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Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Snub by Maldives as India's clout lessens

President Abdulla Yameen sent special envoys to Beijing, Islamabad and Riyadh to solicit support for his dictatorial...

24 March 2018 12:06 AM IST

God always wants us to triumph over our karmic hurdles because only then will we fulfill the purpose of life, which is to grow into better human beings.

Mystic Mantra: A pilgrimage subdues senses

In terms of the destination, the Kailash and Manasarovar pilgrimage is probably the greatest that one can make.

23 March 2018 2:34 AM IST

Taslima Nasrin with her cat Minu at her New Delhi home (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

India is much safer. Democracy is far more entrenched here... I feel...

I have written to the current West Bengal government, but there has been no response, says Taslima Nasrin.

23 March 2018 2:29 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru (Photo PTI)

India's regional policy: Still meddle and muddle

Afghanistan is no longer the glacis on which the war for India will be fought. Neither are Tibet and Xinjiang buffers...

23 March 2018 2:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Will a rising East Wind hit Modi govt in 2019?

The BJP and its allies should have nothing to fear from a debate in the Lok Sabha where they outnumber the Opposition.

23 March 2018 2:16 AM IST

Pakistans army senior officer Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa attends a military exercise in Khairpur Tamiwali, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Gen. Bajwa's doctrine' is really entire Army's view

Violent extremism is certainly not acceptable but the mainstreaming of tamed jihadists is important under the perceived...

23 March 2018 1:21 AM IST

Wilson added that there are cows in a field further from where she lives (Photo: Pexel)

Cow killing verdict welcome

It must be seen if the convicted persons go in appeal with the support, open or tacit, of the multitude of local outfits...

23 March 2018 1:16 AM IST

Mark Zuckerberg

Row over data theft' a diversionary tactic

The political rhetoric over the data scandal enveloping the cloak-and-dagger firm of Cambridge Analytica is essentially...

23 March 2018 1:10 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: AI could be very unhealthy

A man who lives like a robot, howsoever efficient and successful, cannot be called a living person, as life and...

22 March 2018 1:14 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi with party workers at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Age Debate: Is it Mission 2019 or 2024?

Congress has a long way to go before it can turn 2019 into a Mahabharat.

22 March 2018 1:09 AM IST

The state had approved the loan waiver to the benefit of 47.88 lakh farmers last December.

Indigenous seeds can end farmer suicides

People are rendered redundant, disposable, useless in the very logic of the fossilised paradigm.

22 March 2018 1:04 AM IST

Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj during an interaction with women and girl students at a Women Townhall in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

No jobs at home: Why war zones lure Indians

Successive Indian governments have successfully evacuated stranded Indians from conflict zones.

22 March 2018 12:58 AM IST