Salman Anees Soz

The writer is a national media panellist of the Indian National Congress.

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All India Congress Committee meeting in Ahmedabad next week comes at a critical juncture for the party. (Illustration by C R Sasikumar)

Best of both sides | Congress has the ideas – it needs organisation to reviveSubscriber Only

April 04,2025 07:08:49 AM

The senior leadership of our party must come to grips with a simple fact of our lives – our vision, values, and policies require a new and reformed party organisation from top to bottom, from Delhi to the states

Fri, Apr 04, 2025

Pawan Khera’s arrest: An attack on the Constitution, a tactic to intimidate OppositionSubscriber Only

February 25,2023 12:24:06 PM

The arrest reeks of impunity, gives new meaning to process as punishment.

Sat, Feb 25, 2023

Vaccines should be free and for allSubscriber Only

April 29,2021 03:02:05 AM

The Centre’s vaccination policy is a maze of confusion that could doom India’s future prospects.

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

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Modi’s Achhe Din still remains a mirageSubscriber Only

February 01,2018 16:15:27 PM

A poor farmer would be right to ask why Mr Modi left him to fend for himself for all these years. Why has the promised transformation not come to rural India? Unsurprisingly, the BJP’s friends in the corporate sector should be pleased.

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

PM Modi-led Union Cabinet approves ordinance declaring triple talaq crime: A timeline of the events of the case

The instant triple talaq Bill is a remedy that can worsen the diseaseSubscriber Only

January 02,2018 06:55:59 AM

By its own admission, the government did not consult anyone, not even women’s organisations, in the process of drafting the bill. No Muslim women MP spoke during the “debate” in the Lok Sabha.

Tue, Jan 02, 2018

The institution also recognised 73 cross-debarments from other multilateral development banks.

Ease of Doing Business in an uneasy India hides, not revealsSubscriber Only

November 01,2017 09:16:29 AM

This high ranking should be seen in the context of India’s dismal 143rd rank in Index of Economic Freedom and 79th rank in Corruption Perceptions Index. We need to look at a business environment from multiple perspectives to gain a broader understanding of what is happening on the ground.

Wed, Nov 01, 2017

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Seventy years on, digging a deeper hole in KashmirSubscriber Only

August 14,2017 05:25:05 AM

The move by a BJP/RSS front organization to repeal the validity of Article 35-A will lead to adverse consequences are likely to further devastate an already suffering region. Its long-term negative consequences are likely to outlive us all.

Mon, Aug 14, 2017

Unseeing the peopleSubscriber Only

April 29,2017 00:05:24 AM

Policies of India, Pakistan on Kashmir appear to help each other’s case while keeping Kashmiris in limbo

Sat, Apr 29, 2017

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Walking into the jihad trapSubscriber Only

January 26,2016 00:20:26 AM

Data shows that jihadi terrorism has actually declined

Tue, Jan 26, 2016