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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting, in Wuhan, China on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Summitry isn't a game for small men to play

The other was to persuade Trump to relent on his threat to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal by the next recertification...

6 May 2018 1:21 AM IST

Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Maya Kodnani (Photo: PTI/File)

Naroda Patiya: A case for independent public prosecutors?

How can one expect a prosecutor to discharge his duties honestly if the state's sword of Damocles hangs over his head?

29 April 2018 7:29 AM IST

There seems to be no end to Kashmiris' suffering

This year marks 30 years of militancy in Kashmir. No end is in sight to the people's sufferings but they will never...

22 April 2018 7:34 AM IST

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.

Netas create false news; the Press is their victim

The government will be free to complain to it of fake news .

15 April 2018 12:26 AM IST

Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the NBFCs, which includes cooperative banks, are required to furnish details about their financial operations and transactions to the FIU. (PTI/Representational)

Need to curb funds' misuse by parties

The play of money in the political process is an unfortunate necessity that no democracy has been able to discard.

8 April 2018 7:39 AM IST

Trump's NSA is a threat to world peace

Dangerous at any time, Bolton's appointment at this sensitive moment in world affairs is a threat to peace.

1 April 2018 12:30 AM IST

Mr Modi may well have a newer narrative for the next general election possibly an emotive and communally divisive one.

Modi needs to change the hawkish doctrine

It required the country to ensure that no power emerged to pose a threat to Britain's security.

25 March 2018 12:54 AM IST

J&K Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu. (Photo: PTI).

Kashmir: Repression is at an all-time high

BJP ministers in Kashmir, backed by the BJP government at the Centre, are defiant.

18 March 2018 12:30 AM IST

The University of Mumbai, once the finest in India, saw the removal of its vice-chancellor for good reasons. (Photo courtesy: http://mu.ac.in)

No university can survive in a society riven with strife...

If not a wreck, the university is in a shambles in India.

11 March 2018 2:57 AM IST

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the fresh application from Tamil Nadu to direct Karnataka to release 63 tmcft of water being the deficit quantity upto November 15 this year pending final verdict.

Ordinances a blot on the Constitution. SC must act

The ordinance is, both, a blot in and a blot on the Constitution.

4 March 2018 12:16 AM IST

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the entire might of the Government has been invoked to pin the culprit Nirav Modi in the Rs 11,000-crore PNB fraud case. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

India-Pak ties can get worse

Home minister Rajnath Singh and Indian Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat are as belligerent.

18 Feb 2018 5:19 AM IST

Prime Minister Theresa May discovered this on December 13, 2017, when her government suffered a major defeat as rebels from her own Conservative Party allied with the Labour Party and other Opposition parties to push through an amendment to Brexit legislation, the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, in the House of Commons.

Unelected bosses rule the roost in parties

A democratic constitution worked by political parties that are run undemocratically is an incongruity.

11 Feb 2018 6:57 AM IST