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Punjab wants death for drug peddlers and Malegaon locals save five from being lynched

Front Page Punjab wants death penalty for drug smugglers and peddlers. After an emergency meeting called by chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab cabinet...

Anna Hazare’s hunger strike comes to an end, with some assurances and much bitterness

Team Anna members say their leader accepted the assurances because without strong public support, they didn’t have as big a bargaining chip as needed.

Anna Hazare’s second indefinite hunger strike begins, minus the fervour & frenzy of 2011

Hazare cut a much lonelier figure on stage this time. Giving him company were ex-Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde, and ex-Haryana Lokayukta Pritam Pal

We, the thieving people

Give us a chosen few of ‘unimpeachable’ integrity,arm them with the most undemocratic law made outside Parliament.

Exclusive: Four years after coming to power, Modi govt set to give green light to Lokpal

Group of ministers led by Rajnath Singh clears proposal to appoint central anti-corruption ombudsman, now just PMO approval required.

Our Singapore fantasy

The upper crust in India do not particularly want a dictatorship, but a more controlled, less noisy, better-managed democracy. This is the new Indian elite's Singapore fixation.

The summer freeze

The paralysis in the government is matched by the confusion in the Congress party.

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.