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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah speaks to media after his release from detention (Photo: ANI)

Column | Govt's latest J&K re-engineering bid may backfire

3 min read . 19 Mar 2020

A file photo of NSCN(IM) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah. (PTI)

Opinion | When push for Naga peace deal turns to shove

3 min read . 12 Mar 2020

Opinion | Diplomatic denial won’t soften CAA for the world

3 min read . 05 Mar 2020

Delhi Police Special Commissioner (Law and Order) S N Shrivastava and Delhi Police Special Commissioner (Crime) Satish Golcha inspect Johar area of the riot-affected north east Delhi (PTI)

Why governance of Delhi Police needs a relook

3 min read . 28 Feb 2020

Opinion | Pressures for a landmark peace deal in Manipur

3 min read . 20 Feb 2020

Cadres of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) shout slogan during event to celebrate signing of a peace accord in Kokrajhar, a town 250 kilometers (150 miles) west of Gauhati. (AP)

Opinion | After Bodo pact, will more quick-fix deals follow?

3 min read . 13 Feb 2020

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Opinion | Human rights caught in the fake news storm

3 min read . 06 Feb 2020

Assam Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal (4th R) with National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) chief Ranjan Daimary (2nd R), NDFB leader B Saoraigra, NDFB-P (Progressive) president Gobinda Basumatary (2nd L) and others poses for photographs during an arms laying down ceremony in Guwahati. (PTI)

Opinion | Optimal delivery or mere optics in Bodo peace deal?

3 min read . 30 Jan 2020

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Opinion | ‘Bangalistan’ may take Tripura back to its bloody past

3 min read . 22 Jan 2020

2020 will mirror the previous year’s approach of attrition, and steadfast avoidance of peace talks with Maoist rebels. Representative Image.

Opinion | Maoist rebellion: policy fade-out, policy fade-in

3 min read . 17 Jan 2020

A government-imposed deadline of 31 October 2019 for concluding talks with Naga groups passed

Opinion | Naga peace plan lost in haze of optics, obstinacy

3 min read . 09 Jan 2020

A Kashmiri man walks on a snow covered road as another rows his boat as it snows in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar. (AP)

Opinion | Spring thaw may not be enough to restore life in J&K

3 min read . 02 Jan 2020

Opinion | The disquiet over CAA, NRC will spill into the new year

3 min read . 26 Dec 2019

Opinion | CAA, NRC and the Assamese alphabet soup of identities

3 min read . 18 Dec 2019

Opinion | Issues that make CAB, NRC look like tame fireworks

3 min read . 12 Dec 2019

A file photo of Gauhati High Court Bar Association protesting against citizenship bill

Opinion | Rhetoric will not undo suspicion on citizenship bill

3 min read . 04 Dec 2019

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa speaks, watched by his brother and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo. (AP)

Opinion | Can the Rajapaksas deliver Lankans true democracy?

3 min read . 27 Nov 2019

Opinion | What some PSUs are doing wrong on human rights

3 min read . 21 Nov 2019

Manipur rebel leader Rajkumar Meghen (in white shirt) with his lawyer after his release from prison. ( SOURCED PICTURE)

Can Manipur rebel chief R.K. Meghen sway Naga peace talks?

3 min read . 14 Nov 2019

Will I-M, an organization that applied the heft of its army and weapons to effect a parallel administration and extortion network more effectively than its rivals, be safe from retaliation after the peace deal? (Photo: PTI)

Opinion | Nagas may not gain from I-M’s push for own constitution

3 min read . 31 Oct 2019