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Union minister Jayant Sinha on Friday felicitated eight men who were held guilty of killing meat trader Alimuddin Ansari, 55, in the name of cow vigilantism in Jharkhand on June 30 last year. The life sentences of eight men have been suspended by the HC.

Sinha's doublespeak: A new low in politics

We may also be just as sure that BJP president Amit Shah will convey no words of censure to this minister.

9 July 2018 12:00 AM IST

Life Insurance Corporation may be roped in to participate in the Rs 2.11 lakh crore recapitalisation initiative for public sector banks (PSBs). (File Photo)

Game of daylight robbery

PSUs have been repeatedly used by successive governments to bail out sick units or failed attempts to raise funds.

8 July 2018 12:05 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

India-Pak ties difficult with Nawaz sentencing

The unfolding political scenario in our neighbouring country will doubtless be absorbing.

8 July 2018 12:02 AM IST

It is being suspected for some time now that separatists have managed to make inroads into madrasas in Kashmir valley, and are using this opportunity to radicalise young students. (Representational image)

U-turn on madrasas a relief

The cynic may well ask why the CM himself does not abandon his saffron religious robes, at least when he sits in the UP...

7 July 2018 12:07 AM IST

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

MSP hike: Historical increase' or jumla?

Modi should have announced this MSP in early June before the sowing season.

7 July 2018 12:06 AM IST

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Game greater than the player

Neymar was considered such a special talent that one of his first coaches was sacked from the job when he fined the...

6 July 2018 12:33 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

On Delhi, SC underlines an important principle

The top court has now made it amply clear that the L-G must act on the aid and advice of the elected government.

6 July 2018 12:33 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)

Act firmly to clean banks

Some politicians think banks are their piggy banks to be used to further their own agenda.

5 July 2018 12:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a plenary session on the occasion of World Environment Day in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Attack on Opposition should be tempered

In an earlier era, there was indeed a worry about regional parties getting into governing arrangements at the Centre.

5 July 2018 12:12 AM IST

45-year-old UP man was lynched by mob in Hapurs Pilakhuwa village. (Photo: Screengrab)

Stop mob justice

To blame lynchings on social media communication platform WhatsApp would amount to escapism.

4 July 2018 12:09 AM IST

In this June 1, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, as he heads to Camp David for the weekend. Lawyers for President Donald Trump and Summer Zervos, a former Apprentice contestant who sued the president for saying her sexual misconduct claims were lies, are scheduled to be in court Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Investors exiting is no surprise

The exit by foreign investors was triggered by the double whammy of rising crude prices and uncertain future for global...

4 July 2018 12:09 AM IST

The government is considering converting GST Network- which is handling the IT infrastructure of the new indirect tax regime - into a state-owned company, an official source said.

GST: It's time to see reason

GST is likely to have fetched at least Rs 1 lakh crores in excess of the anticipated Rs 1 lakh crore per month average...

3 July 2018 5:30 AM IST