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Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu (Photo: PTI)

Judiciary must be seen to work for citizens

Mr Naidu rejected the motion on the ground that the charges were conjectural.

25 April 2018 12:24 AM IST

BSP chief Mayawati had on Wednesday resigned from the House, accusing the BJP and the Chair of not allowing her to raise the issue of anti-Dalit violence in Uttar Pradesh in the House. (Photo: PTI)

Of Mayawati's selflessness' & lessons we need to learn

The Congress won two seats in the Modi sweep Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul with fewer than 8 per cent votes in their...

25 April 2018 12:21 AM IST

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Hasty ordinance is not enough to deter rapes

Many activists have pointed out that it is not the severity of the punishment, but the certainty of it that is the real...

25 April 2018 12:19 AM IST

The AFSPA was promulgated in Assam in November 1990 and the entire state was declared as a disturbed area as the activities of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) were at their peak. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

AFSPA still needed in J&K

The Army would do well not to misuse its power to search, arrest or shoot.

25 April 2018 12:15 AM IST

Vice president and Rajya Sabh chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Monday rejected the Congress-led opposition parties notice to impeach CJI Dipak Misra. (Photo: File/AP)

Opposition move to impeach CJI leads to sorry saga

The aggrieved Opposition parties are said to be thinking of moving the Supreme Court against the V-P's order.

25 April 2018 12:12 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Hope of the hopeless world

The belief in Jesus' resurrection actually changed that defeat, that darkness and hopelessness into a new Hope.

24 April 2018 12:35 AM IST

February 28 is celebrated in India as the National Science Day (NSD). The date itself pays tribute to the discovery of Raman Effect which brought a Nobel Prize to C.V. Raman.

The many joys of learning science

Famous scientist Michael Faraday had realised the importance of practicals in teaching science and stressed on it.

24 April 2018 12:33 AM IST

ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar has pulled out of the annual session of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO).

After crony capitalism, Crony Right rules the roost

Independent directors play an active role in various committees set up by company to ensure good governance.

24 April 2018 12:33 AM IST

Benazir Bhutto (Photo: AP)

Parties need to keep patricians in good humour

The trigger for this cursory detour through history is the steady stream of political entrants to the Pakistan...

24 April 2018 12:33 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Theresa May welcomes Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 10, Downing Street in London on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

It ain't good to plead UK for jobs, Mr PM

Ms May's government speaks in so many voices that everyone is confused. Perhaps this is intentional.

24 April 2018 12:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

PM's diktat is justified

The realisation that all this is their creation should be a good beginning for the reappearance of commonsense.

24 April 2018 12:32 AM IST

CPI(M) general-secretary Sitaram Yechury also criticised the Narendra Modi-led government for delaying the winter session of the parliament and said these were the signs that it was not willing to face the House. (Photo: PTI)

Yechury re-elected, CPM gains focus

Mr Karat has hewed to the traditional anti-Congress line of the communists formulated to defeat Jawaharlal Nehru's...

24 April 2018 12:32 AM IST