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Romila Thapar and JNU: Can India's Left go to the rescue?

The octogenarian opposed narrow Muslim demands in the 1970s to change the secular character of AMU.

4 Sept 2019 1:25 AM IST

People queue up to check their names on the final draft of the states National Register of Citizens after it was released, at an NRC Seva Kendra in Nagaon. (Photo: PTI)

Where will the people left out of the NRC go?

The list is out, but the suspense and trauma is not over yet for nearly 19 lakh people as their names are excluded from...

4 Sept 2019 1:20 AM IST

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

Global realignments & some lessons for India

Russia's re-emergence as a strategic player in West Asia and Gulf and its close monitoring of Afghanistan revives its...

2 Sept 2019 12:17 AM IST

Pak Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa (Photo: AFP)

Extension for Gen. Bajwa perhaps not a good idea

The reality is that most civil servants have not cultivated many interests outside their jobs.

2 Sept 2019 12:12 AM IST

Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Photo: ANI)

Torture & law: Jurisdiction on this crime can be universal

There exists on the United States' statute book an old statute of 1789 called the Alien Tort Claims Act.

1 Sept 2019 6:07 AM IST

Adolf Hitler. (Photo: AFP)

If courts are vigilant, democracy will be safe

Almost any crime that could be described as political opposition to the Nazi regime ended up before them.

1 Sept 2019 12:28 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

RBI plays white knight to cash-strapped govt

The FD target for FY 2019-20 is an unreachable 2.85 per cent of GDP.

31 Aug 2019 12:06 AM IST

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

PM Imran has a big problem, of too many spokespersons

There were persistent rumours about his possibleâ€ exit as the Prime Minister's spokesperson.

31 Aug 2019 12:01 AM IST

This is not an era of third-degree. We need to use scientific methods for investigation. This is possible if modernization of police force is done in the right manner. Police must think four steps ahead of criminals and criminal-minded people. Amit Shah said. (Photo: ANI)

Untying the Naga knot: Flagging the key issues

The NSCN(I-M) identified the core issuesâ€ to be that of a separate flagâ€ for the Nagas and a constitutionâ€.

30 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

In November last year, the ISIS had claimed the responsibility for the shootout in which police sub-inspector Imran Tak was also killed in Srinagars Gulab Bagh area. (Photo: Representational | AP)

After US exit, Afghanistan to be fertile land for ISIS' entry

ISIS exploits political gaps and vulnerable environments to entrench itself and rule through fear or a select few power...

30 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

A street in Srinagar wears a deserted look with stones strewn across the road after protests against revocation of Article 370. Central Kashmir DIG Police V.K. Birdi said only minor incidents of violence had occurred in Srinagar on Monday. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)

J&K: Why no endgame appears to be in sight

The euphoria in the rest of India about the government's decisions on J&K also seems to be petering out in the face of...

29 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru

The revenge of Sukhi Lala: Congress revival hope lives on

In a monsoon-fed agricultural economy, both symbols represented the productive and political power of the peasant.

28 Aug 2019 1:21 AM IST