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Residents of Delhi-NCR take part in a candlelight march on Sunday to seek justice for the boy who was killed in Ryan International School in Gurgaon. (Photo: G.N. Jha)

Why CBI? Upgrade, reform police forces

The CBI, during its nearly seven decades of existence, has in its functioning slipped, and slipped badly too, several...

14 Sept 2017 2:09 AM IST

Editor, social activist and a virulent critic of right-wing groups, Gauri Lankesh, was shot dead Tuesday night outside her residence in Bengaluru. (Photo: Facebook)

Of Lankesh, Ambedkar and Hinduism

Lankesh saw Hinduism not as a religion open to change but as a hidebound hierarchy ranged against women and the lower...

13 Sept 2017 1:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during a function on the occasion of 125th anniversary of Vivekanandas Chicago Address and birth centenary of Deendayal Upadhyay in New Delhi . (Photo: PTI)

Modi and Vivekananda: Can govt bridge gap?

The glaring difference between preaching and practice makes the PM's speech mere rhetoric without intent.

13 Sept 2017 1:57 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the test launch of solid fuel Pukguksong-2, a medium-to-long range ballistic missile, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AP)

N Korean crisis: Can India too play a role?

The major difference between the Indian and North Korean programmes lies in the American attitude.

12 Sept 2017 12:23 AM IST

A Rohingya refugee carries two children in buckets as they arrive at Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on Saturday. Nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmars Rakhine state into Bangladesh in the 15 days since new violence erupted, the United Nations said on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

Faceless tragedies

As tribes have evolved into nations, and religious views have become more intolerant, the killing frenzy has mounted.

12 Sept 2017 12:23 AM IST

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Are jihadis worth shielding?

Accidental, unwilling, not our fault, instrumentalist, understandable, never really ideological it's a good story. But...

11 Sept 2017 1:27 AM IST

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar addressing a press conference in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Opposition flounders as it hunts for a leader

The BJP now prepares for the general election with the aim of capturing as many more states as possible.

11 Sept 2017 1:22 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first PM, is mentioned in the book. The book, Love in the Time of Emergency, is set during the Emergency period (1975-77) imposed by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

A democracy run by undemocratic leaders?

The ideology of the political class is to eschew ideology on the altar of self-promotion.

10 Sept 2017 12:19 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed 1.25 crore Indians for fourth time. (Photo: PTI)

Of new mantris & old babus

Yogi Adityanath obviously could not chair a parliamentary committee after his appointment as chief minister.

10 Sept 2017 12:18 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Will RSS outsmart Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal?

The BJP and the Sangh Parivar are casting themselves as the antidote to Trinamul.

9 Sept 2017 12:14 AM IST

Ousted Pak PM Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters during a rally in Muridke, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Why Nawaz shouldn't really crave for 4th term

Nawaz Sharif's political oscillations remind one of the person who had a nightmare that he was making a public speech,...

9 Sept 2017 12:14 AM IST

Activists take part in a protest rally against the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh at India Gate. (Photo: AFP)

Rein in forces of hate, before they eat us up

As police investigations are underway, it is premature to rush to conclusions and blame specific political forces.

8 Sept 2017 6:21 AM IST