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Violent Canadians beat up Indians in Brampton. India has a right to speak up

As the great power in the region, it is our duty to offer shelter to people of Indian origin when they are an oppressed minority in the countries where they live.

My question on Canada: Are these spies really the best India can find in the 21st century?

Senior officers at R&AW do not know how to conduct covert operations. Many are police officers who don’t seem to understand the difference between an encounter and a covert hit.

US and allies boast of killing whomever they want, yet lecture India on morality

To believe that educated Indians will never question their government is silly. We question the government every single day. Currently, we are worried about how our spy agencies are run.

If you believe the theories, Lawrence Bishnoi is doing what even Dawood Ibrahim couldn’t

Bishnoi was five years old when Salman was accused of killing the black buck. So either this was a formative childhood experience that led to a life of crime or this story is a lie.

Haryana lesson for Congress—stop relying on old guard who can no longer win you elections

The question to ask is: ‘How does the Haryana result change the way we look at national politics going forward?’

Why aren’t we outraged by Akshay Shinde’s encounter killing? We don’t want the answers

The moment the principle of letting the police kill anyone they claim is guilty is extended to the killing of middle-class people, the public response is suddenly very different.

Yechury, Noorani obits show Modi has redefined political ideology more than Indira

Narendra Modi has brought the old left and right together. Once bitter ideological opponents have joined hands and are pushing back, trying hard to protect their vision of India.

Modi still attacks Congress when he goes abroad. Rahul Gandhi is now following his lead

Rahul Gandhi has been tearing into the Modi government throughout his interactions in the US this week. Not just the BJP, he's gone for the RSS too.

Netflix’s ‘IC 814’ is an expensive PR job for the ISI—shows R&AW torturing civilians

Nobody involved with the show seems to have any idea of how the intelligence agencies or the Government of India function. Or, for that matter, newspaper offices.

Nobody knows what Narendra Modi is thinking. Surely, he must sense the tide is turning

As the discontentment mounts, the crucial question remains: what is the PM thinking? He is a shrewd politician so he must have a long-term strategy. But no one can figure out what it is.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.