Army personnel’s move to take their concerns on AFSPA to court is ill-judged.

On the economy, both regimes frittered away advantages of a good start. Going ahead, there are lessons to learn

Serving soldiers have approached SC over AFSPA. They must not be made to pay for governments’ failures.

Atalji made friends and disarmed his opponents

ARAB TERRORISTS ATTACKED an Israeli El Al Airline bus carrying cabin crew outside London’s Europe hotel, killing a stewardess and wounding at least nine others.

Pakistan’s new PM must not be offended at being associated with the Bihar leader. There is much he can learn from him.

Rural India cannot be viewed solely through prism of farming. Crisis in rural areas today is actually one of too much agriculture.

Srikrishna Committee report effectively indicts many practices, principles of UIDAI.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a leader without rancour, gentle but firm reformer, a great human being.

Challenges remain but response of political leadership, state and civil society to Kerala flood crisis is heartening.

Thirteen people died in flash floods in the Kunal village of Bilaspur district last night.

Anti-begging law is one of many used to target the transgender community.

Real test of water tribunal’s award will be in balancing needs of Goa’s ecology and Karnataka’s farmers in a drought year.

V S Naipaul gave writers in once-colonised countries confidence. But he also exonerated colonialism.

From restoring Pakistan’s civilian-military balance to improving relations with India, the new PM’s challenges are many.

India, says the book, was the playground of games between the CIA and KGB for decades.

No one expected him to be so engaged in improving relations with Pakistan when he was foreign minister. As a Jana Sanghi, he was meant to breathe fire and brimstone in any dealings with Pakistan.

There was one person who used to repair umbrellas during the rains. A tall, lean and dark man, whose face gave the impression that he was already old when he was born.

"After the Babri Masjid was demolished I asked him why he did not leave the BJP if he was so unhappy with what had happened. He replied in the words of that famous song, ‘Jaayein, to jaayein kahaan (Where should I go)’."

To most of his party colleagues and the RSS, he was the right man to lead the ‘right’ party. To many belonging to other parties, he was the right man in the wrong party!

Musharraf placed officers who shared his orientation on Kashmir in key positions.

Vajpayee’s foreign policy transcended Nehru’s legacy as well as BJP’s nativist burdens.

Aretha Franklin’s music brought together the divine and mundane, sought to heal a divided world.

THE Congress-CPI Opposition was up in arms again in the Rajya Sabha over the issue of a House committee going into corruption charges against the families of the prime minister and the former home minister.