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It’s a numbers game
Now that the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (Secular) have backed up with firm numbers their case for forming a new government in Karnataka, the Central government is left with no constitutional option but to revoke President’s ...

A looming threat
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, under pressure from several quarters to remove the restraints on his country’s military and allow it to raid the bases of Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, obtained far less than he hoped ...

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1857: what does it mean to us?
By Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

Half a century ago D. D. Kosambi — whose birth centenary merits celebration at the national level — characterised the great uprising as ‘feudal’ and yet the final verdict on its significance was positive and it was perceived a s a glorious struggle. 1857 was a rare moment in the development of the common people’s political consciousness. Unsurprisingly, it has become the metaphor for the freedom struggle.

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STATECRAFT

A few simple lessons from Pakistan statecraft
By Harish Khare

It may be that India remains the only stable democracy in this part of the world, but we are obliged to remember that our democratic habits and manners are under daily assault from different sources.

A hotline to prevent a cold war
By P. S. Suryanarayana

U.S. ‘concern’ over China’s anti-satellite test has now come to colour their defence-related engagement.

Fear speeches are utterly self-defeating
By Simon Jenkins

The scare tactics used by the U.K.’s MI5 chief this week may win a few headlines to help the state, but do grave long-term damage.

Corrections and clarifications
The National Agro Foundation was founded by C. Subramaniam , who was State and Union Minister and Governor, and not S. Subramanian as said in a report “Deora hands over cheque to National Agro Foundation” ...

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