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September 14, 2015 00:28 IST

Its boundaries must be inviolable. The state has no moral right to interfere with the life and death choices of informed, consenting adults.

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September 14, 2015 00:00 IST

A statement and denial from Delhi add to the restlessness in Kathmandu.

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September 13, 2015 00:49 IST

Nearer home, Sonia Gandhi has been confirmed as president of the Congress for a record 18th year.

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September 13, 2015 07:31 IST

Panchjanya is utterly misguided about English and Hindi

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September 13, 2015 00:30 IST

What is most worrying is that the Prime Minister seems even to have allowed Rahul Gandhi to get under his skin with his ‘suit-boot ki sarkar’ comment.

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September 13, 2015 00:29 IST

DD programme Janne ka Haq was the only TV show in India which for over nine years was based solely on RTI and transparency-related issues.

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September 13, 2015 06:57 IST

Whatever it takes to implement OROP, the resources must be found. In 2010-11, the RBI transferred to Government a surplus of Rs 15,009 crore. Who thought RBI would transfer Rs 65,896 crore in 2015-16? If there is will, a way can be found

September 12, 2015 00:20 IST

The Congress should prove that it is a responsible opposition by avoiding silly talk.

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September 12, 2015 07:04 IST

A necessary condition for GDP growth to accelerate beyond 7 per cent per annum is for the RBI to cut rates aggressively

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September 11, 2015 00:15 IST

Even the slightest perception of vulnerability is politically risky. He needs to change the subject in China.

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September 11, 2015 00:01 IST

Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s book frames the predicament of the man standing in the middle.

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September 10, 2015 23:55 IST

Controversy over Bihar special package is needless. It is a determined push to improve outcomes.

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September 10, 2015 00:05 IST

We need to remember Harbaksh Singh if we want to commemorate the 1965 war.

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September 10, 2015 07:18 IST

For the BJP, strategic placement of allies could make or break this election.

September 10, 2015 00:00 IST

And no one was interested in PM’s unsensational meeting with industrialists.

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September 9, 2015 07:44 IST

That skewed sex ratios affect population growth is self-evident. Still, here are three studies to prove it.

September 9, 2015 00:00 IST

An article in the Organiser discusses the failure of the reservation policy in India. According to it, instead of reducing the number of reserved castes, the policy has caused their count to increase.

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September 9, 2015 00:01 IST

They offer an opportunity to recall what he stood for. The imperfect Gandhi was more radical and progressive than most contemporary compatriots.

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September 9, 2015 09:24 IST

RSS reminder on special relations with Pakistan should coax a coherent strategy from government.

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September 8, 2015 03:02 IST

GDP deceleration is a statistical quirk. Inability of numbers to capture growth will have consequences.

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September 8, 2015 00:26 IST

Affirmative action is necessary. But caste-based reservations are unimaginative, crude and costly for the intended beneficiaries.

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September 8, 2015 00:00 IST

Bangalore is missing from smart cities list. It has been let down by its leaders.

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September 7, 2015 00:00 IST

A few things the Indian government could do while oil prices are falling.

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September 7, 2015 00:00 IST

After Sonia Gandhi’s refusal to become PM, the Congress put up an embarrassing show.

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September 7, 2015 10:06 IST

K.S. Bhagwan, a rationalist and retired English professor from Maharaja’s College in Mysore, talks to Udit Misra about the death threat he received from a Bajrang Dal functionary in the wake of M.M. Kalburgi’s murder.

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