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Protesters throw stones at Indian government forces following a gun battle between militants and government forces in Srinagar. AFP PhotoOpinion
Anand K. Sahay: An ill-wind blows in J&K after UT status

As the year turned, however, it became evident that the local terrorists who had stayed under the radar began to find...

22 May 2020 7:28 PM IST

A coherent PSE policy will play a catalytic role in promoting efficiency and better resource allocation by reducing wasteful administrative costs. PTI PhotoOpinion
Chandrajit Banerjee: To get India's economy back on track, key reforms...

Redefinition of the MSMEs with revision of investment limits with an additional turnover criterion results in two...

22 May 2020 7:12 PM IST

A market complex is seen open after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Siliguri. PTI PhotoOpinion
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr: Will Atma Nirbhar Bharat' ignite the...

By leaving it as an open-ended term, Mr Modi and his colleagues want to wait and watch which way the global trade winds...

22 May 2020 6:54 PM IST

Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh. Image source- punjab.gov.inOpinion
Dilli Ka Babu: As mantris, babus slug it out, chief secretary is the...

The chief secretary of Punjab has earned the ire of the ministers for his alleged rude behaviour

20 May 2020 7:40 PM IST

Vigorously defending his governments record over the pandemic, Mr Xi claimed in Geneva on Monday that China acted with openness, transparency and responsibility\. AP PhotoOpinion
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: Global role eludes India

This could be India's chance of helping to shape a new world order and for Mr Modi to seize the spotlight that was once...

20 May 2020 7:06 PM IST

We can try to put ourselves in the position of those who are destitute, jobless, hungry and far from home. PTI PhotoOpinion
Aakar Patel: Break down of trust between state and the poor

We are mistreating millions of Indians but we are also expecting that all of them cooperate for the greater good

19 May 2020 6:40 PM IST

Migrants climb onto a truck to reach to their native place in Bihar, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Vijayawada. PTI PhotoOpinion
Pavan Varma: Will Covid-19 make us a more caring society?

If the government did not anticipate such a consequence, then it must be accused of unpardonable incompetence

19 May 2020 5:28 PM IST

Migrants carrying their luggage walk to board buses after arriving from Kanpur via Shramik Special train at Hatia Railway Station, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Ranchi. PTI PhotoOpinion
Mohan Guruswamy: Will migrants' misery lead to a revolution?

The working class is nothing without the unorganised workers. In 2019, there were around 510 million workers in India

18 May 2020 7:37 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday clarified over his alleged statement that BJP made tall promises in 2014 elections. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)Opinion
Anita Katyla: Nitin Gadkari has a new role

The Union minister is suddenly being seen and heard more often these days, signalling the end of his self-isolation

18 May 2020 6:44 PM IST

Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar (PTI file photo)Opinion
WaqyaNawis: Bihar electors gear up to punish MPs who abandoned them

The Bihar Assembly poll is scheduled later this year

16 May 2020 8:33 PM IST

Attendants wearing protective gear walk as the first special train from New Delhi after train services were partially resumed arrives at the railway station in Jammu, India. AP PhotoOpinion
Shobhaa De: Thank God Indians still have a sense of humour!

In itself and on paper, the stimulus package looked good -- at least in the way it was marketed . But did it make much...

16 May 2020 7:16 PM IST

Cyclists ride along The Mall next to a police car near Buckingham Palace in central London on May 16, 2020, following an easing of lockdown rules in England during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. AP PhotoOpinion
Farrukh Dhondy: In UK, it is rich who exit cities as Covid blurs...

In Britain the only movements one can compare to the exodus from Indian cities is the movement of rich from, London, to...

16 May 2020 6:59 PM IST

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