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People inspect the damaged house where four militants and one policeman were killed during an encounter, at Srigafwara in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Friday, June 22, 2018. Police killed four militants, including chief of the banned Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) Dawood Ahmed Sofi, in a remote mountain village in south Kashmirs Anantnag district. (Photo: PTI)

Jammu & Kashmir: elected government, new strategy needed

The Pakistan Army is hamstrung by the state of the economy but will not openly hold out an olive branch.

6 Jan 2019 8:03 AM IST

United we stand: A galaxy of opposition leaders across the country had converged at the swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy after the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) successfully thwarted alleged attempts by the BJP to poach their legislators to reach the majority mark in the state.

Regional parties have their limitations

The inference is clear: An alliance with the TD holds good only in Andhra Pradesh, where it has a good hold.

6 Jan 2019 8:01 AM IST

Regional leaders, caste and state parties represent a constituency of voters who have participated in fleshing out the vision of the federal structure in the Constitution.

Regional satraps have the last laugh

Not all voters are comfortable with the idea of one party one nation.

6 Jan 2019 7:58 AM IST

The liberals claim with proof that the Hindu Right started it all, but the liberals also need to introspect.

It's about time two warring Indias unite

The divide between the secular and believer has always been simmering in India. For decades the believer who was quiet...

6 Jan 2019 7:56 AM IST

As opposed to the Prime Ministers self-projection about his real and imagined achievements, the RSS believes in working silently.

Will Modi remain Sangh's favourite?

The friction between the RSS and Mr Modi is not over Hindutva per se but more about political functioning.

6 Jan 2019 12:05 AM IST

(Illustration: Kushal Bhattacharya)

Quixotic Rahul may well pull out a victory

Rahul Gandhi is at his wits' end as to which way he should steer the party.

6 Jan 2019 12:05 AM IST

Telangana Rashtra Samiti president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (right) along with his son K.T. Rama Rao during one of the election rallies. The TRS party was formed with the sole aim carving out a separate Telangana state. Now, Mr Chandrasekhar Rao has set his eyes on national politics.

Linguistic, religious, cultural identities to rise

Telangana state and Mizoram highlighted the competitive nature and limitations of the identity politics that is the...

6 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Actress Katrina Kaif was criticised by many for her item numbers in the movie Thugs Of Hindostan

Where to draw the line?

Bollywood debates on whether the overtly sexual portrayal of women in films should be challenged or whether mindsets...

30 Dec 2018 12:10 AM IST

(Illustration: Buddha Chandra)

Women, the law has your back!

While women have taken to social media in droves to call out offenders, the law, too, is here to protect, even though...

30 Dec 2018 12:10 AM IST

Movements like #MeToo might evoke a fear amongst predators that the victims may someday spill the beans and their predatory behaviour will be exposed.

That hand on your shoulder

A clear definition of what comprises sexual harassment lays the foundation for the fight against the menace.

30 Dec 2018 12:10 AM IST

The Predator has many faces

They are everywhere, those who abuse with impunity, at the workplace, on the playground, in the classroom.

30 Dec 2018 12:10 AM IST

Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the US, had full support of the US President, Donald Trump, during his sexual assault trial, filed by Christine Blasey Ford.

Men protected by himpathy'

Though the legal process to book the perpetrators may be a long-drawn-out one, A great start has been made of calling...

30 Dec 2018 12:07 AM IST