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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses the TMC Chhatra Parisad foundation day rally at Mayo Road in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Photo:Asian Age)

Centre-state war may destroy the executive

The SC's directive was hailed as a victory by both the opposing sides the BJP and Ms Banerjee.

10 Feb 2019 12:00 AM IST

Party with a difference shifts away from roots

Another way of phrasing the declaration is that for Ms Irani, the leader is paramount over the party and what it stands...

9 Feb 2019 2:15 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Afghan peace needs a proper economic plan

Last year, over 800,000 Afghans were expelled from Iran while some 30,000 returned from Pakistan.

8 Feb 2019 6:45 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cheers as finance minister Piyush Goyal presents the Interim Budget 2019-20 during the Budget Session at Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

On the jobs front, all is still not well

The government insists that all is well on the jobs front in Mr Modi's New India .

8 Feb 2019 12:47 AM IST

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