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Pravind JugnauthOpinion
India's diaspora not always pro-India

The current political leadership in Mauritius, Portugal, Ireland and Trinidad & Tobago has an impressive sprinkling of...

28 Jan 2019 1:22 AM IST

The election commission conducts FLC of new machines followed by rehearsals of EVMs and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPATs) before the polling day in front of representatives from registered parties.Opinion
Claims of mass rigging of EVMs are laughable

It is utter nonsense to postulate that EVM machines are capable of mass hacking.

27 Jan 2019 2:30 AM IST

Priyanka Gandhi VadraOpinion
Priyanka's plunge, Scindia's gambit

Kishor's reaction to Ms Vadra's appointment has given rise to speculation that the Janata Dal(U) has not given up on the...

27 Jan 2019 2:22 AM IST

Piyush GoyalOpinion
Budget 2019: Piyush has to think big, take risks

The primary task before Goyal is to present the interim Budget 2019 on February 1 in the Lok Sabha, where the BJP has a...

26 Jan 2019 2:02 AM IST

Sanjaya BaruOpinion
The Accidental PM is really a cautionary tale

Sanjaya Baru had served as Dr Singh's media adviser for four years, from 2004 until 2008.

25 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at an election rally in Raebareli. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Priyanka's entry shakes politics, in UP & beyond

After Priyanka Gandhi's entry into politics, however, it is difficult to envisage an Opposition alliance minus the...

25 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Indias egg production will soon touch 100 billion annually from nearly 90 billion per year as the poultry sector is growing rapidly and becoming organised, the government said on Friday.Opinion
India's egg wars' and our political priorities

If Mr Upasane's words sound like they are stigmatising the everyday egg, which many of us have for breakfast, it is...

24 Jan 2019 12:02 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)Opinion
Brexit may be Britain's worst crisis since World War II

The most worried segments of the public have lately been stockpiling food and medicines, just in case.

24 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

The fate of the abducted in Kunduz province in an area that has recently fallen under Taliban control was not immediately known and there was no statement from the insurgents. (Representational | AP)Opinion
Can Irish Good Friday pact be a model to resolve other conflicts?

The charged debate including between those whose politics once accepted the killing of each other as legitimate was...

23 Jan 2019 1:24 AM IST

Averting a trade war, China and the US on Sunday struck a deal under which Beijing will \significantly increase\ its purchases of American goods and services.Opinion
Digital threat growing, India's challenges rise

France's President Emmanuel Macron has been weakened by domestic street protests and his climbdown for peace.

23 Jan 2019 1:24 AM IST

Noting that Al-Qaeda still maintains a presence in South Asia, the UN report said the terror group adapts to the local environment, trying to embed itself into local struggles and communities and is closely allied with the Taliban. (Representational Image | AFP)Opinion
Afghan: Should India talk to the Taliban?

The United States, Russia and Iran are all talking to the Taliban leadership.

22 Jan 2019 1:30 AM IST

West Bengal CM and Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee speaks during the Opposition parties mega United India rally at the historic Brigade Ground in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Alliance fully imagined, with states in lead role

The purpose was to announce the alliance as a nearly formed fighting machine against the BJP.

21 Jan 2019 5:41 AM IST

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