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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Union Budget for Modi 2.0 government. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Vexed sovereign issues: What is the fuss about?

The Budget speech usually announces headline changes proposed for the year under consideration.

29 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

The aim of the Act was to enforce transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority. In this respect it was a pivotal reform measure, a powerful blow in favour of the ordinary citizen.

Amendment may impair the right to information

There is no doubt that the law has transformed the landscape of information flow from the government to citizens.

28 July 2019 6:56 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House on Wednesday. (Photo: Pritam bandyopadhyay)

Clarity soon on new Cong chief, no gift for BJP women MPs

The current batch of wives and women MPs will have to await their turn for a present.

28 July 2019 6:43 AM IST

India on Monday successfully launched its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 on board its powerful rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 from the spaceport in Sriharikota to explore the unchartered south pole of the celestial body by landing a rover. (Photo: AP)

Heading to the moon: The real success story

All of India clapped in appreciation as the rocket carrying the country's first moon lander and explorer went into a...

27 July 2019 6:32 AM IST

It is observed in the remembrance of recapturing the towering hills in Kargil district in Ladakh division subsequent the occupancy of Pakistani troops. (Photo: File)

There should never be a Kargil' again, stay alert

The war was India's first televised one, with pictures of the battlefront beamed live to drawing rooms.

26 July 2019 12:16 AM IST

US President Donald Trump greets Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House in Washington DC on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

For all Trump's Islamophobia, Khan has scored a diplomatic win

It must have been an odd thing for PM Imran Khan to step into a United States whose president was having such a visibly...

26 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

US President Donald Trump greets Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House in Washington DC on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Afghan, Hafiz arrest behind thaw in Pak ties with US

Trump's comments about Kashmir too indicate his administration's changing stance over a lingering problem that is...

25 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy with his cabinet colleagues after the Assembly was adjourned in Bengaluru on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

No early end in sight to Karnataka turbulence

It is a moot question whether it would have survived if the coalition partners had done well in the parliamentary...

25 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

US President Donald Trump greets Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House in Washington DC on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Trump, Imran & J&K: Wake-up call for Modi

On all three India had to address the increasing US impatience with expected outcomes.

24 July 2019 1:32 AM IST

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with family members of Sonbhadra massacre victims in Mirzapur. (Photo: PTI)

It's not yet Priyanka's time to lead Congress

Instead of addressing these issues, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's elevation will only exacerbate matters.

23 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

The 48-year-old former Naval officer, Kulbhushan Jadhav, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism on April 11, 2017. (Photo: File)

India needs to rework its tactics on Pak, J&K

Pakistan had earlier linked its airspace reopening to India removing its Air Force fighters from forward deployment.

22 July 2019 4:45 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

Pak aided US, Taliban talks; but didn't get any reward

An Afghan political settlement will not be durable unless it is supported by regional powers and Afghanistan's immediate...

22 July 2019 12:05 AM IST