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Sitaram Yechury

CPM needs big rethink, not just about Congress

The two big national parties are actually more like Stalinists when it comes to inner-party deliberations.

23 Jan 2018 1:44 AM IST

Prospect of a hung House is growing in Pakistan

Nawaz could win again, but to actually win he needs to win big in Punjab.

22 Jan 2018 12:31 AM IST

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Reading the tea leaves as fiscal 2019 looms

The FM is fiscally bound this year, not least because the GST is performing below expectations.

22 Jan 2018 12:29 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference after releasing white paper on completing six months in office, at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Ministers above law

The Supreme Court waxes eloquent on judicial activism, but it has yet to strike down Section 197.

21 Jan 2018 1:20 AM IST

Supreme Court judges (from left) Justice Kurian Joseph, Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Madan Bhimrao Lokur address the media in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: File/AP)

A democracy in peril

The BJP/RSS has deliberately polarised the media, especially television into us media' and them media'.

21 Jan 2018 1:19 AM IST

If one leaves Nagaland out, the polls in Tripura and Meghalaya are likely to present watchers a ringside view of the leadership skills of PM Modi and Congress newly-elevated boss Rahul Gandhi. (Representational image)

A pull in 4 directions as Northeast goes to polls

In Assam and Manipur, the regional parties are minor partners of coalitions led by the BJP.

20 Jan 2018 12:08 AM IST

US President Donald Trump had accused Pakistan of giving nothing to the US but lies and deceit in return for USD 33 billion aid. (Photo: AP)

The making of a radical in America

A key component of that dimension was the eagerness of Bob Dylan.

19 Jan 2018 11:48 PM IST

Arun Jaitley said, the reservation formula for the Patel community is legally and constitutionally untenable. (Photo: PTI)

Will Budget 2018-19 be another pathbreaker?

Export credit is another underserved area that deserves attention in the Budget.

19 Jan 2018 11:48 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Maldives: Act swiftly to keep China contained

India's foot-dragging on signing an FTA, which Male believed had been all but agreed on during President Yameen's 2016...

19 Jan 2018 12:18 AM IST

Supreme Court judges (from left) Justice Kurian Joseph, Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Madan Bhimrao Lokur address the media in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: File/AP)

4 judges didn't revolt, they've only reacted

Framing rules for the guidance of the Masters of the Roster' will avoid any comparable controversy in future.

17 Jan 2018 12:21 AM IST

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