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Farrukh Dhondy | Of bad apples and good apples: Why UK police needs a makeover

Farrukh Dhondy | Of bad apples' and good apples': Why UK police needs...

Only with root and branch reform will public faith in the Met be restored

8 April 2023 1:09 AM IST

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Shobhaa De | So much thin air': Thanks for the strong snub by SC!

Narratives are being altered with complete impunity, while we sit back and do nothing!

8 April 2023 1:03 AM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

L. Ravichander | Incorporate right to political opinion in the right...

A growing tendency is being witnessed to move court against political statements

7 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

Former US president Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 4, 2023. - Former US president Donald Trump arrived for a historic court appearance in New York on Tuesday, facing criminal charges that threaten to upend the 2024 White House race. (Photo: PTI)

Indranil Banerjie | Trump in court a signal US democracy isn't broken...

The pillars of America's democracy might appear wobbly from time to time, but they appear to have endured a lot better...

7 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | More secys quit: Is lateral entry losing its sheen?

There is resistance from the existing bureaucracy, often due to a lack of trust and acceptance of lateral entrants

6 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

The thinking in the government is that for Indian economy to grow, it needs the big players, and the Modi establishments praise for MSMEs is just lip service. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will breakup of monopolies give Indian...

The nationalist fervour that dominates Prime Minister Modi and the BJP is such that the nuances of policy have no value...

6 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

Radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathizer Amritpal Singh (ANI file image)

Kamal Davar | Tackling Amritpal, foiling ISI designs: Delhi, Pun need...

India and Punjab cannot afford a recurrence of the internal security environment which prevailed in the 1980s

5 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | How culture underpins the budgets of states in India

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | How culture underpins the budgets of states in...

The inequity of Bombay, controlled by Gujarati money with the local people working for them, became a flashpoint

5 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

A new generation of RSS and BJP leaders are not inclined to update the Hindutva ideology because their basic presumption of glorifying a dead national past is their basic principle. (Photo:PTI)

Aakar Patel | Targeting others': How will it benefit India or brighten...

The Hindutva State has introduced discriminatory and exclusionary laws and policies on citizenship, food, divorce,...

4 April 2023 12:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President J.P. Nadda and Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, S. Jaishankar and Piyush Goyal during the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, in New Delhi. (PTI/Vijay Verma)

Sunil Gatade | Has entire BJP become a Margdarshak Mandal'?

The party as well as the RSS have been caught in the feel good bubble so much so that they only see themselves as...

4 April 2023 12:13 AM IST

King Charles (DC File Photo)

Kishwar Desai | King's German trip apt; as Covid tally climbing,...

We are just a month and bit away from the coronation of King Charles the Third.

3 April 2023 12:35 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 57th All India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police, in New Delhi, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Political & electoral funding: Transparency in...

There is no reason to believe that BJP governments, including that of Mr Modi, have been free of the taint of...

3 April 2023 12:20 AM IST