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February 26, 1981, Forty Years Ago: Pak Unrest

February 26, 2021 3:41:48 am

Pakistan’s military regime has arrested 21 more political figures bringing the number of those detained to 30, while anti-government demonstrations spread to Karachi. Five students were arrested when they set an army major’s jeep on fire.

A man of letters

February 26, 2021 7:48:19 am

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and publisher, recognised the spirit of the Beat Generation and nurtured it.

Friends & neighbours

February 26, 2021 7:47:34 am

Pakistan PM’s Colombo visit affirms enduring ties. Minister Jaishankar’s Maldives trip signals Delhi is leaving nothing to chance.

State pushback

February 26, 2021 7:45:42 am

Light touch or blunt instrument? New rules to regulate social media and OTT draw the lines between Big Tech and government.

Behind the Scream

February 25, 2021 8:11:01 am

A note in Edvard Munch’s iconic painting bares the anxieties of an artist, his fear of madness.

Kathmandu impasse

February 25, 2021 8:11:32 am

Court sets aside decision to dissolve Parliament, but political reconciliation within ruling party seems unlikely.

Thank You

February 25, 2021 8:10:38 am

Judge Dharmender Rana’s verdict granting bail to Disha Ravi underscores what judiciary can — and should — do today.

February 25, 1981, Forty Years Ago: Bonded Labour

February 25, 2021 3:00:15 am

It is happening within 30 km of Delhi — brick kiln labourers are being bought and sold all over Haryana.

Petrol@100

February 24, 2021 8:36:55 am

Rising fuel prices are inflationary, hurt consumers. Government must focus on improving direct tax and GST compliance.

Law and liberty

February 24, 2021 8:37:15 am

Bail for Varavara Rao is welcome. Tougher questions must be asked when accused are in custody for extended periods of time

Brawlers of Baghpat

February 24, 2021 8:38:01 am

Chaat vendors in a UP town battled over customers and launched a thousand memes.

February 24, 1981, Forty Years Ago: Brezhnev reaches out

February 24, 2021 3:20:57 am

Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev made a major overture to the US, expressing readiness for a summit meeting with President Ronald Reagan, and willingness to reopen strategic arms talks.

Federer-Nadal-Djokovic

February 23, 2021 9:04:57 am

In the middle of what seems like an everlasting prime, the Big Three still rule the game.

The rights of migrants

February 23, 2021 9:03:46 am

Niti Aayog draft policy on migrant workers is a prompt to reimagine labour-capital relations

Cues for growth

February 23, 2021 9:02:42 am

Only way to unlock value of PSUs is liberation from government control. Growth will continue to be consumption-led.

February 23, 1981, Forty Years Ago: Ahmedabad unrest

February 23, 2021 3:00:14 am

Four persons were killed in police firing and a fifth succumbed to stab wounds in a fresh spate of violence in Ahmedabad after a week’s lull since the medicos launched their anti-reservation agitation last month-end.

Keep a watchful eye

February 22, 2021 7:43:10 am

India, China should repair bilateral relations on basis of disengagement process. But it may not be easy.

February 22, 1981, Forty Years Ago: Students’ Sit-in

February 22, 2021 3:20:40 am

Bharat Narain had been arrested under specific charges earlier too and was on bail for about a month. While the censored local press could not report the arrest in their morning editions, the word spread to all school and college students as they began trickling in.