The writer is Consulting Editor, The Indian Express.

February 10, 2018 04:30 IST
Emergency in Maldives: India indicating that it was closely watching the situation in the Indian Ocean and hoped that all regional powers play a constructive role.
Sat, Feb 10, 2018
February 09, 2018 04:59 IST
The sentencing of Zia was met by stony silence in Delhi which believes that despite the possibility of even greater expansion of power by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, she remains the best bet to rule Bangladesh.
Fri, Feb 09, 2018
February 08, 2018 16:15 IST
Khaleda’s imprisonment is likely to inflame the infamous rivalry with her longtime opponent and prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Thu, Feb 08, 2018
February 08, 2018 00:11 IST
Maldives crisis: The Indian government has already issued two statements criticising the political chaos in the Maldives and especially “disturbed” by the imposition of Emergency.
Thu, Feb 08, 2018
February 03, 2018 05:32 IST
Maldives Democratic Party’s international spokesperson Abdul Ghafoor told The Indian Express on Friday night over telephone from Colombo, “Yameen is dragging his feet... it has been 24 hours, but there has been no move to implement the order yet.”
Sat, Feb 03, 2018
January 23, 2018 03:48 IST
With 16 months or so left for general elections, the Manch hopes to raise the level of discussion of important national issues and provide a counterpoint to those offered by the government.
Tue, Jan 23, 2018
January 16, 2018 05:49 IST
As Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits India, just months after PM Modi’s July 2017 visit to Israel, ties have never seemed warmer. But clear pragmatic factors are balancing the passion.
Tue, Jan 16, 2018
January 10, 2018 20:07 IST
Watch out for the Modi-Trump embraces on the frozen ski slopes of Davos
Wed, Jan 10, 2018
January 10, 2018 00:55 IST
The question now is whether New Delhi should put all its eggs into the US basket to combat China and Pakistan.
Wed, Jan 10, 2018
January 02, 2018 18:41 IST
The US aid cut threat, however, is not new. Nor has Pakistan failed to threaten the US in return, as it did when it blockaded all movement of US and NATO trucks for seven months from November 2011-July 2012, after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in an US raid.
Tue, Jan 02, 2018
December 26, 2017 07:15 IST
To see, but not to touch, to hear, but through a telephone line. To allow Jadhav’s mother and wife the semblance of hope, but to know as they emerged from that room that all hope was really dashed.
Tue, Dec 26, 2017
December 18, 2017 11:59 IST
Gujarat election results 2017: Despite a spirited campaign run by Rahul Gandhi and Hardik Patel, PM Narendra Modi has consolidated his power and position in the BJP
Mon, Dec 18, 2017
December 12, 2017 05:53 IST
According to the survey, 88% of Muslim women wanted the state to oversee Islamic courts, while 95% hadn’t even heard of the Muslim Personal Law Board.
Tue, Dec 12, 2017
December 12, 2017 05:28 IST
While India criticised Oli and began to throw its weight behind a Maoist alliance led by Prachanda and Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, the Nepali Congress has been routed in these elections.
Tue, Dec 12, 2017
December 11, 2017 17:37 IST
From besmirching the name of former prime minister Manmohan Singh to accusing the Congress party of a “Mughal mindset” to targeting Pakistan high commissioner to India, the PM seems to be focusing his sights on the Indian Muslim-Pakistan Muslim continuum
Mon, Dec 11, 2017
December 09, 2017 00:59 IST
How the Dhaka Lit Fest brought stories and people from across the world to Bangladesh.
Sat, Dec 09, 2017
December 09, 2017 00:00 IST
With a year to go for polls, Bangladesh is increasingly becoming securitised and its government authoritarian.
Sat, Dec 09, 2017
December 01, 2017 07:25 IST
The PM doesn’t like to discriminate between the media, say his aides, which is why he hasn’t kept a media advisor
Fri, Dec 01, 2017
November 30, 2017 19:12 IST
Tau Devi Lal, if he was alive today, may have had a thing or two to say about the Bihar chief minister
Fri, Dec 01, 2017
November 28, 2017 09:12 IST
The return of the Pakistani army front and centre to Pakistani politics will, once again severely destabilize the region.
Tue, Nov 28, 2017
October 25, 2017 01:28 IST
Tillerson’s maiden visit to South Asia — which began at Bagram air base near Kabul on October 23, moved to Islamabad via Baghdad, and ends in New Delhi on October 26.
Wed, Oct 25, 2017
October 24, 2017 06:44 IST
Rajnath Singh’s announcement that former IB director Dineshwar Sharma will be the Centre’s pointperson for a dialogue with all Kashmiris shows that the will of the Kashmiris cannot be broken by the barrel of a gun, but that you have to meet them half-way, as equals, if you seek a face-saving formula for victory.
Tue, Oct 24, 2017
October 14, 2017 13:58 IST
India’s leadership doesn’t need an American TV network , @MadamSecretary, to remind it of the old adage that there are no permanent friends or enemies in politics. Still, there would be no harm watching, especially if South Block seems to have lost its way.
Sat, Oct 14, 2017
October 11, 2017 11:01 IST
As the clock moves inexorably towards the 2019 general elections and the economy shows little inclination to improve itself, the party needs a big enough idea to magnetise the voter. What better than to push the idea of a Ram statue as well as a Ram mandir on the contested ‘janmabhoomi’ ?
Wed, Oct 11, 2017
October 08, 2017 17:28 IST
Reducing the GST on ‘khakra,’ Gujarat’s beloved savoury, laying several foundation stones in the state and going home to Vadnagar for the first time since he became PM, are among Modi and the BJP’s several ideas on retaining the state when polls are held in December
Sun, Oct 08, 2017





