Trump names Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary

Washington DC: US President-elect Donald Trump on...

Will Wayanad give a landslide win to Priyanka?

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra prioritised Wayanad with relentless...

Combative Pawar may become kingmaker

In perhaps one of the most confusing...

Ravi Shanker Kapoor

Time for India-US alliance

Since the US, indeed the entire West, wants to fight jihad, and so does India, we should be an American ally—at least in its...

PM focuses on wealth of nation

If he is able to get DTC implemented, ensure that venal tax officials are penalised, he will have carried out a major reform and...

PM focuses on wealth of nation

If he is able to get DTC implemented, ensure that venal tax officials are penalised, he will have carried out a major reform and...

PM focuses on wealth of nation

If he is able to get DTC implemented, ensure that venal tax officials are penalised, he will have carried out a major reform and...

Shrinking sphere of liberty

At the 72nd anniversary of Independence, India celebrated the successful freedom struggle against the British. It is also time to examine the state of...

Shrinking sphere of liberty

At the 72nd anniversary of Independence, India celebrated the successful freedom struggle against the British. It is also time to examine the state of...

Shrinking sphere of liberty

At the 72nd anniversary of Independence, India celebrated the successful freedom struggle against the British. It is also time to examine the state of...

Pro-370 Gandhis’ alienation from masses is showing

Congress leaders are walking out of the party, speaking against the official line, and the top leadership is behaving like an ostrich.   The ingenuity of...

Pro-370 Gandhis’ alienation from masses is showing

Congress leaders are walking out of the party, speaking against the official line, and the top leadership is behaving like an ostrich.   The ingenuity of...

Pro-370 Gandhis’ alienation from masses is showing

Congress leaders are walking out of the party, speaking against the official line, and the top leadership is behaving like an ostrich.   The ingenuity of...

Pro-370 Gandhis’ alienation from masses is showing

Congress leaders are walking out of the party, speaking against the official line, and the top leadership is behaving like an ostrich.     The ingenuity...

Pro-370 Gandhis’ alienation from masses is showing

Congress leaders are walking out of the party, speaking against the official line, and the top leadership is behaving like an ostrich.     The ingenuity...

Pro-370 Gandhis’ alienation from masses is showing

Congress leaders are walking out of the party, speaking against the official line, and the top leadership is behaving like an ostrich.     The ingenuity...

Bahraich: Aspirations in gloom

Expertise of private professionals is being used for oversight, monitoring of poverty-alleviation programmes.     Bahraich, UP: Seema Devi, an Anganwadi worker, displays packets of daliya to be...

The Rs 344cr mutual fund ‘scam’: Real or SEBI’s creation?

New Delhi: Awanish Kumar Mishra, promoter of Allied Financial Services Pvt Ltd (AFSPL), which has been accused of a Rs 344-crore mutual fund scam,...

Bank nationalisation, a timeless evil

On 20 July 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong took “one giant leap for mankind.” A day before that, Indira Gandhi had already taken another...

Bank nationalisation, a timeless evil

On 20 July 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong took “one giant leap for mankind.” A day before that, Indira Gandhi had already taken another...

Bank nationalisation, a timeless evil

On 20 July 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong took “one giant leap for mankind.” A day before that, Indira Gandhi had already taken another...

Moral police enters wedding pandals

Guest control laws came into being in the 1960s against the backdrop of wars and shortages.   Politics and statecraft, we are told, should never be...

Moral police enters wedding pandals

Guest control laws came into being in the 1960s against the backdrop of wars and shortages.   Politics and statecraft, we are told, should never be...

Moral police enters wedding pandals

Guest control laws came into being in the 1960s against the backdrop of wars and shortages.   Politics and statecraft, we are told, should never be...

Privatisation needs both intent and courage

If the government stays the course, it will not only be able to address the issue of resource crunch but also lower taxes, and...

Privatisation needs both intent and courage

If the government stays the course, it will not only be able to address the issue of resource crunch but also lower taxes, and...

Privatisation needs both intent and courage

If the government stays the course, it will not only be able to address the issue of resource crunch but also lower taxes, and...

Focus on infra, not on reforms in Budget 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden Budget has made it abundantly clear that the government is in no mood to expedite liberalising measures, let alone...

Focus on infra, not on reforms in Budget 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden Budget has made it abundantly clear that the government is in no mood to expedite liberalising measures, let alone...

Focus on infra, not on reforms in Budget 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden Budget has made it abundantly clear that the government is in no mood to expedite liberalising measures, let alone...

Dogma must not trump science on GM seeds

The objections to GM crops are doctrinal rather than fact-based. But the Luddite groups, though microscopic in numbers, are loud, deceitful and resourceful.   Agriculture is...

Dogma must not trump science on GM seeds

The objections to GM crops are doctrinal rather than fact-based. But the Luddite groups, though microscopic in numbers, are loud, deceitful and resourceful.   Agriculture is...

Dogma must not trump science on GM seeds

The objections to GM crops are doctrinal rather than fact-based. But the Luddite groups, though microscopic in numbers, are loud, deceitful and resourceful.   Agriculture is...

Rahul: A remote controlled persona

Every person has a persona, about which most people, especially public figures, are very particular. Politicians are hugely more careful about their personas than...

Rahul: A remote controlled persona

Every person has a persona, about which most people, especially public figures, are very particular. Politicians are hugely more careful about their personas than...

Rahul: A remote controlled persona

Every person has a persona, about which most people, especially public figures, are very particular. Politicians are hugely more careful about their personas than...

Only reforms can revive economy

The government should remain confident about the moral correctness and economic efficacy of reforms. It will require liberalising measures.   A good thing about Prime Minister...

Only reforms can revive economy

The government should remain confident about the moral correctness and economic efficacy of reforms. It will require liberalising measures.   A good thing about Prime Minister...

Only reforms can revive economy

The government should remain confident about the moral correctness and economic efficacy of reforms. It will require liberalising measures.   A good thing about Prime Minister...

Presidential form would strengthen our democracy

The system is predicated upon the separation, and not concentration, of powers. This can curb unilateralism that our political masters quite frequently resort to.   Those...

Presidential form would strengthen our democracy

The system is predicated upon the separation, and not concentration, of powers. This can curb unilateralism that our political masters quite frequently resort to.   Those...

Presidential form would strengthen our democracy

The system is predicated upon the separation, and not concentration, of powers. This can curb unilateralism that our political masters quite frequently resort to.   Those...

Phoney debate on presidential form

The myth, that in the presidential form of government the President is all powerful, has persisted in India for decades.   The term “presidential” is often...

Modi 2 ought to be about reforms

The government tried to sell the white elephant called Air India, but failed. PSUs have been used to support the exchequer and thus dress...

Modi 2 ought to be about reforms

The government tried to sell the white elephant called Air India, but failed. PSUs have been used to support the exchequer and thus dress...

Modi 2 ought to be about reforms

The government tried to sell the white elephant called Air India, but failed. PSUs have been used to support the exchequer and thus dress...

Wretched of the earth

While the officials are busy making Smart City project a success, sanitation workers continue to be neglected.   The death of two men and hospitalisation of...

Wretched of the earth

While the officials are busy making Smart City project a success, sanitation workers continue to be neglected.   The death of two men and hospitalisation of...

Wretched of the earth

While the officials are busy making Smart City project a success, sanitation workers continue to be neglected.   The death of two men and hospitalisation of...

Rahul’s dangerous Left turn

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, despite fighting against communists at Wayanad in Kerala, is keen to appease the Left. This is an ominous portent for...

Rahul’s dangerous Left turn

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, despite fighting against communists at Wayanad in Kerala, is keen to appease the Left. This is an ominous portent for...

Rahul’s dangerous Left turn

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, despite fighting against communists at Wayanad in Kerala, is keen to appease the Left. This is an ominous portent for...

Impossible is possible in politics

The manifestos announced dwell in a surreal world, the world which has been conjured up with ludicrous premises and unadulterated sanctimoniousness.   If cricket is full...

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