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Former Intelligence Bureau director Dineshwar Sharma said he would go to Kashmir in eight-to-ten days. (Photo: ANI)

A policeman posing as a postman

Sharma will have sustained interaction and dialogue to understand the legitimate aspirations of a wide cross-section of...

29 Oct 2017 6:16 AM IST

Despite being recently sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for a rape case reported in 2002, the head of the Dera Sacha Sauda, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, still commands an enormous following.

How our religious right exploits faith

Sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for a rape case reported in 2002, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, still commands an enormous...

22 Oct 2017 4:03 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted economy was slowing. (Photo: PTI)

BJP's secret poll dealings need to be exposed

No government has the right to take such a decision without consulting all major political parties.

15 Oct 2017 12:31 AM IST

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near the site of a shootout on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. (Photo: PTI)

No Kashmir policy, still

Kashmir recently suffered the visits of three delegations, none of which offered even a glimmer of hope.

24 Sept 2017 2:49 AM IST

Laws alone can't stop the hate

Legislation alone cannot stem the tide of hate. It can be done only by members of civil society.

17 Sept 2017 3:51 AM IST

The former minister brought out the flaws of instant Talaq and insisted how a married woman could be on the streets just due to her husband saying Talaq three times. (Representational image)

Of politics, talaq and judgements

The two Quranic safeguards render triple talaq void.

3 Sept 2017 12:42 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti

Kashmir suffocated

Regardless of the political impasse, the routes of old should be reopened at least on humanitarian grounds.

27 Aug 2017 1:31 AM IST

Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar

Broken promises

National interest or an emergency might force a government to act contrary to the election manifesto on which it was...

20 Aug 2017 12:38 AM IST

Palestinians protestors hold national flags during protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails. (Photo: AP)

Cult of secrecy

Now, 50 years later, Arabs in Palestine are consigned to virtual serfdom by Israel.

13 Aug 2017 12:54 AM IST

Political pardons

All constitutions confer on the head of state the power to grant pardon.

6 Aug 2017 12:48 AM IST

New elected President, Ram Nath Kovind (Photo: PTI)

BJP's safe man at Rashtrapati Bhavan

In his very first speech on July 25 Ram Nath Kovind made known his fealty to the BJP's creed.

1 Aug 2017 12:28 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: AP)

Centre continues to flout states' rights

The very process of the Centre appointing governors warps the country's federal structure.

16 July 2017 12:48 AM IST