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Naga tribes burn down the local municipal councils office in Kohima, Nagaland. (Photo: PTI)

Why Nagaland erupted: Tradition vs modernity

The Nagaland developments aren't entirely dissimilar to the Jallikattu controversy.

6 Feb 2017 6:03 AM IST

Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed (Photo: AP)

How the good' jihadis pose a bigger risk in the long term

Bad strategy, low survivability and no utility made the bad jihadis the obvious candidates for an early demise.

6 Feb 2017 5:59 AM IST

S.R.P. Kalluri, the Inspector General of Bastar district of Chhattisgarh (centre). (Photo: PTI)

Give NHRC more powers

The rights body can throw light on gross human rights abuses, but usually can't get governments to act.

6 Feb 2017 5:51 AM IST

Baloch almost got free' in 1947!

In 1947, Balochistan consisted of four princely states of Las Bela, Kharan, Makran and Kalat.

6 Feb 2017 5:49 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addresses a Post-Budget press conference in New Delhi on Wendnesday. (Photo: PTI)

Transparent politics needs total cash ban

Cleaning up political parties will go a long way in ending the sloshing around of cash in the system.

6 Feb 2017 5:47 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during a White House senior staff swearing in ceremony in the East Room of the White House. (Photo: AP)

Did Trump-ets' exist earlier too?

Harriet Harman is our local MP and was deputy leader of the Labour Party to Ed Miliband.

6 Feb 2017 5:47 AM IST

The impact of any protectionist policies should be minimal'

Private investment depends on whether or not production capacity is full, says Pankaj Patel.

5 Feb 2017 1:10 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Get real! Trump is here to stay

Some 1,250 asylum seekers largely males from Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan had sought residency in Australia.

5 Feb 2017 1:07 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti speaks at the launch of financial assistance package for displaced persons of Pak Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) 1947, 1965 and 1971, in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Hari Singh's legacy

Mehbooba Mufti could have opposed the resolution.

5 Feb 2017 1:00 AM IST

Naga tribes burn down the local municipal councils office in Kohima, Nagaland. (Photo: PTI)

Consensus rules

Trouble in a sensitive border state like Nagaland must be avoided at all cost.

5 Feb 2017 12:27 AM IST

Members of the Pollution Response Team removing black oil washed ashore as a thick oily tide from the sea lapped at the coast near Kamarajar Port in Ennore in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

State ill-prepared for the eco-disaster

The damage to marine life and the whole ocean ecosystem is immeasurable.

5 Feb 2017 12:24 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Delay in appointments

Surely it can't be the efficiency and effectiveness sought by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the civil services...

5 Feb 2017 12:17 AM IST