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  How Modi effectively prevented poll reverses in Haryana, Maharashtra

  October 25, 2019 12:03 IST

  Both the BJP and Shiv Sena had to face problems. One, from party rebels who had crossed over to other parties after being denied tickets, and two, both the parties accommodated turncoats from other parties and gave them tickets. The net result: lesser gains, more losses. 

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  Opinion | No surprise in exit poll results for Maharashtra, Haryana

  October 22, 2019 11:14 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi was BJP-Shiv Sena's star campaigner. He raised local issues in his speeches and also pointed towards confusion in Congress and NCP ranks over a national issue like revocation of Article 370 in Kashmir. 

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  Opinion | Let us exercise restraint over murder of Kamlesh Tiwari

  October 19, 2019 12:50 IST

  Kamlesh Tiwari had set up a political outfit named Hindu Samaj Party. In the recent past, he had courted controversy by making disparaging remarks against Islam and Prophet Mohammad. Two Islamic clerics from Bijnor had offered a bounty of Rs 1.5 crore on his head in 2008. 

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  Opinion | Why are the Congress workers totally demoralized?

  October 18, 2019 11:45 IST

  The party's star campaigner Rahul Gandhi, after spending private time in a Southeast Asian country, returned home and spent barely two days addressing election meetings. At his meetings, Rahul delivered speeches that were given almost six months back, raising old and dead issues like Rafale deal. 

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  Opinion | Let all sides refrain from comments till Ayodhya verdict

  October 17, 2019 10:47 IST

  The verdict will be given on cross-appeals filed by Hindu and Muslim parties who have been embroiled for the last 70 years claiming ownership over the 2.77 acre disputed site. 

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  Opinion | Why Modi said, Xi Jinping liked Aamir Khan movie 'Dangal'

  October 16, 2019 11:22 IST

  The movie 'Dangal' is the highest-grossing non-English foreign film in China, which has so far earned $216.2 million in that country alone. The movie was watched more than 400 million times on Chinese video streaming platforms. No wonder that the Chinese President thought it fit to watch the movie. 

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  Opinion | Revocation of Article 370 is irreversible

  October 15, 2019 12:42 IST

  Modi knows that political leaders in the last 70 years clearly lacked the guts to revoke Article 370 giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir. 

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  Opinion | How Modi, Xi have taken India-China relations to a new level

  October 12, 2019 12:35 IST

  The body language of the Chinese leader on Friday clearly indicated that Xi understands India's position on issues like terrorism, Kashmir and CPEC, and wants to take India-China relations to another level. 

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  Opinion | What one should expect from Modi-Xi summit

  October 11, 2019 10:59 IST

  Modi was lavishly treated to Chinese hospitality during his visit to Wuhan last year, and it was then that he decided to return the hospitality to the Chinese leader in India. 

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  Opinion | Why Congress leaders are unhappy over Rahul 'walking away'

  October 10, 2019 13:23 IST

  When the Indian Air Force successfully carried out strikes on terror camps at Balakot inside Pakistan, Rahul Gandhi was in a dilemma - whether to support or oppose the action. 

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  Opinion | All credit for acquiring Rafale aircraft goes to PM Modi

  October 09, 2019 18:30 IST

  India received its first French-made fourth generation Rafale fighter jet in Tuesday with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flying a sortie after the hand over. This is the first of 36 Rafale fighters to be delivered to India. The deliveries will be over in the next five years.   

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  Opinion | How Pakistan is instigating protesters to cross LoC

  October 08, 2019 10:25 IST

  It was Imran Khan who had asked the protesters to wait till he returned from the UN General Assembly. After returning empty-handed, Imran Khan has now asked supporters to go ahead with their march.

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  Opinion | Why Shiv Sena decided to field Aaditya Thackeray in assembly

  October 04, 2019 13:30 IST

  Shiv Sena was founded in 1966 by Aditya's grandfather Balasaheb Thackeray, and in the last 53 years, the party had never fielded any member of the Thackeray clan to contest elections. 

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  Opinion | Modi fulfills one big promise, an open defecation free India

  October 03, 2019 11:39 IST

  According to official data, all 699 districts in India have been declared ODF. The data show 100,748,884 toilets have been built in 599,963 villages across India. From 38.7 per cent coverage of toilet cover in rural India in 2014, it has now reached 100 per cent.  

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  Opinion | Why Amit Shah said Bengali Hindus will not be deported

  October 02, 2019 13:15 IST

  The Home Minister said, "Bengali Hindus are being harassed in the name of NRC, and I have come here to clear the confusion. Mamata Banerjee's contention that Hindu refugees will also be driven out is absolutely false. No Bengali Hindu refugee will have to leave India."

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  Opinion | How civic apathy caused deluge in Patna, Varanasi

  October 01, 2019 11:44 IST

  This was the second heaviest rainfall in Patna in the last 50 years, and among those marooned was Bihar's deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi. He and his family members had to be rescued by boats by the State Disaster Response Force. Thousands of vehicles in the city were completely submerged in the deluge. Marooned people were forced to live for three days without drinking water.

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  Opinion | Why PM Modi refrained from naming Pakistan at UNGA

  September 28, 2019 12:34 IST

  Modi's speech in Hindi was measured, and it outlined the vision of his government. The Prime Minister spoke like a true statesman, a world leader with clear views on world peace and global climate change. His speech outlined India's intention of leading the world on several global issues including climate change and terrorism.

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  Opinion | Pakistan's soft attitude towards terror leaders exposed

  October 01, 2019 11:46 IST

  The soft attitude shown towards the Lashkar terror mastermind by the Pakistani government clearly exposes the hollowness of its claims of combating terrorism.

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  Opinion | Why Imran Khan said he is 'disappointed'

  September 26, 2019 10:25 IST

  Clearly, Imran Khan and the Pakistani army have lost the diplomatic battle over Kashmir. They tried their utmost to internationalize the issue of revocation of Article 370, which was clearly a domestic matter for India. 

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  Opinion | Trump gives a sound rebuff to Pakistan on Kashmir

  September 25, 2019 12:37 IST

  Indian officials in New York say, Prime Minister Modi had conveyed to Trump that he was not averse to talks with Imran Khan, but Pakistan would first have to take concrete steps against terror.

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  Opinion | Modi has now brought India-US relationship on an even keel

  September 25, 2019 12:35 IST

  For the first time, a US president, holding hands with the Indian prime minister inside a stadium, could have felt that his stature would rise and this would work to his advantage.

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  Opinion | A bold and historic move by Finance Minister Sitharaman

  September 21, 2019 14:06 IST

  This was the third time in last three weeks that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has made announcements to give a boost to business and economy.  The announcement was in a sense historic. 

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  Opinion | Why Modi spoke about Kashmir and Savarkar in Nashik rally

  September 20, 2019 10:45 IST

  The PM's speech makes it quite clear that Kashmir will be at the top in the list of poll issues that will figure in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand, where the BJP is seeking another term. 

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  Opinion | Why SC wants to deliver its Ayodhya verdict in November

  September 19, 2019 10:17 IST

  The verdict is going to be pronounced on or before November 17, the day Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi retires. 

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  Opinion | Why Modi is a successful Prime Minister

  September 18, 2019 11:33 IST

  Many people think Narendra Modi is a hard task master and does not spare others. But I can say, Modi is a hard task master only for himself. 

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  Opinion | Significance of Trump at Modi's Houston event

  September 17, 2019 11:21 IST

  The coming together of President Trump and Prime Minister Modi at a mega rally inside the US signifies the emergence of our PM as one of the top leaders of the world. 

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  Opinion | Why Imran Khan sounds desperate?

  September 14, 2019 14:09 IST

  ​Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed a rally in Muzaffarabad, Pak Occupied Kashmir on Friday and in a belligerent tone he asked the crowd "not to cross the Line of Control towards Kashmir valley but wait for his signal" after he completes his visit to the United Nations.   

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  Opinion | Let us all join the noble mission to banish single-use plastics

  September 12, 2019 13:23 IST

  Time has now come to say goodbye to use of plastics. The government may call for a ban on single-use plastics, but its successful implementation depends on our wholehearted cooperation. We must spread awareness about the risks posed by single-use plastics.