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It’s not about Waqf
April 7, 2025, 7:13 AM IST
Last week, the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 was passed after two marathon days of debate in both houses of Parliament. There are now protests by some Muslim organisations in different parts of the country. Most�/p>
April 7, 2025, 7:13 AM IST
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Free speech, anyone?
March 27, 2025, 7:34 AM IST
If India’s democracy has to thrive, it cannot do so if our politicians have such thin skins, where a negative reference to Maharashtra’s deputy CM by a stand-up comedian leads to Shiv Sainiks vandalising the�/p>
March 27, 2025, 7:34 AM IST
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FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Limits must for delimitation
March 6, 2025, 7:10 AM IST
You know a Tamil Nadu election is round the corner if anti-Hindi rhetoric is raised several notches. Facing a degree of anti-incumbency, and also a fresh challenge from within the Dravidian ideological fold from actor�/p>
March 6, 2025, 7:10 AM IST
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They the people deserve more
February 18, 2025, 7:53 AM IST
Maha Kumbh gives BJP lots of political mileage. So, when tragedy strikes, the party and its government officials can’t just deflect blame & make routine noises. What’s missing is proof of genuine empathy Saturday night’s�/p>
February 18, 2025, 7:53 AM IST
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Modi and the vocal class
February 3, 2025, 7:28 AM IST
It is one of those enduring half-truths that Modi’s politics is joined at the hip with the interests of ‘middle class� Budget this year, which has given the biggest single tax-break for the taxpaying classes�/p>
February 3, 2025, 7:28 AM IST
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Will 2025 be Modi’s 1991 moment?
January 24, 2025, 8:03 AM IST
Trump’s return is widely seen as disruptive. He did not disappoint, signing a rash of executive orders on Day One of his second term. Some of these will face legal challenges. But many will survive�
January 24, 2025, 8:03 AM IST
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Capital conundrum
January 8, 2025, 7:44 AM IST
With the Election Commission firing the starter’s gun on Tuesday for Delhi assembly elections �polling on Feb 5, results on Feb 8 �it would be almost banal to note that this is another�/p>
January 8, 2025, 7:44 AM IST
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Same old new year
December 24, 2024, 9:29 AM IST
2025 will be a reprise, albeit messier, of 2024. At home, bickering between opposing alliances will get worse. Globally, nations will be even more transactional, with Trump setting the pace That old saying �more�/p>
December 24, 2024, 9:29 AM IST
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To-do list for CM Fadnavis
December 5, 2024, 8:38 AM IST
Maharashtra is India’s top state by GDP contribution �13.3%. With a Fadnavisled Mahayuti govt set to take office, one hopes continued political wrangling will not distract from giving the state the governance, economic growth,�/p>
December 5, 2024, 8:38 AM IST
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BJP, be humble in moment of glory
November 26, 2024, 7:49 AM IST
BJP-led Mahayuti’s spectacular victory in Maharashtra elections and the equally comprehensive defeat handed to NDA in Jharkhand should be cause for both celebration and introspection. And by that one does not mean celebration in Maharashtra�/p>
November 26, 2024, 7:49 AM IST
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We can’t take that much liberty
November 11, 2024, 7:47 AM IST
Trump as US president for a second term has raised hopes in India that the economic, strategic and political relationship can only improve. While nobody should expect Trump to mollycoddle India, for US interests remain�/p>
November 11, 2024, 7:47 AM IST
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It’s more than just about Tirupati laddoos
October 5, 2024, 7:19 AM IST
The Tirupati “contaminated laddoo�controversy, now lobbed into the lap of the Supreme Court, is in danger of diverting attention from the real issues Hindus face, in attempting to claim their religious rights under Article�/p>
October 5, 2024, 7:19 AM IST
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Writing on the Kejriwal? Not so good for AAP
September 16, 2024, 7:34 AM IST
The surprising, and yet not so surprising, resignation of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and him seeking a new mandate for his party in the capital are unlikely to make waves beyond the media. While announcing�/p>
September 16, 2024, 7:34 AM IST
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If 240 feels like 182
August 29, 2024, 8:07 AM IST
It is not unusual for coalition govts to retract, modify or enter into messy compromises on policies to retain office. Even with this rider, NDA 3.0 appears less sure-footed than the Vajpayee and UPA era�/p>
August 29, 2024, 8:07 AM IST
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What does Rahul want?
August 2, 2024, 7:51 AM IST
How much reservation is the end-goal of caste census? 80%? Since upper castes do not exceed 20% of the population. And how much will it amp up Hindutva, its logical political counter? In Rahul Gandhi,�/p>
August 2, 2024, 7:51 AM IST
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Lot of politics in this economics
July 24, 2024, 9:15 AM IST
If, before LS elections, a confident BJP was happy to present an interim budget with nothing additional for the electorate, the first full budget of the new govt rushes to compensate for this lack by�/p>
July 24, 2024, 9:15 AM IST
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Fortifying NDA for storms ahead
June 9, 2024, 11:11 PM IST
Large Modi ministry is as much about projecting internal strength as including new allies. It’s prep for Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana polls. And it overwrites the north-south divide story The defining characteristic of the new NDA�/p>
June 9, 2024, 11:11 PM IST
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New Reality For Modi Sarkar: Play Nice
June 5, 2024, 9:21 AM IST
Lok Sabha elections have given BJP-led NDA aweak mandate to govern. BJP has received itsbiggest jolt since 2014, having been humbled inits bastion of UP and many other sub-regionsof west and north India. It no�/p>
June 5, 2024, 9:21 AM IST
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Rahul Gandhi gets it right this time
May 4, 2024, 7:57 AM IST
For a man who has often been accused of getting his theme song, tactics and timing all wrong in politics, Rahul Gandhi has got it just right this time by seeking to fight the Lok�/p>
May 4, 2024, 7:57 AM IST
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It’s not done & dusted
April 19, 2024, 8:52 AM IST
Elections begin today. Don’t go by polls predicting big BJP win. Even BJP isn’t taking it for granted. For good reasons. Like major states voting in multiple phases & summer’s impact on turnouts Voting for�/p>
April 19, 2024, 8:52 AM IST
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