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Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar (Photo: PTI)

Austerity can't deliver dreams: Why CPM lost

The CPI(M) government in Tripura was, likewise, as remote from any Left-ruled enclave as the West Indies are from...

16 March 2018 2:23 AM IST

The reality here is Pakistan and its jihad-fi-sabilillah (meaning in the cause of Allah ) campaign of terrorism against India.

Terrorism not revolutionary strategy, so talking futile

The assumption that terrorist violence is a component of most liberation movements and revolutions bears examination.

16 March 2018 2:23 AM IST

The statement by Om Prakash Rajbhar, who is a Cabinet minister in the Yogi Adityanath government, is simply to garner some cheap publicity, state BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi said. (Photo: PTI)

BJP vulnerable if Opposition can unite, state by state

These results underscore a major flaw in the way that the BJP conducts itself following credible victories in new...

16 March 2018 2:22 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

More signs of recovery

The global economy is also on a revival path, with America taking the lead.

16 March 2018 2:22 AM IST

Samajwadi Party supporters celebrate their success in Phulpur and Gorakhpur Lok Sabha by-poll election, in Allahabad. (Photo: PTI)

BJP's bypoll setbacks: Who'll take the blame?

The overall message seems to be that the BJP has suffered crushing bypoll defeats in a big way in states where it's in...

16 March 2018 2:22 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Wherefore fasting?

The spiritual masters, however, have been telling us since ages that fasting does even greater marvels to one's soul.

15 March 2018 1:45 AM IST

Trumps angry denials on Twitter have often served only to exacerbate the debate over his behaviour towards women. (Photo: File)

Trump & Harleys: It may be more bark than bite

The retaliatory threat and no-holds-barred language was similarly deployed for Canada and Mexico.

15 March 2018 1:45 AM IST

President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisors to Pakistan in the coming weeks. (Photo: AFP | File)

My Lai 1968: Has America learned any lessons at all?

The nation that picked Donald Trump as President in 2016 hasn't changed all that much.

15 March 2018 1:45 AM IST

A farmer and Lasalgaon APMC Chairman Jaydatt Holkar said, Due to the perennial shortages and gluts, and the chaos of the onion market, many farmers turned towards different cash crops vegetables.

What Opposition can learn from Maha farmers

In this bleak political landscape, the success of the farmers' movement in Maharashtra points to a way forward.

15 March 2018 1:45 AM IST

Stephen Hawking said he was particularly concerned about Mr Trumps environment policy.

A beautiful mind fades

Stephen Hawking was undoubtedly the greatest cosmologist of his time who made us see the birth of the universe in the...

15 March 2018 1:45 AM IST

Security personnel inspect the site of an IED blast where nine CRPF personnel were killed and two more were injured after Maoists ambushed them in Kistaram area of Chhattisgarhs Sukma district. (Photo: PTI)

Govt needs to rework its anti-Naxal strategy

Some four hours before the IED blast around noon, the Naxalites had engaged CRPF's Cobra 208 battalion in a fierce...

15 March 2018 1:44 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Show endurance in adversity

Guru Nanak gave Bhai Lehna a new name, Angad , which means a part of one's body.

14 March 2018 1:50 AM IST