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Underlying message of Mohan Bhagwat’s speech: Govt cannot rest on laurels & must remain on guard
October 12, 2016, 12:54 AM IST
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government received an unambiguous thumbs-up from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat. The tone and tenor of his Dussehra speech indicate that RSS’ scepticism regarding the…
October 12, 2016, 12:54 AM IST
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The real insecurity behind BSP supremo Mayawati’s aggressive posturing
October 11, 2016, 12:02 PM IST
There is little doubt that when BSP supremo Mayawati organises a rally, it is a mega success as was the case in Lucknow this Sunday. As per reports, more than five lakh people attended the…
October 11, 2016, 12:02 PM IST
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Only Identity Politics: Mayawati woos Muslim voters ahead of Modi’s Dussehra visit to Lucknow
October 11, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
It’s a reflection of the high stakes of the upcoming UP elections that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in today’s Dussehra celebrations in Lucknow. All political parties are keeping a close watch on…
October 11, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Straws in the wind: Indian diplomatic pressure could be paying off
October 6, 2016, 4:37 PM IST
One certainly hopes this is more than just a straw in the wind and indicates better things to come between India and Pakistan. Pakistani newspaper Dawn has reported an unprecedented exchange between the civilian government…
October 6, 2016, 4:37 PM IST
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Kejriwal is amateurish and government should not bow to silly demands for evidence release
October 6, 2016, 3:12 PM IST
The ludicrous depths to which political and intellectual discourse has sunk in this country is best seen in the kerfuffle over the Indian Army’s cross-border raid into Pakistan. Just so that the ridiculous nature becomes…
October 6, 2016, 3:12 PM IST
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5 reasons why NDA should not release footage of surgical strikes along LoC
October 5, 2016, 7:14 PM IST
As the debate rages over whether the government should put the footage of surgical strikes along the LoC in the public domain, India’s former Army chief, JJ Singh, has struck the right note by saying…
October 5, 2016, 7:14 PM IST
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BJP plans fireworks with Narendra Modi’s Lucknow visit on Dussehra
October 4, 2016, 3:38 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s single minded focus towards BJP winning the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh was on display again when local party leaders indicated that he will attend the festival of Dussehra in…
October 4, 2016, 3:38 PM IST
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Global geopolitics has changed, but Pakistan sticks to old positions
October 4, 2016, 1:44 PM IST
PM Modi’s attempt at strategic breakout through diplomatic isolation of Pakistan, naming and shaming it as a terror sponsoring state and military action along the LoC proportionate to Pakistani provocations represents Indian frustration at being…
October 4, 2016, 1:44 PM IST
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Radical reform
October 3, 2016, 6:22 AM IST
By Sanjaya Baru At an interaction with students at a university near Delhi, in the winter of 2015, I asked the audience what the year 1991 meant to them.… Few hazarded a reply. Earlier that…
October 3, 2016, 6:22 AM IST
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Remove Article 47 of the constitution
October 1, 2016, 5:39 AM IST
It is a welcome development that the Patna High Court has struck down the Bihar government’s draconian policy of total prohibition, extending to putting behind bars members of a household on whose premises liquor is…
October 1, 2016, 5:39 AM IST
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Accessibility must be a special need for us all
October 1, 2016, 4:08 AM IST
A week before the terrible massacre in Paris earlier this year, my best friend went with her husband and young daughter on a trip to the City of Light they had promised themselves a long…
October 1, 2016, 4:08 AM IST
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Surgical strikes: They open up several valid options to keep Pakistan in check
September 30, 2016, 2:50 AM IST
By Vikram Sood So finally it happened. It was bound to happen one day. All it required was the push becoming a shove — which Uri provided. But, above all, it needed political will. Director General…
September 30, 2016, 2:50 AM IST
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Is it tricks or tweets?
September 30, 2016, 2:38 AM IST
By Taberez A Neyazi The use of automated propaganda during crises and elections to manipulate public opinion and suppress voices first witnessed in advanced industrial democracies like the US are increasingly getting used in developing…
September 30, 2016, 2:38 AM IST
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Narendra Modi’s line of new control
September 30, 2016, 2:20 AM IST
By Pranab Dhal Samanta What was new about the Indian Army’s cross-LoC strike on Thursday was not the mission in itself, but the decision to make it official. And in doing so, Prime Minister Narendra…
September 30, 2016, 2:20 AM IST
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The nation has walked the talk eventually
September 30, 2016, 1:23 AM IST
By Lt Gen (Retd) Vinay Shankar With the Director General Military Operations announcement that our Armed Forces have successfully executed multiple surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LOC) on the night of 28/29 September,…
September 30, 2016, 1:23 AM IST
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Limitations of Baloch strategy: alternatives do exist
September 28, 2016, 2:27 PM IST
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s independence speech, External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj also chose to mention human rights violation by Pakistan against the people of Balochistan in her address to United Nations a few days…
September 28, 2016, 2:27 PM IST
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Mulayam Singh Yadav strikes balance of power between government and party in Uttar Pradesh
September 26, 2016, 5:47 PM IST
The eighth expansion of Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav’s council of ministers saw 10 ministers being sworn in, but the spotlight remained on the resurrection of three former ministers- Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, Manoj Pandey…
September 26, 2016, 5:47 PM IST
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How PM Narendra Modi has strengthened India’s non-military response to Pakistan
September 26, 2016, 11:10 AM IST
India seems to have finally innovated on a multi-pronged strategy to deal with Pakistan’s support of terror when Prime Minister Narendra Modi exposed their internal vulnerabilities, bypassing the ruling establishment by directly reaching out to…
September 26, 2016, 11:10 AM IST
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Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani’s Townhall event gets Twitter blues
September 23, 2016, 5:29 PM IST
It was supposed to be a first of its kind political initiative in Gujarat when chief minister Vijay Rupani decided to host a ‘Twitter Townhall’. He promised to answer questions related to the state government…
September 23, 2016, 5:29 PM IST
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Arunachal Pradesh highlights the sloth of a moribund Congress
September 23, 2016, 4:36 AM IST
Conventional wisdom says it has become tough, if not impossible, since 1994 for a ruling party in New Delhi to dismiss chief ministers of state governments on a whim. In 1994, a nine-judge constitutional bench…
September 23, 2016, 4:36 AM IST
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