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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

Amma sets new records

AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa flashes the victory sign after her party emerged victorious in the state Assembly polls in...

20 May 2016 12:27 AM IST

Deep Kumar Upadhyay (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

‘India should not compare itself with China, as far as Nepal is...

Deep Kumar Upadhyay’s tenure as Nepal’s ambassador to India was rather short, if eventful.

15 May 2016 1:09 AM IST

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The incumbent jinx

Independent of parties and leaders, and also the search for a viable “third alternative”, the May 16...

12 May 2016 4:03 AM IST

Agusta, hawala & unsigned notes

Anybody who sells any system, product or service to any organisation that purportedly has an “open and...

11 May 2016 6:28 AM IST

Haji Ali for all

Although social changes in this century have altered the situation of women in society opening opportunities for their...

10 May 2016 6:21 AM IST

Keshav Prasad Maurya (Photo: Irfan Khan)

‘I haven’t brushed aside Ram temple issue It cannot be a...

Keshav Prasad Maurya, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh, made headlines when he won his seat in...

24 April 2016 1:11 AM IST

Encounters of the royal kind

“The sun shines bright From a London sky Anyone who knows British weather Will wonder why Is it global warming...

23 April 2016 6:36 AM IST