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July 30, 2015 18:18 IST

Regrettably, neither before nor after has pre-poll canvassing been so sordid as in 1969, incidentally the Mahatma’s birth centenary year.

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July 26, 2015 00:07 IST

What Dulat does not mention is that Khan, on one of his trips to India, had breakfast with then prime minister Manmohan Singh at Race Course Road.

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July 26, 2015 00:02 IST

While the Congress had monopoly of power at the Centre and in the states, it did not matter how power was divided.

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July 26, 2015 08:13 IST

The makers of Bajrangi Bhaijaan and its main star, Salman Khan, clearly intend to deliver a message to audiences in India (and to Indians worldwide). The message is, “We Are All the Same”.

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July 26, 2015 00:00 IST

On behalf of those of us watching from the outside may I say that both parties ended up looking juvenile and silly.

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July 26, 2015 00:00 IST

No amount of taunts can wish away the fact that the Lalit Modi-Sushma Swaraj story has abuse of authority, nepotism and conflict of interest written all over the pages. Mr Jaitley asked the Opposition, what offence has Ms Swaraj committed?

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July 24, 2015 00:00 IST

Decline in number of OBC MPs shows that the classic tropes of backward class politics — quotas and simple descriptive representation — no longer work.

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July 24, 2015 00:00 IST

The courts must step in when governments persecute individuals like Setalvad.

July 24, 2015 00:00 IST

Iran has achieved an important, historic feat by getting the deal signed.

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July 23, 2015 04:45 IST

Participants on general news channels behave like grizzlies with high blood pressure. Business channels are an oasis of calm.

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July 23, 2015 00:42 IST

While the RBI criticises policy, it does not use its own limited authority effectively.

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July 23, 2015 06:31 IST

It’s very bad. It proves the adage — garbage in, garbage out.

July 22, 2015 00:00 IST

The Organiser editorial takes a critical view of Iftar parties, including the one thrown by the president at Rashtrapati Bhavan. It says that the “ridiculous custom of non-fasting people feeding the well-fed guests for political calculation is against the spirit of any religious ritual.” It adds that individuals or organisations hosting a religious function is […]

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July 22, 2015 00:00 IST

Its excommunicated reveal the reality of the Pakistani state.

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July 22, 2015 00:00 IST

Lateral exit is as important as lateral entry in improving performance and efficiency.

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July 21, 2015 13:26 IST

I am sorry to say that as a Congressman who once fought for the freedom of this country and who courted arrest and suffered so much, I had been treated in this way.

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July 21, 2015 13:24 IST

Response to the crisis of farmer suicides is narrowly focused. Poor health accounts for most suicides, necessitating improved access to healthcare rather than special packages

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July 21, 2015 00:00 IST

Going against the grain of entrenched pacifism in Japan, Abe is making the case that Tokyo should respond to the rapidly unfolding geopolitical changes in the region.

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July 20, 2015 05:14 IST

Mrinalda passed away over a month ago; despite his obvious intellectual brilliance, it will not be as a scholar that he will be remembered, but as a teacher of economics.

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July 20, 2015 05:15 IST

Estimates based on SECC and NSS data have different purposes.

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July 19, 2015 00:00 IST

Last week, as the negotiations for the Greek bailout climaxed, one could say that Helmut Schmidt had failed in his gamble.

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July 19, 2015 00:00 IST

BCCI — the Board of Charlatans and Carpetbaggers in India — is a multimillion-dollar embarrassment, a phenomenally profitable affront to cricket.

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July 19, 2015 08:47 IST

It gives me another chance to reiterate that Dr Sen is to blame for keeping vast majority of Indians poor, hungry and illiterate for decades.

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July 19, 2015 08:18 IST

Today we have a PM who will “see no evil and hear no evil” when it concerns the ministers in his council of ministers.

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July 19, 2015 00:00 IST

The MEA's attitude towards the talks by the two heads of government is interesting.

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