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Brexit is bad news for all, save the populists
June 24, 2016, 11:49 AM IST
Britain has voted to leave the European Union. This is bad for London as a financial centre, Britain in general, the European Union, the world economy and currency stability. Indian companies that have invested in…
June 24, 2016, 11:49 AM IST
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Subramanian vs Subramanian: Game of thrones
June 22, 2016, 1:00 PM IST
It’s tough to ignore Subramanian Swamy in the current political scenario and the BJP leader has been on a roll ever since the Narendra Modi led government came to power. His growing clout was exemplified…
June 22, 2016, 1:00 PM IST
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For Akhilesh Yadav, its winnability over perception in the battle for UP
June 21, 2016, 1:30 PM IST
As chief minister Akhilesh Yadav braces himself for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections which are less than a year away, maintaining law-and-order in the state remains his government’s Achilles heel. Under attack from the opposition…
June 21, 2016, 1:30 PM IST
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Banking on Sheila: Will Congress’s gamble payoff?
June 17, 2016, 8:04 PM IST
What is common between Congress, DMK and CPM? It is not about them being on the same side during UPA-1, nor does it have anything to do with ideology. One striking similarity in recent times…
June 17, 2016, 8:04 PM IST
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UP elections: What’s in a face? Actually, a lot for BJP
June 17, 2016, 12:33 PM IST
BJP’s national executive being held in Allahabad last week is indication enough of the political primacy of Uttar Pradesh that goes to polls early next year. India’s most populous state sends the maximum of 80…
June 17, 2016, 12:33 PM IST
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Five reasons why Kamal Nath episode reflects poor decision making in Congress
June 16, 2016, 5:10 PM IST
The removal of Congress leader Kamal Nath as general secretary in-charge of Punjab is a perfect illustration of vacillating leadership. The former union minister and Congress veteran had taken over from Shakeel Ahmad, but flip…
June 16, 2016, 5:10 PM IST
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Bharat-mukt Congress before Congress-mukt Bharat?
June 15, 2016, 6:09 PM IST
Around the time Prime Minister Narendra Modi was delivering one of his trade-mark stump speeches in Allahabad last Monday, breathing fire and arms akimbo, the pusillanimous Rahul Gandhi was making one of his querulous attacks…
June 15, 2016, 6:09 PM IST
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Office of profit: AAP MLAs should resign or get off their high horse
June 15, 2016, 3:58 PM IST
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is no stranger to controversy, and neither is it the first time that it has blamed Centre for problems plaguing Delhi’s administration. The current confrontation is over 21 AAP MLAs who…
June 15, 2016, 3:58 PM IST
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Why offices of profit can have costly consequences
June 14, 2016, 6:46 PM IST
By Vikram Doctor [The problem that the Aam Aadmi Party is facing over Delhi legislators holding offices of profit is not a new one. Sonia Gandhi faced it back in 2006 when this piece was…
June 14, 2016, 6:46 PM IST
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The Rajnath hitch in Modi’s Mission-UP
June 14, 2016, 5:04 PM IST
BJP’s national executive meeting that ended on Monday with a show of strength at the confluence of three rivers in Allahabad should be an eye-opener for any political party in Uttar Pradesh. Apart from Bahujan…
June 14, 2016, 5:04 PM IST
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Mutton or Beef: It’s just a matter of convenience
June 13, 2016, 12:40 PM IST
A famous saying goes in India, “public memory is very short”. It is especially true when politicians and their parties win elections despite charges of corruption or being accused of partaking in something controversial, yet…
June 13, 2016, 12:40 PM IST
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Eleanor Zelliot, Dr. Ambedkar’s greatest follower
June 11, 2016, 4:32 AM IST
By Raja Sekhar Vundru As India and the world celebrated Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary year, Ambedkar scholar Eleanor Zelliot, 89, passed away on June 6 in the US. After Ambedkar’s death in 1956, Zelliot came…
June 11, 2016, 4:32 AM IST
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Prakash Javadekar and Maneka Gandhi, let kindly light ahead
June 11, 2016, 4:09 AM IST
The Javadekar-Gandhi spat over the Centre’s decision to let states cull crop-damaging wildlife has generated heat but little light. In case of enhanced human-animal conflict, the best solution is rarely to kill the offending animals….
June 11, 2016, 4:09 AM IST
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Excise censor, bring on film certification
June 11, 2016, 4:06 AM IST
The controversy over Udta Punjab might end in the appellate body for film certification, which is hearing the appeal of the film’s makers against the film certification board’s ghastly demands for change, granting clearance —…
June 11, 2016, 4:06 AM IST
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The gloves came off in the EU referendum battle
June 11, 2016, 3:24 AM IST
Is it the beginning of the end for Boris Johnson? In what is being described as the nastiest TV debate ever, his conservative colleague, energy secretary (minister) Angela Rudd described Boris as “the life and…
June 11, 2016, 3:24 AM IST
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If CBFC’s writ is allowed, right to freedom of speech and expression will be history
June 11, 2016, 1:58 AM IST
By Manish Tewari With elections in Punjab just months away, it is almost impossible to disassociate from the crippling action on the film, Udta Punjab, by CBFC headed by an esteemed gentleman who is an…
June 11, 2016, 1:58 AM IST
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Why BJP needs to look beyond Smriti Irani in Uttar Pradesh
June 10, 2016, 1:18 PM IST
She is the only one who ever came remotely close to giving Rahul Gandhi a fight on his home turf of Amethi. She may have lost her direct challenge to the Congress prince but not…
June 10, 2016, 1:18 PM IST
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PM Narendra Modi charmed his US audience & listeners back home
June 9, 2016, 11:57 PM IST
It is a pity that US media chose to ignore Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to a joint sitting of members of the House of Representatives and the Senate. It was a sterling performance. Modi…
June 9, 2016, 11:57 PM IST
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California Primary: Hillary Clinton takes it through the roof
June 9, 2016, 12:54 AM IST
By Sandip Roy It should have been a moment of long overdue celebration. As California’s voters left the polling booths on Primary Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton finally shattered the glass ceiling. The Democratic Party had…
June 9, 2016, 12:54 AM IST
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The markets are not irrationally in love with RBI chief Raghuram Rajan
June 9, 2016, 12:34 AM IST
Foreign investors I met in Singapore in May were anxious to know whether Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan would get a second term. Almost all of them said that billions of dollars…
June 9, 2016, 12:34 AM IST
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