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The Army has also submitted photographs of the vehicles damaged in the stone pelting by the unruly mob. (Representational Image)

Kashmiri mobs adopt Hamas line on protest

Civilian killings provoke extreme grief and even greater anger, further fuelling the cycle of violence.

14 April 2018 1:13 AM IST

A file photo of Hermann Kallenbach (right) with his friend Mahatma Gandhi in their South Africa days.

Shimon's Quest: From Israel to India, and Lithuania, with a touch of...

Shimon Lev fell in love with India with all its faults, peculiarities and attractions.

29 March 2018 12:59 AM IST

Social media connects us to the big wide world outside but ironically disconnects us from the real one. This yawning chasm between the offline and online only further isolates us, defeating the very purpose of going online at all.

Tech gamechanger in politics, governance

Hardik Patel had shown that even a skeletal organisational network leveraging technology could almost overnight become a...

29 Dec 2017 1:31 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, shake hands prior to their luncheon talks, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

A stranglehold broken: Asian geopolitics shifts

India was forced to ship the biscuits through a long and circuitous route via Bandar Abbas port in Iran.

31 Oct 2017 12:13 AM IST

Researching for the book was like solving a mystery or puzzle'

The prognosis remains fraught because Pakistan feels it is about to achieve the strategic depth it has long sought in...

13 Oct 2017 12:46 AM IST

Durands Curse By Rajiv Dogra, Rupa Publications, Rs 595

Calling the cursed' Durand Line what it is

Everything suggests the manner in which the Durand agreement was signed constitutes a dark chapter in Afghan history.

13 Oct 2017 12:42 AM IST

Zakir Musa (Photo: PTI)

J&K jihad: Twist in the tale

The Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba joined the anti-Musa chorus, accusing him of being part of an Indian conspiracy.

27 Sept 2017 3:19 AM IST

US President Donald Trump signed into law a new batch of sanctions on Beijing, Tehran, and Moscow. (Photo: AP)

Afghanistan: Trump has changed the big picture

Mr Trumps announcement failed to elicit a highly positive response in the United States and India, where it should have.

4 Sept 2017 12:34 AM IST

The Stunning Inside Story of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Flight by Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy, Bloomsbury, Rs 699.

The truth behind bin Laden's death Not really

The bulk of the action is centred in Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden and his family arrived from Afghanistan following...

16 July 2017 1:02 AM IST

US Defence Secretary James Mattis. (Photo: AP)

Taliban creeping back to Kabul, with Pak aid

The Taliban has claimed it controls four of Kandahar's 18 districts and dominates five more.

22 Jun 2017 2:35 AM IST

What Will Leapfrog India in the Twenty-First Century By Surendra Kumar Wisdom Tree pp. 227, Rs 379.

Many views on Future India

Given the challenges, it is only fitting that Indians generate ideas, suggestions and roadmaps to take the country...

28 April 2017 1:29 AM IST

African students protest the attack against the attack on a Congolese national in Delhi.

Can India overcome its racial prejudices?

The problem is that Indian culture has a shadowy core full of festering toxic beliefs.

5 April 2017 2:41 AM IST