holy Quran

Mystic Mantra: The fragrance of enlightenment

In Islam, the primary source of spiritualism (ihsan or tasawwuf) is the Quran.

18 March 2017 2:10 AM IST

Robin Rhodes approached Rabeeya Khan, who wears a hijab, at the Sky Club in Terminal 2 while she was sitting in the utility office, authorities said. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Battles over hijab, niqab, beards

The judgment could apply to dangling crucifixes, yamulkas, hijabs and of course niqabs the full face covering.

18 March 2017 2:08 AM IST

BJP workers carry a giant cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate the partys victory in the UP and Uttarakhand Assembly elections, at the party headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Up shows caste, group voting abating

Voters have cast their vote to a reasonable extent, and not voted their caste' as it used to happen in UP.

18 March 2017 2:05 AM IST

Osama bin Laden

Pak needs to come clean on Osama raid

Haqqani who did meet with the commission has always publicly criticised the attack.

18 March 2017 2:03 AM IST

The government has proposed a penal tax rate of 50 per cent to incentivise black money hoarders to switch to formal economy.

World needs shift to a fairer deal for the 99 per cent

Today, just eight people in the world own as much wealth as half the human population does.

18 March 2017 2:01 AM IST

Gilgit-Baltistan region. (Photo: AFP/File)

Gilgit move unacceptable

The scheme to detach Gilgit-Baltistan from the political geography of J&K is not new.

18 March 2017 1:56 AM IST