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People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after apparent gun fire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: AFP)

When Muslims do it, it's called terrorism

India's law against terror is called Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) and was legislated by the Vajpayee government in...

8 Oct 2017 12:46 AM IST

File photo of senior BJP leaders Yashwant Sinha and Arun Jaitley after a BJP Parliamentary Party meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Keep arrogance aside, focus on facts

Today, we can see that much of that arrogance has unfortunately come to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

2 Oct 2017 12:36 AM IST

Jagannatha temple

Hindus, proud of their own prejudice

A board in many languages outside Jagannath's temple says that only Hindus are allowed.

24 Sept 2017 12:08 AM IST

A Rohingya refugee carries two children in buckets as they arrive at Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on Saturday. Nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmars Rakhine state into Bangladesh in the 15 days since new violence erupted, the United Nations said on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

Good immigrants, bad immigrants?

As a great democracy, we must be responsible and uphold the rights of those who come to us seeking shelter.

17 Sept 2017 12:13 AM IST

File photo of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya (Photo: PTI/)

Old policing ways are not working

India's conviction ratios are well below 50 per cent. The majority of Indians who commit crime, even serious crime, get...

10 Sept 2017 12:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg. (Photo: AP)

Note ban failed, yet it's advantage Modi

When the government refers to demonetisation and terrorism it is talking about violence in Jammu and Kashmir.

3 Sept 2017 12:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg. (Photo: AP)

Modi's inexplicable U-turn on Aadhaar

If the issue is that linking Aadhaar with bank accounts and PAN numbers can catch tax thieves better then I object.

27 Aug 2017 12:38 AM IST

Army official Naib Subedar Jagram Singh Tomar was injured in Pakistani firing in Krishna Ghati sector of LoC on Saturday.

Honour our warriors, but meaningfully

The Indian soldier will fight where he is asked to, and he always has.

20 Aug 2017 12:59 AM IST

Hamid Ansaris second five-year term as the vice-president ends on Thursday. (Photo: AP/File)

Hamid Ansari said nothing wrong

Modi said Ansari's family had a long association with the Congress and the Khilafat movement.

13 Aug 2017 12:35 AM IST

Whereas, students find Hudson Lane, G.T.B. Nagar comparatively cheaper as the price varies between Rs 6,000 to Rs 9,000 ,including all basic facilities. (Photo: PTI)

Are we becoming too middle brow, too mediocre?

It is clear to me based on the large sample size that I have encountered that Indian children are not rebellious, they...

6 Aug 2017 12:40 AM IST

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Congress must go back to people

In the last couple of years Gujarat has seen the following major agitations under which lakhs of people have been...

30 July 2017 12:21 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (Photo: File)

State identity won't harm national unity

There is absolutely no problem with the state using this as a symbol of the rich and proud heritage of Karnataka.

23 July 2017 12:11 AM IST