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    Opinion - Page 2

    Home in disorder, but Bangladesh keen on sending troops to Ukraine

    Subir Bhaumik
    12 Sept 2025 4:23 PM IST

    Critics say Chief Adviser Md Yunus, who sees army as threat, wants chunk of troops sent for peacekeeping to Ukraine so that polls are swung in favour of Islamic parties

    Bangladesh to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine
    Opinion
    India is up against a diplomatic and economic challenge while dealing with the USs steep tariffs imposed for buying crude oil from Russia.
    Opinion

    A second chance from Trump? Embrace it with caution

    10 Sept 2025 4:35 PM IST
    Nepal protests
    Opinion

    Nepal uprising bears uncanny likeness to Hasina's ouster; is deep state involved?

    9 Sept 2025 8:20 PM IST
    Nepal Gen Z protest social media ban
    Opinion

    Nepal faces unprecedented crisis; can stability return before further damage?

    9 Sept 2025 7:59 PM IST
    Modi Trump

    Between US sanctions and strategy: PM Modi’s diplomatic dilemma

    8 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, Voter Adhikar Yatra

    Voter Adhikar Yatra, a people’s push against political manipulation

    7 Sept 2025 7:40 PM IST
    The Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government has been accused of bowing before fundamentalism after the state’s Urdu Academy recently deferred an event featuring noted lyricist Javed Akhtar in Kolkata after some Islamist groups objected.

    Javed Akhtar event cancellation: Bengal on a slippery cultural slope

    5 Sept 2025 4:32 PM IST
    GST revision

    GST reform shows how indirect taxes can be made even more indirect

    4 Sept 2025 3:40 PM IST
    party workers at electoral booth

    SIR row flags crumbling of cadre infra that once anchored electoral democracy

    3 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Decoding strategic realities behind Modi-Xi

    Decoding strategic realities behind Modi-Xi's diplomatic tango

    2 Sept 2025 9:51 AM IST
    Donald Trump

    'Modi’s War' designed to quell India’s resistance to Trump’s diktat; will it work?

    1 Sept 2025 5:32 PM IST
    Jasmin Jaffar

    Will the Ganges turn impure if non-Hindus take a dip?

    1 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Shah is twisting facts; Salwa Judum, not Reddy’s verdict, bolstered Maoists

    Shah is twisting facts; Salwa Judum, not Reddy’s verdict, bolstered Maoists

    28 Aug 2025 10:43 AM IST
    2024 polls, BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, West Bengal,Lok Sabha polls

    Why 130th Constitution Amendment Bill reeks of a red herring

    25 Aug 2025 4:02 PM IST
    Amarnath yatra

    Religious overtourism and the unmaking of the sacred Himalayas

    Soumya Sarkar
    25 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST

    When thousands of people travel down narrow valleys during weeks with highest probability of cloudbursts and debris flows, it's engineered for...

    CSDS research institution faces govt wrath over a tweet

    Why BJP ire against CSDS for anti-SIR protest in Bihar is ironic

    24 Aug 2025 2:57 PM IST
    When nature kills: Tourists, cameras, and fatal encounters

    When nature kills: Tourists, cameras, and fatal encounters

    24 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

    India’s resurgent ties with China temporary, or for keeps?

    23 Aug 2025 7:59 AM IST
    Donald Trump

    What India can learn from Brazil, others facing Trump’s tariff tantrums

    22 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Trumps Act 2 in Ukraine peace push leaves many key questions unanswered

    Trump's Act 2 in Ukraine peace push leaves many key questions unanswered

    20 Aug 2025 1:47 PM IST
    Effective September 22, Goods and Services Tax (GST) has become a two-tier structure of 5 and 18 per cent

    Spotlight on prospective GST rate cuts pushes current sales into the dark

    20 Aug 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Trump-Putin talks: Implications and what it means for peace in Ukraine

    Trump-Putin talks: Implications and what it means for peace in Ukraine

    18 Aug 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Why Uttarakhands UP-style conversion law raises concern

    Why Uttarakhand's UP-style conversion law raises concern

    17 Aug 2025 6:20 AM IST
    A year after RG Kar horror, anger, discontent still on the boil

    A year after RG Kar horror, anger, discontent still on the boil

    17 Aug 2025 6:20 AM IST
    PM Modis I-Day speech: Clear bid to placate RSS ahead of its centenary

    PM Modi's I-Day speech: Clear bid to placate RSS ahead of its centenary

    16 Aug 2025 12:18 PM IST
    Onus is on EC to prove voter ineligibility, not the citizen

    Onus is on EC to prove voter ineligibility, not the citizen

    14 Aug 2025 6:09 PM IST
    Rahul Gandhi

    Vote theft row: Rahul shows why Opposition Leader's role is vital

    14 Aug 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Kashmir books

    Inside the blacklist: 25 books banned in Jammu and Kashmir for inciting 'secessionism'

    14 Aug 2025 6:20 AM IST
    India’s stray dog crisis: Why SCs new directive is impossible to implement

    India’s stray dog crisis: Why SC's new directive is impossible to implement

    13 Aug 2025 3:06 PM IST
    Stray dogs

    Our streets are meant for walking, not for dogs

    13 Aug 2025 3:02 PM IST
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