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Karnataka pro-tem speaker Bopaiah’s history is partisan

Appointed by Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala, Bopaiah was at the receiving of the Supreme Court in 2011 for disqualifying 11 rebel BJP MLAs.

Britain is paying reparations to India… one sanitary pad at a time from Harry & Meghan

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are getting married in Windsor this Saturday, and the couple has selflessly asked guests not to give them wedding gifts and instead donate to charities, including one in Mumbai.

Modi realises he still needs Putin as the world order is turning upside down

The Prime Minister's decision to make a standalone visit to Russia at this stage is a reflection of the country’s importance in the bilateral, regional and global context.

Congress needs a crash course on being a graceful loser

The Congress party is now resorting to ‘resort politics’, falling at the feet of regional parties and former foes, and going to a court whose chief justice it wanted to impeach.

Anti-defection law must be implemented emphatically. But Karnataka governor isn’t wrong

Governor Vala may have erred in giving 15 days to form the government in Karnataka, but his actions are neither unconstitutional nor malafide.

Think twice before busting India’s ailing banks

RBI is cutting off banks and the police is intimidating bankers, there’s not much chance that credit growth will recover sufficiently to support India’s nascent growth revival.

Karnataka’s Vala continues notorious tradition of governors taking risks with the courts

Time and again, the role played by state governors in independent India has invited adverse comments from court and government-appointed commissions.

LeJ militant’s death proves Pakistan Army has gumption. Can it tackle LeT the same way?

If Gen. Bajwa expands his army’s operations beyond Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and includes the LeT and other anti-India terror groups, he will be a south Asian pioneer.

Why foreign investors don’t put their money in north Indian states

Regardless of a flurry of investment summits across north India, no major northern state attracts any meaningful share of FDI.

Who would have thought being gay is as Indian as the IIT?

20 IITians have petitioned the Supreme Court on behalf of an informal LGBT group. One can just imagine the court saying ‘Et tu IIT? Then fall, 377’.

On Camera

The big squeeze: Why India’s richest states are spending more but building less

As consumption, debt servicing and welfare schemes eat chunks out of productive investment, the future isn’t looking too rosy anymore.

Brigadier & son assaulted in South Delhi for objecting to public drinking. No FIR yet, Army seeks action

Army has written to Delhi Police seeking action against the accused involved in the Friday night episode.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.