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Caution over Bengal yatras

The rathyatras, of course, can't be rejected altogether, but it would have been ideal if religion didn't obtrude into...

17 Jan 2019 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an election campaign rally in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

Failure to create jobs begins to haunt govt

The government should be even more worried as rural India bore the brunt of this jobless growth, and saw 84 per cent of...

17 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy

Power games in Karnataka

With the Lok Sabha election just 90-odd days away, the toppling game has only just begun.

16 Jan 2019 12:19 AM IST

Kanhaiya sedition' charge unjustified

The inference is that the nationalism the RSS-BJP lay down is beyond challenge.

16 Jan 2019 12:19 AM IST

Navy personnel conduct rescue task at the site of the coal mine collapse at Ksan, in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, Monday. (Photo: AP)

Hope fades for miners

The regulation of such activities with safety measures in place might prove the ultimate challenge.

15 Jan 2019 12:05 AM IST

As soon as a member attains the age of 30, she will become a member of the Mahila Congress, where she will work in a similar capacity.

Congress' move on UP is no surprise

It is evident that the Cong cannot win too many seats independently, although it had taken 21 in 2009, going it alone.

15 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Alok Verma has challenged the government order on the grounds that a 1998 verdict by the Supreme Court stipulated that the CBI Director should have a fixed minimum tenure of two years. (Photo: PTI)

CBI credibility at all-time low

The suspicion is that the Supreme Court may not have shared the Justice Patnaik report with the PM-led committee.

14 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

BSP supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav during a joint press conference in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Major parties find it hard to get allies

The plain truth is that there doesn't appear to be any Mahagathbandhan in the offing to take on the government.

14 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Implementation of GST it does not seem will meet its actual deadline of Aril 1, 2017 as both the Centre and the states have failed to arrive on an agreement over contentious issues.

No jobs in manufacturing

The government needs to build on the steps it has taken to boost the ease of doing business.

13 Jan 2019 6:40 AM IST

Madras High Court (Photo: PTI)

Courts need to curb criminal politicians

Criminality among politicians and outright criminals seeking to become politicians is a major issue in our country.

13 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

It is reported that Hardik Pandyas comment on Twitter was an insult to Dr BR Ambedkar and was hurtful for people who belong to his community. (Photo: BCCI)

Stringent action needed

Celebrity status doesn't offer a licence for libidinous talk, no matter how young sportsmen's sex drive may be racing on...

12 Jan 2019 12:02 AM IST

Alok Verma has challenged the government order on the grounds that a 1998 verdict by the Supreme Court stipulated that the CBI Director should have a fixed minimum tenure of two years. (Photo: PTI)

CBI's independence is not a govt priority

Recent events suggest, however, that the executive still mocks the very idea of independence for the CBI.

12 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST