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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addresses the media in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

A street fighter battles to 'save' ...

The next Opposition leaders' meeting in New Delhi in mid-February will confirm this.

7 Feb 2019 12:25 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Afghanistan is not headed towards peace after US exit

There can be no question the Afghan Taliban regime that began consolidating its power in the mid-1990s was atrocious in...

7 Feb 2019 12:17 AM IST

Priyanka Gandhi

Which face of Indira Gandhi will Priyanka now adopt?

As Congress president in 1959, her granny torpedoed India's first elected Marxist government in Kerala

6 Feb 2019 2:31 AM IST

Kaskar, according to the official, confirmed that his brother, Dawood Ibrahim wanted in several cases including the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, is in Pakistan. (Photo: File | PTI)

Politics of 'extradition': Look at bigger picture

Even the external affairs minister often sometimes the terminology wrong in what it calls a list of extraditionsâ€.

6 Feb 2019 2:31 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)

Afghans need a political settlement as the next step

The Soviet commitment to withdrawal was unequivocal; the American indications are reversible.

5 Feb 2019 2:10 AM IST

Budget: An electoral ploy walks a tightrope

Mercifully, the extent of this excess is not as yet so great as to cause major worries.

5 Feb 2019 2:04 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Contradictory moves on Pak by Washington

The immediate implication of this move is the inevitable centre-staging and involvement of Pakistan in the new realm.

4 Feb 2019 12:20 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)

Brits should know there is no pride in Empire

Today we know why, as America's armies plan a mad scramble from Afghanistan, arms akimbo.

4 Feb 2019 12:12 AM IST

Basic income: An idea whose time has come

Certain humanists commenced toying with the contours of a minimum income in the form of public aid.

3 Feb 2019 12:36 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

Unlike Brits, our leaders are under party bosses

Unlike Britain, in India the Speaker is from the ruling party; almost all are brazenly partisan.

3 Feb 2019 12:27 AM IST

Union minister Piyush Goyal borrowed the phrase to hit back at the Congress chief for a tweet targeting him over corruption allegations. (Photo: File)

People-friendly Budget strikes the right note, looking to 2030

The Budget has devised just the right strategies to take India on the inclusive growth path.

2 Feb 2019 1:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an election campaign rally in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

Poll-eve Modinomics: Selling future dreams

The mood in the BJP is one of complacence and confidence, and perhaps it cannot be faulted.

2 Feb 2019 1:31 AM IST