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Hafiz Saeed pens column in Pakistani newspaper as 'contributing writer'

News Tue, 18 Dec 2018

Why Stalin jumped the gun on naming Rahul for PM

News Tue, 18 Dec 2018

If Rahul was really the Congress boss...

News Tue, 18 Dec 2018

KCR, the king of the freebies!

News Mon, 17 Dec 2018

Did Doval exchange a princess for Christian Michel?

News Mon, 17 Dec 2018

Ayodhya will be a big BJP issue in 2019

News Mon, 17 Dec 2018

Who's the tallest of them all?

News Sat, 15 Dec 2018

True tribute to Sardar Patel: Withdraw Kashmir from UN!

News Fri, 14 Dec 2018

Rahul's temple run is smart politics

News Fri, 14 Dec 2018

For Rahul, the real test has just begun

News Thu, 13 Dec 2018

Poll debacle: Why Modi needs to worry

News Thu, 13 Dec 2018

Without DeMo, Congress would have lost

News Thu, 13 Dec 2018

Modi ka Magic Chalega Kya?

News Tue, 11 Dec 2018

Why are some lynchings front page news and some not?

News Mon, 10 Dec 2018

Of all assembly polls since 2014, these are most important

News Mon, 10 Dec 2018

Minor parties in TN caught in identity crisis

News Fri, 07 Dec 2018

Why more Indians must speak up online

News Fri, 07 Dec 2018

Why India fails to extradite Mallya, Modi, Choksi...

News Wed, 05 Dec 2018

Why I applaud Modi's leadership style

News Wed, 05 Dec 2018

The CBI has become a monster

News Tue, 04 Dec 2018

'Will no one rid me of this meddlesome hack?'

News Mon, 03 Dec 2018

Why assembly polls may not set the tune for 2019

News Mon, 03 Dec 2018

2018: When 3 children died of hunger

News Sun, 02 Dec 2018

The fragility of faith

News Sun, 02 Dec 2018

How to prevent another 26/11

News Fri, 30 Nov 2018

Satyapal Malik: 1st governor to let the cat out of the bag!

News Wed, 28 Nov 2018

Ayodhya must inspire faith, not hate

News Mon, 26 Nov 2018

Brexit: Nations shouldn't take decisions in a fit of passion

News Sun, 25 Nov 2018

In the name of Rama

News Sun, 25 Nov 2018

Why J B Kripalani needs to be remembered

News Sat, 24 Nov 2018

Sardar Patel doesn't need your help, Mr Modi. You need his

News Sat, 24 Nov 2018

Why is govt taking pangas with RBI, CBI etc?

News Fri, 23 Nov 2018

The Rafale Deal: The Real Loss to India

News Thu, 22 Nov 2018

How BJP was outsmarted in Kashmir

News Thu, 22 Nov 2018

What next in Kashmir?

News Thu, 22 Nov 2018

What Virat Kohli needs to remember

News Wed, 21 Nov 2018

Twitter! Stop making the world a hateful place!

News Wed, 21 Nov 2018

What Rahul needs to do NOW!

News Wed, 21 Nov 2018

The politics behind Ajay Singh Bisht's name changes

News Tue, 20 Nov 2018

India, Japan and the China threat

News Tue, 20 Nov 2018

CBI needs a surgical strike

News Tue, 20 Nov 2018

CBI fiasco: Opportunity to set the parrot free

News Mon, 19 Nov 2018

Kashmir problem: It's the environment, stupid!

News Sat, 17 Nov 2018

India must handle Bhutan with kid gloves

News Thu, 15 Nov 2018

TN parties brace for 'mini general elections'

News Thu, 15 Nov 2018

Courting trouble on the Rafale

News Thu, 15 Nov 2018

What we need for India to become truly great

News Thu, 15 Nov 2018

The Great Gloom of Delhi

News Thu, 15 Nov 2018

Statue of Unity will do for Kevatia what Rann Utsav did for Kutch

News Wed, 14 Nov 2018

The truth about Tipu Sultan

News Wed, 14 Nov 2018

Nehru's vision, Bhabha's mission

News Wed, 14 Nov 2018

Why did 17 million Indians leave India last year?

News Tue, 13 Nov 2018

Name changes: BJP's revenge on Muslims

News Mon, 12 Nov 2018

How Patel transformed into Sardar

News Sun, 11 Nov 2018

Why Jamal Khashoggi's death matters

News Sun, 11 Nov 2018

Naidu is Rahul's new troubleshooter

News Sat, 10 Nov 2018

Why Ajit Doval is wrong

News Fri, 09 Nov 2018

Rahul is working untiringly for Modi

News Fri, 09 Nov 2018

#MeToo: For whom the bell tolls

News Tue, 06 Nov 2018

Why I am disappointed with CBI's interim boss

News Mon, 05 Nov 2018

Should courts intervene in religious matters?

News Mon, 05 Nov 2018

What the hounding of Ram Guha tells us about India

News Mon, 05 Nov 2018

Why the BJP 'worships' Congressman Patel

News Mon, 05 Nov 2018

Malaysia's Lashkar arrest points to its global footprint

News Sat, 03 Nov 2018

#MeToo: Men! Listen with humility

News Fri, 02 Nov 2018

Kashmir poses no threat to India's security

News Fri, 02 Nov 2018

Tamil bloc may hold the key in Lanka's power struggle

News Thu, 01 Nov 2018

Why we must salute both Nehru and Patel

News Wed, 31 Oct 2018

Why one can't be an RSS pracharak and a disciple of Patel

News Wed, 31 Oct 2018

Phase Two of #MeToo begins

News Wed, 31 Oct 2018

How the CBI can be saved

News Wed, 31 Oct 2018

Trump fear forces old enemies to thaw ties

News Tue, 30 Oct 2018

Constitution, not faith, is supreme

News Tue, 30 Oct 2018

Now a Trump clone in Brazil!

News Mon, 29 Oct 2018

What was Xi Jinping's confidant doing in India?

News Mon, 29 Oct 2018

What I learnt when the government raided my office

News Mon, 29 Oct 2018

Durga, Shakti and #MeToo

News Sat, 27 Oct 2018

Ayyappa's right must be respected by one and all

News Sat, 27 Oct 2018

Baloch opposition to CPEC should worry China

News Sat, 27 Oct 2018

Are voices of dissent in the BJP rising?

News Fri, 26 Oct 2018

And they say there are no jobs...

News Thu, 25 Oct 2018

With HC verdict TN govt is safe, but not sound

News Thu, 25 Oct 2018

India gets a National Security AdviCzar

News Thu, 25 Oct 2018

Modi's majority rule is no better than a coalition. Here's why

News Thu, 25 Oct 2018

Why #MeToo needs all our support

News Wed, 24 Oct 2018

Khashoggi killing gives Middle East politics unexpected twists

News Wed, 24 Oct 2018

Who Got the Bofors Money?

News Tue, 23 Oct 2018

Dear sexual predator

News Tue, 23 Oct 2018

Can the Opposition take on BJP's incompetence?

News Tue, 23 Oct 2018

India's National Security is being transformed

News Mon, 22 Oct 2018

Tharoor's 'floccinaucinihilipilification' explained

News Sat, 20 Oct 2018

Has one of mathematics's toughest problems been solved?

News Sat, 20 Oct 2018

Any one of us can be arrested at any time

News Sat, 20 Oct 2018

Is Yogi scared of the Mughals?

News Fri, 19 Oct 2018

The hypocrisy of Donald Trump

News Thu, 18 Oct 2018

Rafale isn't Modi's Bofors moment, here's why

News Thu, 18 Oct 2018

Who's afraid of #metoo

News Thu, 18 Oct 2018

Why do TV channels play the divisive game?

News Wed, 17 Oct 2018

The Hindu Shah Bano moment is here

News Wed, 17 Oct 2018

What is the RSS's Maan ki Baat on #MeToo?

News Tue, 16 Oct 2018

In Durga's image

News Mon, 15 Oct 2018

I hope M J Akbar is fired

News Mon, 15 Oct 2018

Of Gaurakshaks and data privacy

News Fri, 12 Oct 2018

Institutions continue to be clouded in attacks in Tamil Nadu, but...

News Fri, 12 Oct 2018

US-China trade war: What's really going on?

News Thu, 11 Oct 2018

Why a second term for Modi seems IFFY

News Wed, 10 Oct 2018

We now think of our own people as enemies

News Wed, 10 Oct 2018

Will Modi risk US sanctions and buy oil from Iran?

News Mon, 08 Oct 2018

India-US ties: COMCASA and CAATSA are equally important

News Thu, 04 Oct 2018

Sabarimala verdict is flawed in many ways

News Mon, 01 Oct 2018

Why BJP can't turn India into a Hindu rashtra

News Mon, 01 Oct 2018

Is the Rafale deal BJP's Bofors moment?

News Mon, 01 Oct 2018

WhatsApp is the favoured tool for spreading poison

News Sat, 29 Sep 2018

Sabarimala verdict brings a new dawn

News Fri, 28 Sep 2018

Why Rahul made Ahmed Patel Congress treasurer

News Fri, 28 Sep 2018

Trade war is Trump's bid to halt China's rise

News Fri, 28 Sep 2018

Aadhaar: Data everywhere, little left to steal

News Wed, 26 Sep 2018

Aadhaar and starvation deaths

News Wed, 26 Sep 2018

The Swaraj and Sitharaman example

News Tue, 25 Sep 2018

Why KCR's early poll call must be condemned

News Tue, 25 Sep 2018

Rafale row is more stupidity than scam

News Mon, 24 Sep 2018

Fear and loathing in Jharkhand

News Fri, 21 Sep 2018

Have you met a Bluffocrat?

News Fri, 21 Sep 2018

Will Veerappan aides' case impact Rajiv killers' freedom?

News Thu, 20 Sep 2018

Modi and the art of distraction

News Thu, 20 Sep 2018

Is Amit Shah anxious about 2019?

News Thu, 20 Sep 2018

Are BJP and RSS no longer on the same page?

News Wed, 19 Sep 2018

Rafale deal is not crony capitalism

News Wed, 19 Sep 2018

Commissions of inquiry have become weak, blunted

News Tue, 18 Sep 2018

Indian politics needs to watch out for Ravan

News Tue, 18 Sep 2018

What can we expect from the Kim-Moon summit?

News Mon, 17 Sep 2018

Why Modi needs 'Urban Naxals' for 2019 campaign

News Fri, 14 Sep 2018

If not Rahul, who can lead the Opposition?

News Fri, 14 Sep 2018

There's something unacceptable about homosexuality

News Wed, 12 Sep 2018

Be warned, folks: The State has jackboots

News Wed, 12 Sep 2018

The world is in your WhatsApp group

News Wed, 12 Sep 2018

BJP could win 230 seats in 2019

News Tue, 11 Sep 2018

$Achievers - 2\+2: COMCASA saves the day!$

2\+2: COMCASA saves the day!

News Mon, 10 Sep 2018

Only two MPs stood up for India's gays

News Mon, 10 Sep 2018

BJP has decided to use Assam as its key to 2019

News Fri, 07 Sep 2018

Would Vajpayee have approved of Modi-Shah's BJP?

News Thu, 06 Sep 2018

Let us not stop the police from doing its job

News Mon, 03 Sep 2018

The Indian State is always up to mischief against citizens

News Mon, 03 Sep 2018

What message is Trump sending Imran?

News Sun, 02 Sep 2018

Vajpayee and Reagan: Two of a kind

News Sun, 02 Sep 2018

Why more women are needed in Parliament

News Sun, 02 Sep 2018

Fake news has been around from Mahabharat times

News Sun, 02 Sep 2018

Why 2019 won't be like 2004 for the BJP

News Sun, 02 Sep 2018

What happens when you speak truth to power

News Sat, 01 Sep 2018

Trouble brewing for Xi?

News Sat, 01 Sep 2018

Explained: The meaning of Sushma's Vietnam visit

News Fri, 31 Aug 2018

Why did Vajpayee's bus diplomacy fail?

News Fri, 31 Aug 2018

Afghan great game moves centre stage

News Thu, 30 Aug 2018

States are no strangers to being creators of fiction

News Thu, 30 Aug 2018

The real story behind Vajpayee's bus trip to Lahore

News Wed, 29 Aug 2018

Limited but important gains from NRC

News Wed, 29 Aug 2018

Stalin's dream for now is to ward off BJP's kiss of death

News Tue, 28 Aug 2018

Kerala should not be denied foreign aid

News Mon, 27 Aug 2018

How Vajpayee juggled India's global interests

News Mon, 27 Aug 2018

Vajpayee and the art of making war and peace

News Mon, 27 Aug 2018

Here comes the sun for Mallya

News Sat, 25 Aug 2018

The undeniable truth of Naipaul's India

News Sat, 25 Aug 2018

Win 5 of these 9 states and rule India

News Sat, 25 Aug 2018

Unlike Vajpayee's, Modi's India has everything going for it

News Sat, 25 Aug 2018

Vajpayee, a master of realpolitik

News Fri, 24 Aug 2018

This Mulk of mine

News Fri, 24 Aug 2018

Will Wei's visit avert another Doklam?

News Fri, 24 Aug 2018

Vajpayee, warts and all

News Fri, 24 Aug 2018

What Naipaul understood and Vajpayee didn't

News Thu, 23 Aug 2018

Once Congress' go-to man, Gurudas Kamat lost out in the end

News Wed, 22 Aug 2018

Will Wuhan spirit survive November?

News Tue, 21 Aug 2018

Vajpayee: Mending fences, making friends

News Mon, 20 Aug 2018

Vajpayee, the war-time prime minister

News Mon, 20 Aug 2018

What landmark can the BJP rename after Naipaul?

News Sun, 19 Aug 2018

What will India do if mobs rule the day?

News Sun, 19 Aug 2018

How will the Game of Thrones play out in Tamil Nadu?

News Sun, 19 Aug 2018

How Vajpayee dealt with China

News Sat, 18 Aug 2018

Can PM Imran fix Pakistan?

News Sat, 18 Aug 2018

Vajpayee: The nice guy who finished first

News Sat, 18 Aug 2018

The nuclear tests: Vajpayee's finest hour

News Fri, 17 Aug 2018

India's Governance Problem and how it can be solved

News Thu, 16 Aug 2018

Why we need to know the history behind NRC

News Thu, 16 Aug 2018

The Tragedy of Somnath Chatterjee

News Wed, 15 Aug 2018

'Nationalism is a restrictive ideology'

News Wed, 15 Aug 2018

Will Azhagiri queer the pitch for DMK ahead of bypolls?

News Mon, 13 Aug 2018

Why are our leaders like fish?

News Sat, 11 Aug 2018

Who can kill the fake news monster?

News Sat, 11 Aug 2018

When will Indians stop killing each other for the cow?

News Sat, 11 Aug 2018

Why we need to be like Vibhishana

News Fri, 10 Aug 2018

Why is Chinese defence minister visiting India?

News Fri, 10 Aug 2018

Modi won't play the Tibet card with Xi

News Thu, 09 Aug 2018

Why there may not be a sympathy vote for DMK and AIADMK

News Thu, 09 Aug 2018

Fountainhead of unrest in Kashmir: August 9, 1953

News Thu, 09 Aug 2018

Dhinakaran sounds LS poll bugle early, confuses rivals

News Tue, 07 Aug 2018

Supreme Court must insist on powers of enforcement

News Tue, 07 Aug 2018

Why Rahul is no match for Modi... in Parliament

News Tue, 07 Aug 2018

The real scandal about the Rafale

News Tue, 07 Aug 2018

Why the NRC is cruel

News Tue, 07 Aug 2018

Why Trump has left Obama's legacy in ashes

News Mon, 06 Aug 2018

'She was Imran's best friend'

News Mon, 06 Aug 2018

Fake news and its dimensions

News Mon, 06 Aug 2018

Kumar Gandharva is a companion for all time

News Fri, 03 Aug 2018

The shocking silence of Muzaffarpur

News Thu, 02 Aug 2018

Ban on single-use plastic won't help

News Thu, 02 Aug 2018

India must prepare for the daybreak of peace in Afghanistan

News Thu, 02 Aug 2018

Anyone know what Modi and Xi discussed?

News Wed, 01 Aug 2018

Nothing will change under Imran: We will still hate each other

News Wed, 01 Aug 2018