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Pakistan’s worst nightmare part of the problem, not the...

After years of missing out on opportunities to shut down the Taliban insurgency and refusing to act against all Jihadi...

4 Sept 2016 1:33 AM IST

Are we serious about Clean India

A verse in the Bhagvad Gita says the common man tries to emulate the actions of leaders of society. If he sees a certain...

26 July 2016 1:15 AM IST

Germans’ fix: ‘Amok’ amid terror

First a teenager on board a train in Würzburg who slashed people with an axe, tried to escape and was shot dead by...

26 July 2016 1:13 AM IST

Fame alone must not decide the Ratna

The Bharat Ratna is India’s highest civilian award. I think it is a mistake to give it to cricketers and Bollywood...

24 July 2016 12:32 AM IST

Coup bid a warning signal to Erdogan

The failed coup attempt in Turkey is not a return to the periodic coups of the past but a warning to President Recep...

18 July 2016 2:40 AM IST

Shivani Kataria

The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie

India has three large and long-running conflict areas. First, Jammu and Kashmir. Second, the adivasi belt of central...

17 July 2016 1:25 AM IST

HRD relieved, loo jam in law ministry

Id arrived early in the human resources development ministry this time.

17 July 2016 1:23 AM IST

Watch China, it may be eyeing Andamans

On April 19 this year, in anticipation of an adverse ruling by the UN tribunal at The Hague known as the Permanent Court...

13 July 2016 7:02 AM IST

France captain and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in this file photo.

Referendum: Policy stuck in binaries

Are referendums a cop-out The question is obviously being raised in the context and the aftermath of Brexit: the...

10 July 2016 1:49 AM IST

ISIS set to expand its empire of terror

As the holy month of Ramzan drew to a close, Saudi Arabia got the worst possible gifts from its arch-enemy, the Islamic...

7 July 2016 1:03 AM IST

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with South African President Jacob Zuma

Modi’s Africa outreach

Mr Modi’s meetings with the leaders of four African countries will present a crucial opportunity to energise...

6 July 2016 6:26 AM IST

Manipur: BJP’s next N-E target

The BJP’s victory in the Assam Assembly elections, the results of which were declared last week, was expected but...

25 May 2016 3:15 AM IST