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September 2016: Does Arvind Kejriwal have a Plan-B for Delhi?
September 14, 2016, 11:09 AM IST
If you have been following the news or been active on social media, you would have seen headlines screaming about the health crisis that has engulfed Delhi. Now the constant refrain from the rest of…
September 14, 2016, 11:09 AM IST
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Unhappy Eid in the Valley
September 14, 2016, 10:39 AM IST
On Eid, the post July 8 death toll in Kashmir crossed 80, with one youth killed in Bandipora and another in Shopian. Over 44 incidents of stone pelting were reported despite the curfew imposed on…
September 14, 2016, 10:39 AM IST
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5 reasons why Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad could be heading for a showdown in Bihar
September 13, 2016, 11:24 AM IST
Within minutes of stepping out of jail for the first time in 11 years, mafia don-turned-politician, Mohammad Shahabuddin’s comments have sparked off a political row that has exposed the frail coalition between Bihar chief minister…
September 13, 2016, 11:24 AM IST
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Politics: Content marketing
September 12, 2016, 8:03 AM IST
I wonder if anyone ever said or portrayed. “We for victory”, or “I for inclusive Europe” during the Brexit campaign. Little was learnt from historical “content” statements made in the same country! Moreover, rather creepily,…
September 12, 2016, 8:03 AM IST
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Outlook & progress
September 12, 2016, 6:27 AM IST
By Johan Norberg Karl Marx thought that capitalism inevitably made the rich richer and the poor poorer. By the time Marx died, however, the average Englishman was three times richer than at the time of…
September 12, 2016, 6:27 AM IST
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Don’t call it soft Hindutva
September 11, 2016, 1:55 PM IST
With his UP campaign picking up pace, this week Rahul Gandhi also made headlines with his visits to temples. This has been criticized as soft Hindutva. But while the identity politics of UP is complex…
September 11, 2016, 1:55 PM IST
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Kisan Yatra: Congress lacks ideas
September 10, 2016, 8:00 PM IST
To revive his party’s fortunes, Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi, is gambling on winning the loyalty of farmers in the state, especially eastern Uttar Pradesh which has been under a spell of an agrarian crisis….
September 10, 2016, 8:00 PM IST
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Time for Nitish Kumar to call Shahabuddin’s bluff
September 10, 2016, 2:48 PM IST
The release of mafia don-turned-politician, Mohammad Shahabuddin, from Bhagalpur jail after nearly 11 years has marred Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s good governance image. Life seems to have come a full circle for Kumar who…
September 10, 2016, 2:48 PM IST
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There was nothing pro-Kannada about the bandh
September 10, 2016, 11:09 AM IST
Karnataka has a legitimate grievance that its drinking water woes will worsen on the Supreme Court enforced release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Just as Tamil Nadu has a genuine case that without this…
September 10, 2016, 11:09 AM IST
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Nowhere provision for Parlamentary Secretaries to ministers
September 10, 2016, 6:32 AM IST
By Pawan Khera Three instruments govern the functioning of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi -—Article 239aa, The Delhi NCT Act and the Transactions of Business Rules. Four stakeholders decide the legislative functioning…
September 10, 2016, 6:32 AM IST
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Focus on Kashmiris, not the separatists
September 10, 2016, 4:04 AM IST
On Wednesday, the government told a parliamentary delegation on Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), that it was not going to impose curbs on Hurriyat leaders. A day earlier, media had reported that New Delhi was planning…
September 10, 2016, 4:04 AM IST
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5 reasons why appeasing Patels is a challenge for Amit Shah-Vijay Rupani duo in Gujarat
September 9, 2016, 1:43 PM IST
What was supposed to be a function in Surat to mark the Gujarat government’s much-hyped attempt to renew its Patel connection, actually turned into a nightmare for BJP with supporters of the Patel (Patidar) movement…
September 9, 2016, 1:43 PM IST
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Sedition law: Supreme Court’s guidelines must be strictly adhered to
September 6, 2016, 5:25 PM IST
Turning the clock back by 54 years, the Supreme Court putting to rest the controversy surrounding Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, popularly known as the sedition law is welcome. While hearing a petition…
September 6, 2016, 5:25 PM IST
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Kashmir issue exposes chinks in government’s national security plan
September 6, 2016, 1:18 AM IST
By Pranab Dhal Samanta National security is a tricky turf for any political leader. It’s not necessarily shaped by popular mandate or personal charisma, yet it’s the ultimate theatre of expression of power. It’s a…
September 6, 2016, 1:18 AM IST
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Stifling grip of Delhi on AAP Punjab is back firing
September 3, 2016, 5:37 PM IST
Strangest irony on the political scene of Punjab – a traditional politician, who says his political career spanned over 40 years, headed the state unit of Aam Aadmi Party for a year and a half…
September 3, 2016, 5:37 PM IST
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If Dalai Lama could get political asylum in India, why not Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti?
September 3, 2016, 9:44 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech sparking a debate on atrocities in Balochistan by Islamabad has now taken a new turn with top Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti seeking political asylum in India. In an…
September 3, 2016, 9:44 AM IST
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Akhilesh Singh: The Robin Hood of Rae Bareli succumbs to the Gandhis
August 30, 2016, 8:00 PM IST
He is considered a real life Robin Hood, a symbol of independence, a personality that has withstood the might of the Gandhi charisma in the Congress bastion of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. But when…
August 30, 2016, 8:00 PM IST
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Azam Khan: Samajwadi Party’s embarrassment-in-chief
August 30, 2016, 3:18 PM IST
Chronic motor mouth and senior minister in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Azam Khan, is back in the limelight when the Supreme Court did not take kindly to his statement terming the July 29 Bulandshahr gang rape…
August 30, 2016, 3:18 PM IST
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Manohar Lal Khattar’s ‘progressive’ Haryana remains regressive
August 27, 2016, 12:40 PM IST
Six months after the Jat reservation agitation in Haryana came to an end, the state government appears as reluctant as ever to take concrete action against the civil and police administration for dereliction of duty….
August 27, 2016, 12:40 PM IST
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When the communists knocked on Kashmir’s door
August 27, 2016, 5:02 AM IST
By Sandeep Bamzai In the tumultuous tinderbox that was the State of Jammu & Kashmir in the first flush of independence, where a full-fledged war of attrition was being fought, a brand new element was…
August 27, 2016, 5:02 AM IST
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