TOI Editorials blog
Maharashtra’s tribe of ex-CMs settling for lesser office grows with Fadnavis agreeing to become deputy CM
In a society acutely conscious of hierarchies and optics that go with it, there’s an unusual phenomenon recurring in Indian politics. Devendra Fadnavis became the third politician from Maharashtra in the last 25 years to settle for a lesser post after having been chief minister. In the preceding MVA government, Ashok Chavan was a cabinet […]
Allow HP police to get to the bottom of the Khalistan flags case, stop the politicking
The appearance of Khalistan flags and graffiti outside the Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly complex has set off alarm and HP police have moved to seal off all inter-state border crossings to nab those behind the incident. The developments have also kicked off a political blame game amid the state preparing for elections later this year. […]
PM Boris Johnson’s visit reflects a broader Western overture to India
In Gujarat today as part of his two-day visit to India, UK PM Boris Johnson has said that he hopes to see a free trade agreement between the two countries completed by this year’s end. India of course has earlier this year signed the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with UAE and then the Economic Cooperation […]
Necessary U-turn in Delhi is a lesson for rest of India
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority has done the right thing today by bringing back the mask mandate for public places and the Rs 500 fine for violating it. This begs the question, did states remove or dilute mask mandates prematurely? Yes. In Delhi for example, which is now seeing an uptick in Covid infection numbers, some […]