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The Godhra incident, ahead of the 2002 Gujarat polls, led to a pogrom and polarised Gujarat as never before. (Representational Image/ Twitter)

Mohan Guruswamy | Who lit the fire on Sabarmati Exp at Godhra 20 years...

A nation which forgives and forgets such huge assaults on its person is only condemned to suffer more of them

27 Feb 2022 2:19 AM IST

People take part in a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP)

Manish Tewari | Gloves off as New Iron Curtain falls on world

In his rather rambling walk through the park of history Vladimir Putin tried to lay out his much flawed case for the...

27 Feb 2022 1:43 AM IST

Truly, the inspiration a musician gets seeing another listening intently makes for an inspired rendition. (Representational image/ Twitter)

Shailaja Khanna | My first brush with magical Marghazi

Realising that literally life stops for several hundred musicians of all types during these 30 days was awe inspiring

27 Feb 2022 1:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a webinar highlighting positive impact of Union Budget on education sector, through video conferencing, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi calls upon private firms to enter medical education sector in...

Indian students going abroad for study, especially in medical education, also result in hundreds of billions of rupees...

26 Feb 2022 1:41 PM IST

Ukrainian soldiers take positions outside a military facility after an explosion in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Ukraine Update: Russian troops enter Ukraine's second city, fighting...

Russia unleashed a wave of attacks on Ukraine targeting airfields and fuel facilities in what appeared to be the next...

26 Feb 2022 1:32 PM IST

Priyanka Gandhi waves during a road show for the upcoming state assembly elections in Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

UP polls: Fifth phase of voting on Sunday; 692 candidates in fray for...

Amethi and Raebareli, once considered Congress bastions, and Ayodhya, the epicentre of the Ram temple movement, will too...

26 Feb 2022 1:13 PM IST

This is the second such agreement that the Indian Air Force has signed for buying okayed airframes that will help one of the most potent aircraft fleets to continue for longer in service. (ANI)

IAF decides not to send aircraft to multilateral air exercise in UK

Though the IAF did not clearly mention the reasons for the pull-out, it is learnt that the crisis in Ukraine prompted...

26 Feb 2022 12:20 PM IST

Ukrainian soldiers take position on a bridge inside the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Street fighting begins in Kyiv; people urged to seek shelter

The clashes followed two days of fighting that resulted in hundreds of casualties and pummeled bridges, schools and...

26 Feb 2022 12:10 PM IST

Indian nationals hold the tricolor before boarding the 2nd special Air India flight, evacuating Indians from war-torn Ukraine, in Bucharest, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (PTI)

Air India's second flight carrying 250 Indian evacuees from Ukraine...

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia welcomed the evacuees at the airport by handing out roses to them

26 Feb 2022 11:43 AM IST

A health worker checks swab samples collected for RTPCR test to detect COVID-19 at a government hospital in Hyderabad. (AP file photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

India records 11,499 fresh COVID-19 cases, 255 deaths

With this, the country recorded its daily COVID-19 cases under one lakh for the 20th consecutive day

26 Feb 2022 11:15 AM IST

Before the closure of the Ukrainian airspace, Air India had conducted one flight to Ukrainian capital Kyiv on February 22 that brought 240 people back to India. (Representational image: PTI)

Air India plane departs from Mumbai to evacuate Indians stranded in...

Air India will operate more flights on Saturday to Bucharest and Hungarian capital Budapest to evacuate Indians stranded...

26 Feb 2022 10:44 AM IST

Indias Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti speaks at the UNSC (PTI file photo)

India abstains on UNSC resolution that deplores' Russian aggression...

New Delhi called for the immediate cessation of hostilities and asserted that dialogue is the only answer to settling...

26 Feb 2022 10:30 AM IST