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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo: File/AP)

Some lessons that Pak needs to learn from Iran outbreak

Iran's experience also shows that the current tactic of hailing CPEC as the panacea for Pakistan's problems could...

16 Jan 2018 12:53 AM IST

A few thousand followers of 20 social organisations across Maharashtra will gather at Shaniwar Wada, Pune, on January 31, 2018, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of defeat of the Peshwas army by the then British Indian Armys Mahar regiment in the battle of Bhima Koregaon. (Photo: YouTube)

It's safer to let the past remain undisturbed

It all began with the innocent fervour of P.N. Oak, who eulogised the saffron paradise before it was born.

16 Jan 2018 12:32 AM IST

In Pak, is this the beginning of the end?

Warraich is worth listening to carefully because he's got it right pretty much every step of the way over the last year...

15 Jan 2018 12:24 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

SC revolt: Let judges sort it out, not netas

The sin of CJI Misra is his failure to play it fair. He has been seen as being partial, excluding those who did not...

15 Jan 2018 12:24 AM IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi

With Rahul at helm, no changes in Akbar Road

This has become even more important as the final hearing on the validity of the Aadhaar scheme is coming up in the...

14 Jan 2018 12:30 AM IST

All Prime Ministers of India, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi, have tried to have closer relations with Pakistan.

India's contradictory Pakistan policy

Our foreign office seems to have adopted it to hide the complete absence of strategic clarity.

14 Jan 2018 12:27 AM IST

President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisors to Pakistan in the coming weeks. (Photo: AFP | File)

Halting aid to Pak won't help US stop attacks in Afghanistan

Unconvinced by Pakistan's narrative, the US military may step up drone strikes against rebel networks in the tribal...

13 Jan 2018 12:25 AM IST

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)

Shalom, PM Netanyahu! But keep a reality check

India-Israel relations can deliver a Make in India success.

13 Jan 2018 12:19 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

The US-Pak marriage of convenience is in exit mode

Perhaps Trump's next tweet will not be about aid, but to Imran Khan, celebrating the triumph of hope over experience.

12 Jan 2018 12:14 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Heal '84 wounds: Give justice, end the politics

Sikhs were not too impressed with the NDA's decision to constitute the SIT.

12 Jan 2018 12:14 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Trump's raj: A cartoon or reality show?

If this were to be a part of legal proceedings, the prosecution could at this point safely rest its case.

11 Jan 2018 1:43 AM IST

The Supreme Court

The miniscule matters: A hopeful start to 2018

The spirit of what the Supreme Court said this Monday lies in its 2017 ruling on the right to privacy.

11 Jan 2018 1:43 AM IST