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    Opinion - Page 5

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

    TK Arun
    14 Aug 2025 6:09 PM IST

    Instead of asking a would-be voter to bring proof for inclusion in the electoral roll, the Election Commission should bring forward evidence to debar a would-be voter from the electoral roll

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

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

    14 Aug 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Kashmir books
    Opinion

    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
    Opinion

    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
    Supreme Court

    Vote theft controversy: Why the Supreme Court must step in

    13 Aug 2025 6:20 AM IST
    How Sonia candidly sounded alarm on ‘ideological coup’ to remake India

    How Sonia candidly sounded alarm on ‘ideological coup’ to remake India

    10 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Jagdeep Dhankhar

    Not giving Dhankhar a farewell a sorry reflection on India’s public culture

    9 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Judges on vacations, cases pending

    What our judges should learn from Narayana Murthy and Subrahmanyan

    8 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Donald Trump, Narendra Modi

    ‘Modi’s friend’ Trump’s 50 pc tariff blows hole in India’s foreign policy

    7 Aug 2025 2:56 PM IST
    Gaza

    Palestine, Mahatma Gandhi and Indian judiciary

    3 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Donald Trump, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin

    Putin-Trump tango turns into fisticuffs; Modi trapped in between

    2 Aug 2025 6:23 PM IST
    Narendra Modi, Donald Trump

    Modi must pay a price to tackle the new challenges from Trump’s US

    31 July 2025 5:41 PM IST
    India-US trade deal

    Why India should stand up to Trump, emerge a better economy

    31 July 2025 7:35 AM IST
    Narendra Modi, Nitish Kumar

    Is EC’s Bihar SIR a ploy to unseat Nitish, put BJP in the saddle?

    Anand K Sahay
    28 July 2025 10:05 AM IST

    With Bihar CM Nitish Kumar having lost his sheen as capable administrator, a well-timed nudge may be needed to install a BJP face with the help of...

    gaza mother with malnourished child

    No room for corpses: Israel’s Himalayan sins in Gaza touch a new low

    27 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Bihar SIR

    Bihar electoral roll revision: Elitist and arbitrary, SIR!

    26 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Silk Board Junction Bangalore Bengaluru

    Bengaluru to undergo tunnel road bypass ‘surgery’, prognosis is scary

    23 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Ashoka University Assistant Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad

    Prof Mahmudabad case: Is SC lurching from one absurdity to another?

    19 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Trump always chickens out T-shirt

    Why America's trading partners should wait for Trump to chicken out

    18 July 2025 3:14 PM IST
    Congress MP Shashi Tharoor

    Why Shashi Tharoor’s take on the Emergency is deeply flawed

    15 July 2025 6:29 PM IST
    NOS funding cuts signal systemic exclusion of Dalits, minorities from educational opportunities

    NOS funding cuts signal systemic exclusion of Dalits, minorities from educational opportunities

    13 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    RSS-Bhagwat meeting

    Will Bhagwat retire at 75 and put pressure on Modi to follow suit?

    12 July 2025 9:23 AM IST
    People take part in a protest demanding the end of the war and immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip

    How weakened Hamas faces destruction similar to LTTE in 2009

    11 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    India diplomatic balancing act Dalai Lamas succession, Sheikh Hasinas shadow politics

    India walks tightrope over Dalai Lama succession, Hasina’s shadow politics

    10 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Why World Banks claim of declining inequality in India seems ludicrous

    Why World Bank's claim of declining inequality in India seems ludicrous

    7 July 2025 6:30 PM IST
    police torture

    Govt, courts, civil society should act as one to prevent custodial deaths

    7 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Bangladesh-China-Pakistan trilateral mechanism

    What China-Bangladesh-Pakistan trilateral mechanism means for India

    6 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Preamble to the Indian Constitution

    Preamble controversy should be laid to rest in national interest

    5 July 2025 8:29 AM IST
    Siddaramaiah-Shivakumar tussle for CM post in Karnataka

    Has the tussle in Karnataka for CM’s post really been resolved? Unlikely

    5 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
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