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They make it difficult for people to get bail and such laws give the police a sweeping power that makes corruption and tyranny easy. (Representional Image)

End all caste prejudices

The practice may have subsided after the controversy came out into the open, but the deep-rooted prejudices in society...

2 Sept 2019 12:08 AM IST

The National Register of Citizenship phenomena, therefore, looks different, smells different and feels different.

NRC: Final list may not be the end of the matter

It has been a gigantic effort that stretched five years, but the result is unlikely to elicit any applause.

2 Sept 2019 12:06 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AFP)

Hard Brexit undemocratic

The extreme cynicism seen in such manoeuvring of a pillar of British democracy as its Parliament and its unwritten...

1 Sept 2019 12:22 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: File)

Mergers no answer, kickstart investment

In the long term, the government which has a large mandate from the people should undertake land and labour reforms.

1 Sept 2019 12:19 AM IST

Justice Sarang Kotwal

Make peace, not war

As long as people don't indulge in violence or subversive activities, why does it matter to anyone what people read.

31 Aug 2019 6:31 AM IST

Police sources said the additional sandbag bunkers and pillboxes have been set up in Srinagar and other towns mainly to contain public protests and stone-pelting by local youths.

Pak must stop war talk, and keep off Kashmir

Even so, reports of human rights violations cannot be brushed aside when there is an information and communications...

31 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House on Wednesday. (Photo: Pritam bandyopadhyay)

Foolish politics around J&K

The Pakistani authorities appear to have used stories published in the foreign press and Mr Gandhi's observations to...

30 Aug 2019 12:03 AM IST

The Amazon rainforest fires have disrupted the ecological system of the area. (Photo: Instagram)

Amazon fires likely to burn the environment

The cause for many of the fires in Brazil is the administration of Jair Bolsanaro, dubbed the Trump of the Tropicsâ€.

30 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation on Independence Day.

Credibility by praising PM?

In the democratic zone of Western Europe and North America, it is hard to think of Opposition leaders cheering on the...

29 Aug 2019 12:01 AM IST

Former PM Manmohan Singh speaking at the birth centenary memorial meeting of Indrajit HGupta in New Delhi. (Photo: ANI)

Don't play politics with security of top leaders

It may ill suit a country that lost Mahatma Gandhi and two Prime Ministers, one while in office, to slacken in...

29 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump share a laugh during a bilateral meeting at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, on Monday. (Photo: AP)

J&K: US pressure off, for now

The US cannot quite do without Pakistan's help if it wishes to draw down in Afghanistan and do a deal with the Taliban.

28 Aug 2019 1:12 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Huge RBI dividend a bonanza for government

The RBI is aware and concerned about slow growth and cut interest rates in its policy statement.

28 Aug 2019 1:10 AM IST