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Kashmiris walks past paramilitary troops patrolling a street in Srinagar on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Kashmiris still in shock, preparing for long haul

Contrary to the claims of normality by the government, there is nothing normal in the Kashmir Valley.

26 Sept 2019 12:52 AM IST

President Donald Trump meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the United Nations General Assembly, in New York. (Photo: AP)

Given the BJP's inverse Midas touch, should Trump worry?

Within a year of Khomeini's rule, Vajpayee's emissaries were standing with heads bowed in front of the new helmsman of...

26 Sept 2019 12:27 AM IST

Pakistan has nothing to do with 9/11. says Imran Khan (Photo: File)

Imran in a fix in Pak Punjab: Will Shahbaz Sharif rise?

Also, the failure of Buzdar will, unfortunately, strengthen the notion of Punjab needing a strong, centralised...

25 Sept 2019 1:05 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on stage at NRG stadium in Houston. (Photo: ANI)

Small gains for Modi, Trump from Houston

It turns out that Houston has ended up being a show of small or no gains, small thrills that could linger longer, and...

25 Sept 2019 1:04 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a seven-member committee in connection with the status of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)

Why Left is a failure in Pak

Press clubs are not those spaces; we are there to speak truth to power and not to listen to one another.

24 Sept 2019 2:31 AM IST

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk around NRG Stadium waving to the crowd during the Howdy Modi: Shared Dreams, Bright Futures event on Sunday, September 22, 2019, in Houston. (Photo: AP)

After Modi-Trump duet, reality check lies ahead

On arrival, he met the top honchos of energy giants.

24 Sept 2019 1:14 AM IST

The Indian Supreme Courts order appointing three members as a mediatory panel to resolve the 70-year-old Babri Masjid dispute flouts every established rule on the process of mediation.

Can the courts shake off the government's vice-like grip?

Rewind to the 1990s, the last time a semi-elected order was being asphyxiated.

23 Sept 2019 1:10 AM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Tax reform in driblets keeps the party going

Readers will recall the short history of corporate tax reductions under Modi 1.0.

23 Sept 2019 1:09 AM IST

The intention of the government was, quite clearly, not to indulge in incrementalism, but to impose a qualitatively new regimen of traffic fines.

Traffic fines need to be effective, not excessive

It is true that the new penalties are a quantum jump over the rates prevailing earlier.

22 Sept 2019 3:53 AM IST

Arvind Kejriwal (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Non-sequitur from PMO; AAP too plays the caste card

Consequently, she has been a regular visitor to art events in the capital, making it a point to spend quality time...

22 Sept 2019 3:30 AM IST

Pakistan has nothing to do with 9/11. says Imran Khan (Photo: File)

Imran doesn't have 2nd-rung leaders to help him run PTI

Especially jarring was the absence of worthy enough PTI politicians in Karachi and Lahore.

21 Sept 2019 2:11 AM IST

They plan to take cheek swabs of the migrants and process them to prove a parent-child relationship. Those whose claims are fraudulent will be prosecuted, the officials said. (Photo: AFP I Representational)

Migrants try to better lives: Why get so riled?

All this suggests that Indians have done very well by crossing borders in search of a better life.

21 Sept 2019 2:09 AM IST