Editorial

India's cancellation of Foreign Secretary level talks with Pakistan, after Islamabad's envoy in New Delhi met with Kashmiri separatists despite Government opposition, has led to much concern over how the larger peace process between the two…
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The outrage has been most profound in Britain on the realisation that the executioner was in all probability an individual who is nominally British - in that he travels on a British passport and speaks in what has been identified as a…
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Charles de Gaulle may have been a tad sexist when he remarked that "treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last". But he effectively brought out the transient value that most agreements of whatever kind suffer from.…
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Article 153 of the Constitution of India specifies that there shall be a Governor for each State who will hold office during the pleasure of the President. Rules regarding the appointment of Governors are as follows: "The Governor of a…
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In his widely discussed maiden Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for efforts to build toilets to do away with the obnoxious reality of a majority of our women folk having to defecate out in the open. He also…
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As India's new government gets down to the task of governance and crafting a national strategic policy, it needs to take a fresh look at the country's relationship with China. This is because there has been an inexorable hardening of the…
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In reply to an RTI query, the Union Finance Ministry said the UPA II government had commissioned a study in 2011 to ascertain the quantum of illegal money in the Indian economy. It said the study was being carried out by Delhi-based…
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UR Ananthamurthy, a litterateur par excellence and a down to earth practitioner of equality and social justice, is no more. He lived a full life, remaining and working as a fearless champion of the idea of India - a syncretic civilisation…
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Discarding Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries meet of 25th instant by India because of inviting Kashmir Valley separatists and conducting meetings by Pak envoy at Delhi flouting the understanding reached between two PMs to have talks only between…
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Lal Quila to Jammu is an overnight journey. The buses are deluxe or semi-deluxe but roads are not very good and therefore sleep is not sound. The horn blaring.. the putter of rains on bus top.. constant head lights of passing vehicles give…
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