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Can Kovind live up to his true role as Prez?

President Kovind, in his conduct, possibly needs reminding that he took an oath to preserve, protect and defend the...

30 Nov 2019 12:14 AM IST

$US President Donald Trump plans to make a \major statement\ at the White House at 9 am EST (1300 GMT) on Sunday, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said late on Saturday. (Photo: File)$ Opinion

Is Trump's US giving cover to those guilty of war crimes?

The cumulative impact of these developments requires Pakistan to be very vigilant of the kind of help it accepts from...

30 Nov 2019 12:10 AM IST

New Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun. (Photo: AP)

Opinion

Heirs & spares: Time to retire lese-majest©, other privileges

Commendably, lese-majest© is not a crime in Britain.

29 Nov 2019 2:21 AM IST

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray greets his supporters after being sworn in as Maharashtra CM at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Thursday. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Opinion

First Mumbai, then Delhi: Will history repeat itself?

The answer to the first depends on how the Aghadi alliance handles the tricky challenges it faces.

29 Nov 2019 2:17 AM IST

Sri Lankan President-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Opinion

Can Modi & Gotabaya build bridges of trust?

The Rajapaksa clan get a fresh opportunity to re-engage India after their 2015 defeat, which they attributed to India's...

28 Nov 2019 5:34 AM IST

General Bajwa, in his keynote address, counted perpetual security threats, inconsistent economic policies, poor economic discipline and lack of will to take difficult decisions in the past as major contributors to the economic situation the government is facing today.

Opinion

Order on Bajwa may disturb Pak power structure

When extensions are seen to be part of political power games, then it also affects the military's professionalism.

28 Nov 2019 5:25 AM IST

Opinion

Govt, Army & America: Frenemies' at all levels

Whether this difference is merely one of form or there is more to it, would be an interesting angle to explore.

27 Nov 2019 1:13 AM IST

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Jharkhand: The going won't be easy for BJP

The BJP-AJSU alliance won 12 of 14 Lok Sabha seats and polled 55.3 per cent votes, while the UPA won only two seats and...

27 Nov 2019 1:10 AM IST

Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari with newly-appointed Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and his deputy Ajit Pawar in Mumbai on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Playing fast, going slow: Politicians & apex court

The BJP can trade all the horses it wants, but it cannot put back together again the broken bits of its claim to being a...

26 Nov 2019 12:13 AM IST

Women are a heterogeneous group and a product of their society.

Opinion

Peg gender on human rights, not only in an economic lens

We tend to equate worth with economic strength, social standing and occupation in positions of authority.

26 Nov 2019 12:10 AM IST

During the emergency , a euphemism for dictatorship, Indira Gandhi rushed through parliament the 42nd constitutional amendment when top Opposition leaders had been put in jail without trial in June 1975. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Who is to judge the misuse of parliamentary privilege?

It recast the Indian polity radically and gave her wide powers to ban political parties.

25 Nov 2019 12:01 AM IST

Newly-sworn in chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, with his deputy Ajit Pawar at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Pawar' play is the pivot of this game of thrones

A day later, Ajit Pawar seemingly revolted against his party and the authority of his uncle in an early morning coup.

25 Nov 2019 12:00 AM IST