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Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, second right, gestures towards U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second left, and Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, left, with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, right, standing beside him, ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020.(AP)

K.C. Singh | As US embrace deepens, watch for pitfalls ahead

Significantly, they were meeting just a week before Americans go to the polls to elect the President on November 3

29 Oct 2020 9:04 AM IST

Supreme Court made clear to the Centre on Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines. (PTI Photo)

Ashwani Kumar | Ensuring dignity for all, respect for the law, still a...

Questions about the Supreme Court's vacillation and seeming incapacity to enforce its judgments, have diminished...

28 Oct 2020 9:34 AM IST

The tapes of purported conversations between former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko and Biden when Biden was vice president during the Obama administration were flagged in a US intelligence assessment earlier this month warning of Russian interference in the upcoming election, and specifically efforts to denigrate Biden. (Photo | AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Biden or Trump: Who's win is better for India?

This time, too, it might be a mistake to go too much by appearances or the experiences of other parties with different...

28 Oct 2020 9:27 AM IST

Election Commission of India (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | Draw lessons from US, make voting in India better and...

It must be asked if we cannot further reform the process and also learn from practices that other nations follow that...

27 Oct 2020 6:40 PM IST

EAM S. Jaishankar with US secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a meeting in Tokyo. PTI photo

Manish Tewari | Talk ties mindfully, do not squander options

With the People's Liberation Army of China menacing India's northern borders it is quite natural for India to look for...

27 Oct 2020 5:47 PM IST

A devotee puts a mask on the face of a Goddess Durga idol to aware people against COVID-19, at a community puja pandal, in Prayagraj. (PTI)

Kushal Gulab | A woke Navratri, and a Happy Dussehra

So far, dear reader, this whole puja season I have not had to use my ear plugs at all

26 Oct 2020 11:36 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) President Nitish Kumar during an election rally, in Sasaram. (PTI)

Anand K Sahay | Far & Near

Will the BJP use Nitish to get own CM in Patna?

26 Oct 2020 11:27 AM IST

US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, following campaign events in New Jersey. (AFP)

Only Walter Mitty can dream Afghan troop withdrawal before US election

The US involvement in Afghanistan has been a great tragedy

24 Oct 2020 11:54 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar share a light moment during an election rally in Muzaffarpur on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Hindutva a stumbling block for BJP in Bihar

There is a political vacuum in Bihar, and there is room for some of the existing players to grab the opportunity and...

24 Oct 2020 11:40 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | The perils' of euphoria: Govt messaging...

In a communicative framework, how has our government disseminated public messages during this crisis, and to what...

24 Oct 2020 11:29 AM IST

This re-enactment of the Chicago 7 trial, with Bobby Seale, the only black defendant, bound and gagged in public when he vociferously protested against a judgement of the bench, was also an essential and telling record of US history.(Twitter/@hitRECordJoe)

Farrukh Dhondy | OF CABBAGES AND KINGS

Tried! When Arun Jaitley batted for art and when my films weren't banned

24 Oct 2020 11:22 AM IST

Protestors raise slogans against the amendments to the Right to Information Act, in New Delhi in 2019.(PTI File)

Dilip Cherian | CIC sans chief, only 10 of 28 panels worked during...

Fifteen years after the Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force, does the nation have more transparency or less?

22 Oct 2020 10:58 AM IST