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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah will observe a day-long fast on Thursday April 12, over disruptions during Budget session of parliament. (Photo: File | PTI)

Why parties are formed

Certainly the BJP seems to believe it and the two leaders named above have expressed it repeatedly.

8 July 2018 12:51 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Nawaz remains a force to reckon with

When in power, Sharif virtually ignored Parliament, and relied on family members and a small inner circle to implement...

8 July 2018 12:47 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AP)

Erdogan's victory: A lesson for Indian Oppn

Even the majority community that the BJP hopes to consolidate by accentuating social schisms has seen through the game.

8 July 2018 12:46 AM IST

The US Supreme Court. (Photo: AP)

Court is not a substitute for a democratic political process

Executive and legislative excesses can be cured by courts.

8 July 2018 12:46 AM IST

Life Insurance Corporation may be roped in to participate in the Rs 2.11 lakh crore recapitalisation initiative for public sector banks (PSBs). (File Photo)

Game of daylight robbery

PSUs have been repeatedly used by successive governments to bail out sick units or failed attempts to raise funds.

8 July 2018 12:05 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

India-Pak ties difficult with Nawaz sentencing

The unfolding political scenario in our neighbouring country will doubtless be absorbing.

8 July 2018 12:02 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Blueprint for prosperity

Working in the yagna spirit is a means to purify the mind, achieve all-round prosperity and fulfil our wishes.

7 July 2018 12:23 AM IST

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals in a covert raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011. (Photo: AFP)

Of false premises & false promises

The Quran says martyrs going to heaven will get hur , and the word was taken by early commentators to mean virgins ,...

7 July 2018 12:16 AM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (Photo: PTI)

Nitish's summersault likely before 2019 polls

Nitish Kumar, who had displayed flip-flop attitude in recent times, might do another summersault before the 2019 Lok...

7 July 2018 12:10 AM IST

Pakistan interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan (Photo: AFP)

Election symbol alone can't help a candidate win

Not too long ago, the Pakistanis were asked to keep an eye on those fighting the general election with the symbol of...

7 July 2018 12:08 AM IST

It is being suspected for some time now that separatists have managed to make inroads into madrasas in Kashmir valley, and are using this opportunity to radicalise young students. (Representational image)

U-turn on madrasas a relief

The cynic may well ask why the CM himself does not abandon his saffron religious robes, at least when he sits in the UP...

7 July 2018 12:07 AM IST

MSP scheme serves the purpose of protecting farmers from distress sale and procurement of food for public distribution system.

MSP hike: Historical increase' or jumla?

Modi should have announced this MSP in early June before the sowing season.

7 July 2018 12:06 AM IST