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A man, tied to a moving Army jeep, allegedly being used as a human shield against stone-pelters during Srinagar bypolls.

Worry, we are in dark & dangerous times

Most of the people the Indian army and Pakistan army kills are their own citizens.

23 April 2017 5:04 AM IST

Ruttie as a teenaged wife; Jinnah in his forties

Book review: The love affair that shook India

It is because of Reddy's ability to pore through all the material and connect the dots that she brings these two hazy...

16 April 2017 2:10 AM IST

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli (Photo: AP)

IPL helps the needy players shine

For the players in many other countries, IPL has become the place to make real money.

16 April 2017 12:19 AM IST

BJP MP Tarun Vijay (Photo: PTI)

Indians are racists to the core

This greater exposure to the sun meant the skin needed some form of protection against ultraviolet rays which cause...

9 April 2017 12:47 AM IST

Cow slaughter is also a non-bailable offence now. (Representational Image)

Where is our individual freedom?

India pretends it has a Constitution that is not linked to any particular religion.

2 April 2017 5:14 AM IST

Congress in 2017 must find its raison d'tre

Few Indians have an incentive to mobilise for the Congress.

26 March 2017 3:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a road show in Varanasi during the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election campaign. (Photo: PTI)

360 degree: Numbers look good for Modi

BJP's Uttar Pradesh win is thought to have made Narendra Modi's return to power in 2019 inevitable.

19 March 2017 1:22 AM IST

US President Donald Trump issued a revised travel ban order on Monday. (Photo: AP)

After Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric, time to fight back

Mr Trump's border security policies, based on hatred and fear, are a direct confrontation to that movement.

12 March 2017 2:22 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: File)

It's time we support free thinking

The BJP and its Hindutva groups are pushing the hard nationalism agenda.

5 March 2017 1:12 AM IST

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

The long, slow death of Congress

The Congress has lost power in Delhi because it has been squeezed out of states.

26 Feb 2017 3:35 AM IST

Security personnel stands guard during Encounter with militants at Hajan of district Bandipora of North Kashmir. (Pho

Note ban fails on the count of militancy

Four soldiers, including a major, have been killed in recent days in Kashmir.

19 Feb 2017 12:19 AM IST

Uma Bharti (Photo: PTI)

Dishonouring the oath of office

Uma Bharti, the water resources minister, claims she told the victims to watch as the offenders were hung upside down.

12 Feb 2017 6:46 AM IST