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Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party chief Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the extended Congress Working Committee meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

For Congress, hard work ahead

The CWC stated the obvious when it declared poll alliances were needed.

24 July 2018 12:02 AM IST

Union minister Piyush Goyal borrowed the phrase to hit back at the Congress chief for a tweet targeting him over corruption allegations. (Photo: File)

Revise GST in one go

The rationale behind this tweaking isn't clear, though some say it was done to woo urban and rural voters ahead of the...

23 July 2018 12:02 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

More chaos, violence likely after Pak polls

The political campaign has borne the full brunt of the playing out of the process of dangerous extremists wearing party...

23 July 2018 12:00 AM IST

The collegium of the five senior most judges in the Supreme Court has deferred its decision to reconsider elevation of Uttarakhand High Courts Justice Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph. (Photo: File)

Accept Joseph's elevation

The question of the right to make the appointments was settled when the top court shot down the National Judicial...

22 July 2018 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha on no-confidence motion during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI via AP)

The no-trust debate reveals NDA fissures

A no-trust move is resorted to when a government's opponents feel that the running of the country is in poor shape.

22 July 2018 12:00 AM IST

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)

Israeli move unfortunate

This is a path India rejected after Independence even after the country was vivisected on a communal and regional basis.

21 July 2018 12:20 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

SC's Sabarimala ruling may be a landmark one

In the course of arguments, the five-judge bench has been saying there can be no discrimination on the basis of gender.

21 July 2018 12:20 AM IST

During the hearing of the petitions, the TRAI had submitted that the rate cut would ultimately benefit the internet users.

Tighten data protection rules

India will be on the right path if it enforced robust data protection rules for its citizens.

20 July 2018 12:05 AM IST

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. (Photo: PTI)

No-trust debate: Govt, Oppn hopes stay high

It will also be worth watching if the BJP has succeeded in causing breaks within the UPA.

20 July 2018 12:00 AM IST

Mr Sibal, supplemented by saying this (triple talaq) is something which is not permanent or immutable. (Representational image)

Shocker by Islamic clerics

The AIMPLB is an NGO and has no legal standing, though in Muslim society it has some acceptance.

19 July 2018 12:05 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

To deter lynch mobs, enforce existing laws

What is needed is the will to execute them so that the message goes out that mob justice won't be tolerated.

19 July 2018 12:00 AM IST

MSP scheme serves the purpose of protecting farmers from distress sale and procurement of food for public distribution system.

Keep watch on food prices

There is a critical need for a huge number of cold storage warehouses so that during a surplus perishable items like...

18 July 2018 12:24 AM IST