As JNU row turns nastier, Delhi police commissioner’s conduct invites accusations of unprofessionalism and partisanship

Government’s move towards aligning small savings interest rates with market rates was long overdue

Sedition in India is not unconstitutional, it remains an offence only if the words, spoken or written, are accompanied by disorder and violence and/ or incitement to disorder and violence

Messi, Suarez, and a tale of large-heartedness or cold calculation.

CPM’s survival and growth may depend on its ability to be more flexible.

There is much to be learnt from his fierce commitment to upholding free speech.

Attack on journalists will not intimidate the media, but it should seriously worry the government.

Shoring up municipal finances requires institutional reforms, not band-aids.

The alarming, exponential reach of the ‘anti-national’ can find you out in the most unexpected places.

A home minister who is irresponsible about quoting sources invites implications.

Antonin Scalia, perhaps on the wrong side of history, nevertheless bequeaths a formidable intellectual legacy.

Reducing government’s ownership of public-sector banks is the right step towards improving their governance.

Nothing that JNU students did poses nearly as much of a threat to India as government's subversion of freedom

A strong partnership is taking shape between India and the UAE. It can change Delhi’s stakes and status in West Asia

Contrary to official claims, Tejas is a winner

BJP, Congress undermine the gravity of the issue when they use Headley’s deposition to score points off each other

As South Asia gingerly approaches another Valentine’s Day

Bypoll campaign underlined strategic limits to communally charged politics

Two of the dead had jumped off the burning train and were run over by another.

It’s been a happy ride so far for the Under-19 cricket team at the World Cup. But they must not lose perspective

AAP government has handled Delhi’s odd-even scheme well, encouraging a culture of willing compliance

Attempts to criminalise the freedom of expression on campus, or to subdue it by labelling it “anti-national”, cast much more unflattering light on the working of the Indian state than on a motley group of students who got carried away.

An alternative source of demand must be created. It requires more spending on health and education

The Siachen braveheart gave India an occasion to cheer and marvel — and to grieve together as one