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The writer is an author and lawyer based in Mumbai

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

Political pardons

The courts can insist that the grounds on which pardon is given are set out in the president's order itself.

6 Aug 2017 12:33 AM IST

Ram Nath Kovind gestures before the media after being elected as the 14th President of India, in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

BJP's safe man at Rashtrapati Bhavan

The president is a constitutional head of state in a parliamentary democracy in which the prime minister is the chief...

1 Aug 2017 12:01 AM IST

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses mediapersons at Nabanna on Tuesday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Centre continues to flout states' rights

The very process of the Centre appointing governors warps the country's federal structure.

16 July 2017 12:20 AM IST

India and Pakistan flag. (Representational Image)

Moneyed interests are subverting democracies

Corrupt lobbyists cannot survive without corrupt ministers, civil servants, MPs and journalists.

9 July 2017 12:16 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Save the integrity of the civil service

It is to such abuses that the 65 brave retirees of the All India Services and Central Civil Services should now devote...

2 July 2017 1:27 AM IST

Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu (Photo: PTI)

Would not contest V-P poll, says M Venkaiah Naidu

Vice President M. Hamid Ansari's term is ending on August 10.

28 Jun 2017 1:26 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks about the US role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden. (Photo: AP)

Can Trump be impeached?

On June 14, the Washington Post reported that Mueller was investigating the President for possible obstruction of...

25 Jun 2017 12:10 AM IST

Congress needs an inspiring leadership

The Congress can be revived only by an inspiring leadership, an appealing programme and infusion of new blood.

18 Jun 2017 3:26 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at Astana. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Entry of Pak, India into SCO could improve ties

The moral is clear don't expect others to toe your line. There is simply no alternative to conciliation through a...

11 Jun 2017 1:28 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Withholding of ads by govt, a threat to press freedom

The Press Council of India has built up case law on improper grant of ads by the state.

4 Jun 2017 12:11 AM IST

former FBI Director Robert Mueller (Photo: AP)

Politics should not undermine justice

Robert Mueller has a wide remit and ample authority to fulfil his duties.

28 May 2017 6:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the dedication ceremony of Kiran Multi-Super Speciality Hospital & Research Center in Surat on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Is Modi the true saviour of Muslim sisters?

Once he became Prime Minister, Narendra Modi made Muslim personal law embodied in the Sharia a target of his campaign.

21 May 2017 12:17 AM IST