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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Hambantota: Art of using old tricks to get new land

China was there to help make it all happen and then Sri Lankan leader Mahinda Rajapaksa was glad to accept.

22 Feb 2019 12:45 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

As J&K is part of India, Kashmiris are ours too

Today, many young Indians see Kashmir only through the lens of bloodshed and violence.

21 Feb 2019 12:27 AM IST

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)

Why Warsaw failed to fulfil its objective of isolating Iran

That obviously does not prevent him, alongside so many other prominent anti-Semites, from perceiving Israel as a shining...

21 Feb 2019 12:20 AM IST

Some retailers are betting on fans superstition to help them sell televisions, especially after Brazil was unceremoniously axed from the 2014 contest in a 7-1 blowout loss to Germany.

Don't watch TV channels that whip up war hysteria

Exceptions apart, TV anchors are mostly lip-syncing the script handed by someone else.

20 Feb 2019 3:00 AM IST

personnel stands guard during curfew in Srinagar on Sunday. Authorities imposed curfew in the parts of Valley following the killing of a top militant commander at Tral in Pulwama District of South Kashmir Yesterday. (Photo: PTI)

Securing India is costly, think afresh on growth

The Pulwama massacre illustrates how porous our security architecture remains to domestic and external threats.

20 Feb 2019 3:00 AM IST

A house in which militants are suspected to have sheltered is in flames after a gunfight between militants and the security forces in South Kashmirs Pulwama district, some 10 km away from the spot of the recent suicide bombing. (Photo; AFP)

Pulwama's aftershocks in run-up to 2019 polls

The Opposition parties must not only nail the BJP for its failures on the economic and social front, but also on the ...

19 Feb 2019 12:08 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

Can China, Saudis rein in Pak, avert a flareup?

All three have condemned terrorism in general terms but shown no evidence of berating Pakistani sponsorship of terror.

18 Feb 2019 12:37 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Terror, rivalry of key powers are hurdles to Afghan peace

US withdrawal will leave the Taliban as the main organised force in the country.

18 Feb 2019 12:32 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

The lingering aftermath of our finest hour in 1971

The Pakistani deep state believes that over a period of four decades this strategy has paid them rich dividends.

17 Feb 2019 1:04 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Stop misusing transfers to rein in civil & police officers

Decisions taken at a political level in government are implemented without question at the operational level.

17 Feb 2019 12:58 AM IST

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that the commencement of the delivery of Rafale jets has not begun. (Photo: PTI)

Keep Army insulated from political trespass

At the heart of the issue is the unwarranted interference in the independence of these institutions and forces.

16 Feb 2019 12:09 AM IST

A file photo of college students blocking NH 37 in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, in Dibrugarh in Assam.

Citizenship debate in Northeast postponed

The Asom Gana Parishad in Assam quit the Sarbananda Sonowal government and snapped ties with the BJP.

15 Feb 2019 12:26 AM IST