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President Pranab Mukherjee with Chief Justice of India JS Khehar during the inauguration of All India Seminar being organized by the Confederation of Indian Bar, at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Parties must be made to honour poll promises, says CJI

President Pranab Mukherjee said that all the political parties will have to develop a voluntary code of conduct for...

9 April 2017 1:38 AM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)

BJP wants to run country on basis of humanity and justice: Rajnath

There is no place for confrontation in a healthy democracy; we need everybody's cooperation, said the home minister.

15 April 2017 12:49 PM IST

Uttarakhand High Court

Humanising rivers: An incomplete idea

The language of the Uttarakhand judgment is almost telegraphic.

2 April 2017 5:11 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Emergency: Have all learnt lessons from it?

The Opposition now speaks of an undeclared Emergency in the country.

27 Jun 2017 12:12 AM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan with cheering supporters after unofficial referendum results were announced, in Istanbul. (Photo: AP)

Turkey's new sultan

Giving the President sweeping powers, Turks may have taken a historic path strewn with uncertainties.

18 April 2017 12:13 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledges his supporters during a roadshow in Bhubaneswar. (Photo: PTI)

Lack of strong Opposition leads to BJP's rapid rise

The Opposition in India appears weaker and more inefficient than it was in 2014.

17 April 2017 6:16 AM IST

Triple talaq has been distorted in India, and its far more important to ban this than use it as a wedge to encroach on Muslim personal laws. (Photo: PTI)

Forget politics, triple talaq must go!

The exercise of democracy in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh elections has thrown up a very essential, even vital debate.

4 Feb 2017 4:27 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during presentation of the Union Budget 2017-18 in Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Union Budget 2017: A window to future, says PM Modi

The PM also used his Twitter handle to react on the budget.

2 Feb 2017 2:13 AM IST

Sonam Kapoor was seen at the launch of a store launch in Mumbai on Thursday. (Photo: Viral Bhayani)

Sonam: Call me a bimbo, a naachne wali, but I'm smartly capable of...

She wonders out loud why is it wrong to question the status quo and even sometimes the government.

22 April 2017 11:13 AM IST

CRPF personnel standing guard at a polling station during repoll in Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency in Budgam district of Kashmir. (Photo: PTI)

Polls in conflict zones: A Kashmiri lesson

Democracy is presumed to be a great leveller and empowers the very people who fight each other or the state.

21 April 2017 2:01 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi was paying a visit to the temple ahead of a two-day campaign in the state and is expected to address multiple rallies. (Photo: Twitter/@INCGujarat)

When religion trumps citizenship

The BJP's acts of moral policing, whether of food, dress or sexuality, or even movies, has been a source of deep...

10 Dec 2017 12:12 AM IST

Lieutenant General Qamar Javed Bajwa (Photo: AP)

Pak Army chief says he believes in democratic values

Army Chief mentioned it was the national obligation of all state institutions to work for national security and...

9 Dec 2017 6:19 AM IST