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Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

Will Balakot airstrike be Modi's winning card?

The Pulwama suicide attack is part of a running battle with jihadi groups like the JeM and Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT).

11 March 2019 12:05 AM IST

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora (Photo: ANI)

For poll commission, the devil is in the detail

Arora failed to give the assurance that the VVPATs (the paper trails) for the ballots vote cast through EVMs will be...

11 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

Dial down the rhetoric

The events have to be assessed in the light of the fact that the international community also recognised India's right...

11 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

A combo of photos shows BJP MP from Sant Kabir Nagar Sharad Tripathi in a scuffle with Mehdawal MLA Rakesh Baghel during a planning committee meeting in Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Blip in nationalism narrative of the BJP

The BJP was first discomfited when its leaders, including its party president, claimed that the Indian airstrikes had...

10 March 2019 12:32 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

A shrill campaign won't fetch BJP Balakot votes

The controversy about what damage was caused by our airstrike, is entirely irrelevant.

10 March 2019 12:32 AM IST

In fact even the British officers who first examined the remains at Harappa did not fully understand what they were and many of the first-rate bricks that were found there were used to build the railways.

Our history is older than Aryan influx

A village right next to it is populated by Punjabis who would have lived there for generations without any interest in...

10 March 2019 12:10 AM IST

The direction from the Ministry of Home Affairs comes as a follow up to a 2009 notification. (Representational Image)

Dilli Ka Babu: Who will bell the cat?

The recalcitrant babus will of course fall in line in due course, but clearly it is one task that they undertake most...

10 March 2019 12:08 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

Seek answers for Pulwama, dissent precisely during crises

Britain showed prime minister Neville Chamberlain the door during the Second World War.

10 March 2019 12:05 AM IST

In a first-of-its-kind move, Indian players don camouflage caps as a mark of tribute to the CRPF personnel who lost their lives in the Pulwama terror attack. (Photo: AP)

Gesture politics on the field

The players also donated their day's match fee for the one-day international played in Ranchi against Australia to the...

10 March 2019 12:02 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

Less grief had Modi been swifter first time

After the Pulwama attack, the Centre took recourse to unusual steps in order to give the impression that it was serious...

10 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

An official document signed by BSP chief Mayawati and SP president Akhilesh Yadav was released which gave the break-up of the seats each party would contest. (Photo: File)

By failing to unite, Oppn seems to forget history

The test before the Oppn parties is to at least get the narrative right even though they appear to have failed in...

9 March 2019 6:47 AM IST

Sikhism, being a practical religion, denounces renunciation and believes in householders way of salvation. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Following in the noble footsteps of Sikh Gurus

Khalsa Aid attracts a large number of volunteers and presently there are around 18,000 volunteers working for it.

9 March 2019 12:35 AM IST