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Not encounters, Yogi Adityanath needs to fix the rotten core of the UP police system

Pranab Dhal Samanta - 21 February, 2018

Lessons from Sunjuwan: Get a smart, effective perimeter security system at military bases

Indian troops surfing into Maldives will serve no purpose

Trailing China, a new defence deal with France gives India a foothold in Indian Ocean

Modi and Trump have to tango despite Chinese noise on NSG

Pranab Dhal Samanta - 24 January, 2018

India and the US can’t allow China to hold them hostage in taking their defence partnership and trade in dual use technologies to the next level.

Can the ‘Chief’ in Chief Justice of India please stand up & be counted

Pranab Dhal Samanta - 17 January, 2018

CJI Misra has a full range of options to choose from, but inaction is the worst of them, with unforeseen, presumably undesirable consequences.

It’s time the Supreme Court went live, your lordships

Pranab Dhal Samanta - 10 January, 2018

Pressure on judiciary to be transparent has resulted in a travesty – a pilot project in two district courts where proceedings will be recorded without audio.

दक्षिण एशिया में चीन की शातिर चालों का भारत को खोजनी होगी काट

Pranab Dhal Samanta - 5 January, 2018

चीन ने लोगों में, परियोजनाओं में निवेश को बढ़ाया है और इसके भारी फायदे उसे मिल रहे हैं. भारत को अपनी पकड़ बनाए रखने के लिए दोगुनी ज्यादा मेहनत करनी पड़ेगी.

India caught napping in South Asia by China, needs new strategy to slay the dragon

Pranab Dhal Samanta - 3 January, 2018

Beijing has invested in people, projects and more and it's paying big dividends. New Delhi has to work doubly hard to reclaim its clout.

2जी मामला: जिसपर थी सबसे ज्यादा जिम्मेवारी, उन्होंने सबसे ज्यादा आंखें फेरी

Pranab Dhal Samanta - 28 December, 2017

2जी घोटाले पर अदालत का फैसला विश्वसनीयता का और बड़ा संकट पैदा कर सकता है क्योंकि इसने मंत्रालय से लेकर ऑडिटर और जांचकर्ता तक सबको शर्मसार कर दिया है.

2G verdict nailed the bureaucrats – the bungling ones who failed the system

Pranab Dhal Samanta - 27 December, 2017

The 2G ruling may deliver an even bigger loss of credibility because it shows everyone, from the ministry down to the auditor and investigator, in poor light.

2018 के स्पीड ब्रेकर पर नहीं, 2019 के लक्ष्य पर हैं मोदी की निगाहें

Pranab Dhal Samanta - 24 December, 2017

मोदी के लिए 2019 के लोकसभा में आए मतों का महत्व है, राज्य के चुनावों का नहीं. इसलिए प्रधानमंत्री का सारा ध्यान योजनाओं के कार्यान्वयन पर केंद्रित होगा.

For Modi, it’s 2019 Lok Sabha vote that matters now, not state polls

Pranab Dhal Samanta - 20 December, 2017

The PM has the whole of 2018 to work on his governance delivery indicators, which he wants to package in 2019 as his ‘reform-perform-transform’ scorecard.

Forget Indira & Rajiv, Rahul Gandhi will have to match up to his mom first

Pranab Dhal Samanta - 13 December, 2017

Rahul Gandhi does not have to establish himself in the central leadership of Congress but will have to build state leaderships like Sonia did.

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Pakistan was broke in 1953 too and Nehru had a deal...

Praveen Swami - 4 June, 2023

For all the talk of jihad-without-end over Kashmir, leaders of Pakistan knew the country needed to reduce military expenditures. That meant seeking peace.