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The block development officer accepted that 55 voters name existed in two different lists however rejected allegation of bogus voting claiming that these people did not vote. (Representational image)

Voternama: Churn is the new 2019 mantra

Voters are moving away from the national parties to regional parties even for the Lok Sabha elections.

21 March 2019 1:50 AM IST

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said the country faced two serious threats one in Jammu & Kashmir and second being problem of Left-Wing Extremism in central India. (Photo: PTI)

The Wiki effect on governance? Democracy in the pawnshop

The Congress picked on the cables of a briefing US officials got from BJP's Arun Jaitley in May 2005.

20 March 2019 12:48 AM IST

The attack has upended New Zealands image as one of the worlds safest and most tolerant countries. (Photo:AP)

Horror in NZ shows the danger of righteousness

The Christchurch shooter believed he was saving his people by eliminating Muslims, who if unchecked would one day...

20 March 2019 12:48 AM IST

To ally or not to ally: A battle within Congress

Many of the experts hate the Congress and its domineering and cynical ways as much as they hate the Hindutva ideology of...

19 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

At least 49 were killed and 20 were injured after a gunman opened fire on Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand killing many worshippers and forcing the city of Christchurch into lockdown as police launched a massive manhunt. (Photo: File)

Anti-Islam fanaticism a growing global trend

Senator Anning is the only mainstream politician to extend even qualified approval to the motives that supposedly...

18 March 2019 12:31 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar (Photo: AFP)

Pak needs to act now, smash own terror net

Irrespective of how round one may play out, in any future engagement round one may not be the endgame.

17 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

Repression no solution to Kashmir problem

The National Investigation Agency has been targeting Kashmir's leaders on charges inter alia of money laundering and...

17 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar (Photo: AFP)

India needs to be smart in hitting back at China

The Modi government needs to retaliate, though perhaps now unwilling to risk provoking China before the Lok Sabha polls.

16 March 2019 12:03 AM IST

How the deadly embrace' of US has an impact in Pak, Afghan

It is dangerous to get involved in America's wars where the US is always the commanding force of change, often with a...

16 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

AICC general secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during a roadshow in Lucknow on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Congress, on the back foot, is damaging itself

Now it is being said that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will neither contest a Lok Sabha seat nor campaign outside Uttar...

15 March 2019 12:05 AM IST

Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.

Peace still sole option in South Asia, rein in all the warmongers

An extension of the doctrine of hot pursuit that has considerably subverted the laws of warfare, this theory keeps the...

15 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Netaji said his army would join in the assault even though his soldiers had barely one bullet each and little to eat. (Photo: File)

Nationalism is not the preserve of one party

Nationalism had become sanctified in the lexicon of not only India's political leaders but also its intellectual elite.

14 March 2019 7:24 AM IST