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Karan Thapar
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The writer is a television commentator and anchor
    The Shiv Sena is one of the oldest allies of the BJP and ideologically close to it.Opinion
    First Mumbai, then Delhi: Will history repeat itself?

    The answer to the first depends on how the Aghadi alliance handles the tricky challenges it faces.

    29 Nov 2019 12:53 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: File)Opinion
    Will Boris’ gamble work? Anything might happen after 12/12 UK vote

    The greater the number of Labour-held constituencies which voted for Brexit that the Tories can win, the bigger the...

    1 Nov 2019 12:54 AM IST

    Will PM Boris be forced to resign next week?Opinion
    Will PM Boris be forced to resign next week?

    No Prime Minister can continue in office after deliberately misleading the Queen.

    14 Sept 2019 1:21 AM IST

    Imran and Army: How, in a year, Pak PM has learnt to be ‘flexible’Opinion
    Imran and Army: How, in a year, Pak PM has learnt to be ‘flexible’

    Today he’s been in the job for 13 months. I guess you could say he’s learnt the importance of being flexible.

    22 Aug 2019 7:21 AM IST

    In its response to a Right to Information Act application, the Ordnance Factory Board cited sections 8(1)(a) which exempts from disclosure information related to security and strategic matters and section 8(1)(d) which exempts information related to commercial confidence.Opinion
    Diluting of the RTI Act is questionable

    It’s not easy to think of a measure that has done more to deepen and strengthen Indian democracy than the Right to...

    24 July 2019 4:33 AM IST

    India’s judiciary faces critical test of its objectivityOpinion
    India’s judiciary faces critical test of its objectivity

    This is an embarrassing and awkward moment for the Indian judiciary and, therefore, a critical test of its objectivity...

    24 April 2019 7:48 AM IST

    Kanhaiya KumarOpinion
    Sedition case on Kanhaiya, others is wrong

    Let's not in the name of nationalism commit the blunder of restricting free speech.

    15 Jan 2019 7:55 AM IST

    A Diwali without fireworks seems incomplete and several people in the city have already started bursting crackers ahead of the festival.Opinion
    This Diwali could be a crackerless one

    There is, however, one other way green crackers could be made available in time for Diwali.

    25 Oct 2018 1:49 AM IST

    Prime Minister Nawaz SharifOpinion
    New-style coup: Army-ISI forces Pak media, judges to toe the line

    Today, as people cast their votes, some 371,000 troops will be deployed both outside and inside polling stations.

    25 July 2018 7:27 AM IST

    B.S. Yeddyurappa was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on Thursday. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Gov erred by ignoring norms, SC must step in

    The Constitution requires a stable government and that means the governor must appoint a chief minister who has majority...

    18 May 2018 1:29 AM IST

    The winter session of RS began on a stormy note on Friday with the opposition demanding an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his conspiracy with Pakistan remarks against his predecessor Manmohan Singh, creating uproar and repeatedly disrupting proceedings. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    How Modi & Congress got military history wrong

    How lucky Mr Modi is that most newspapers and television channels didn't pick up on his errors and make merry with them.

    5 May 2018 7:33 AM IST

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