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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

BJP president Amit Shah speaks to the press. (Photo: PTI)

Does BJP desire to rule India like China's Reds?

It is Shah's democratic right to cast doubts about the efficacy of the multi-party democratic system in India.

20 Sept 2019 1:36 AM IST

BJP president Amit Shah

Hindi push assault on diversity, India's spirit

Language connects and unites, but it could also be a major cause of conflict and disintegration.

19 Sept 2019 2:56 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

In unequal societies, leaders not like all others

Domestic servants tend to be seated on different tables at restaurants because they are usually not allowed at the...

18 Sept 2019 1:46 AM IST

The social evil of honour killing has emerged from this very problem: non-acceptance of inter-caste marriages. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Attitudes on inter-faith marriage must change

It is true that there are more inter-caste and inter-faith marriages today than in the distant past.

18 Sept 2019 1:43 AM IST