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FIR lodged in Guwahati against Rahul Gandhi over ‘Indian State’ remark

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File)
Published on Jan 19, 2025 08:02 pm IST

Reforming civil services is key to improving delivery

UPSC civil services exam
Published on Jun 03, 2024 10:04 pm IST

Essay: Ayodhya and the end of the Hindu imagination

Devotees throng the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple on the first day after the Pran Pratishtha ceremony, in Ayodhya on January 23, 2024. (ANI)
Updated on Feb 07, 2024 08:10 am IST

Trade Fair is back in bigger & better avatar at Pragati Maidan in Delhi

Cultural performances will be staged at Open Amphitheatre near Hall 2 and 5 of Pragati Maidan. (For representational purposes only)
Updated on Nov 14, 2023 01:34 pm IST

Terms of Trade | Lessons from a Maoist balladeer’s state funeral

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People in large numbers take part in the funeral procession of late folk singer Gummadi Vittal Rao, popularly known as Gaddar, in Hyderabad on Monday. (ANI Photo)
Published on Aug 11, 2023 09:07 am IST

Hema Malini says ‘sorry’ after being trolled for Bihu tweet

Hema Malini.
Published on Apr 14, 2023 01:56 pm IST

Outside India, India’s battles may intensify

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Indian diplomacy will have to walk a fine line in intervening when the interests of the Indian State are at stake, and staying out when the Indian diaspora is having debates that have nothing to do with the State.
Published on Mar 28, 2023 07:25 pm IST

Sustain the Naga peace talks | HT Editorial

RN Ravi, the key interlocutor for the Naga talks and now Nagaland’s governor, expressed the State’s exasperation at the operation of a parallel regime when he criticised “armed gangs”.
Updated on Aug 26, 2020 07:05 am IST

The ascent of a bureaucratic State, writes Rajdeep Sardesai

Enforcing a lockdown to save lives is one thing, but creating the conditions to protect livelihoods is another
Updated on May 07, 2020 08:04 pm IST

The relaxations are positive. But the economy needs help

The calibrated exit is also welcome. It would have been impractical, even dangerous to have everything start up all at once. Even in the so-called red zones, enough activities have been allowed, albeit with an emphasis on safeguards. But what is perplexing is the delay in announcing an economic package.
Updated on May 01, 2020 08:27 pm IST

Covid-19 will test, reshape the State

Test aggressively, prepare hospitals, deploy human resources, and ensure better Centre-state coordination
Updated on Mar 22, 2020 04:27 pm IST

The Indian State needs administrative reforms, writes Manish Tewari

It is incumbent on the legislature to step in. Parliament must constitute a Permanent Standing Committee, chaired by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha to study, update, recommend and, if necessary, legislate through even the Private Member Bill process, comprehensive administrative reforms
Updated on Feb 19, 2020 06:14 pm IST

The Republic at 70: Celebrating the Constitution

Members of the Constituent Assembly singing the new Constitution of India during its final session
Updated on Jan 26, 2020 09:07 am IST

The Indian State’s flawed use of force

There is a risk of citizens losing faith in the State, and State’s own authority getting undermined
Published on Jan 14, 2020 05:27 pm IST

HTLS 2019: Conversations for a better tomorrow

It must strive to improve the lives of each citizen. And it must give a sense of belonging to all citizens, irrespective of their religion, region, caste and gender. This will keep India united, harmonious and just.
Updated on Dec 06, 2019 05:56 am IST

After UK, Germany issues advisory against travel to J-K

Travel to the Kashmir area, including Srinagar, is not advised, it said.
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 08:33 pm IST

6-year-old Indian boy dies after being forgotten on Dubai bus: Report

A six-year-old Indian boy died after he was left behind alone in a bus for several hours in Dubai
Updated on Jun 16, 2019 05:25 pm IST

The NDA must pull back on the citizenship amendment bill

Family members of the 855 martyrs of Assam agitation hold the mementos, gifted to them by the incumbent BJP-led state government, outside the Deputy Commissioner Kamrup (Metro) office, Guwahati, January 30, 2019. They want to return them in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016
Updated on Feb 03, 2019 05:30 pm IST

What 2018 taught us about how not to reform the Indian State

India has historically been a centralised State. But the early rhetoric adopted by the Modi government of co-operative federalism and the adoption of the 14th Finance Commission indicated the possibility of a new phase of decentralisation. In 2018, however, the pendulum slowly swung back toward centralisation.
Updated on Jan 09, 2019 07:31 am IST

Review: Bastar Dispatches by Narendra

On the road in Chhattisgarh.
Updated on Oct 12, 2018 10:38 pm IST