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President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent on Thursday to the ordinance to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. (Photo: PTI)

Heed Prez's clarion call to respect differences'

President Kovind's emphasis on respecting differences should be taken as a gentle warning against any sense of...

29 Jan 2018 12:12 AM IST

Sitaram Yechury

CPM needs big rethink, not just about Congress

The two big national parties are actually more like Stalinists when it comes to inner-party deliberations.

23 Jan 2018 1:44 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

SC revolt: Let judges sort it out, not netas

The sin of CJI Misra is his failure to play it fair. He has been seen as being partial, excluding those who did not...

15 Jan 2018 12:24 AM IST

A few thousand followers of 20 social organisations across Maharashtra will gather at Shaniwar Wada, Pune, on January 31, 2018, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of defeat of the Peshwas army by the then British Indian Armys Mahar regiment in the battle of Bhima Koregaon. (Photo: YouTube)

Caste factor resurfaces, but has limitations too

The Peshwas were not a major power at the beginning of the 19th century. Their glory ended with the Third Battle of...

9 Jan 2018 12:36 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg. (Photo: AP)

The real battle has just begun for Modi

Modi and Jaitley continue to doggedly defend the non-existent virtues of the measure.

1 Jan 2018 2:18 AM IST

Former communications minister A. Raja and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi (Photo: PTI/File)

Raging against graft not enough to end it

Is corruption a larger issue than settling of political scores between rivals?

25 Dec 2017 2:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah with Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar at a felicitation function in New Delhi on Monday, after the partys win in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. (Photo: PTI)

Gujarat is Modi's win, caste bombs for Cong

The BJP cannot hope to be complacent with its victory, and Congress need not be despondent.

19 Dec 2017 1:02 AM IST

Mani Shankar Aiyar

BJP & Pak: A dinner and its political fallout

The government's snoopers could not have known the details of what was talked about at the party.

13 Dec 2017 1:58 AM IST

In this file photo, kar sevaks celebrate after demolishing the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. (Photo: File)

25 years later, Ayodhya is now on backburner

The liberals have been fixated on the Babri Masjid, but they barely mention those killed in the riots.

6 Dec 2017 12:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Justice of India, Justice Dipak Misra and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at valedictory session of the National Law Day, 2017 function in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Executive vs judiciary: Stop political jousting

The Supreme Court ruling on the NJAC has been a big blow to the Modi government.

28 Nov 2017 5:13 AM IST

Indira Gandhi (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

Understanding Indira: PM in turbulent times

Thirty-three years after her death, we still don't have a decent political biography of Indira Gandhi.

18 Nov 2017 1:16 AM IST

According to sources in the finance department, the GST collection was not expected to be so high and hence it had asked the Centre for a compensation of Rs 6500 crore.

Is govt playing ducks and drakes with GST?

The GST is an empty political slogan promising the world in your palm. It is not a question of bad implementation of a...

13 Nov 2017 12:19 AM IST