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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the heads of state/governments of Asean countries at the Republic Day parade at the Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Maritime security without a blueprint

Traditionally, for 68 years, India has invited as chief guest the leader of a country with which it conspicuously wishes...

28 Jan 2018 12:07 AM IST

Always remember that successful and happy people are not those who get the best of everything in life, but are the ones who make the best of everything they get in life. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Salvation comes from tolerance

Favorable and unfavorable situations are the result of our previous birth karmas and hence should be borne with...

27 Jan 2018 4:43 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

Powerplay and clubs of sleaze

Women MPs are seeking ways to ban such institutions and events through law.

27 Jan 2018 4:37 AM IST

Aadhaar wallet app is the first government run wallet app for money transfers that enables digitisation of money and prevents theft or fraud.

Make Aadhaar simple for vulnerable sections

Aadhaar is a biometric (finger print and retina scan) card system.

27 Jan 2018 4:31 AM IST

The income-tax department had booked Mr Bhandari under the new act, called the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015. (Photo: PTI)

More power to banks

However, the government would do well to provide funds predicated on the performance of the banks so that good money...

27 Jan 2018 4:25 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind (Photo: PTI)

A restorative speech by the First Citizen

Kovind in his address was unambiguous in adverting to the need for disciplined and morally upright institutions in the...

27 Jan 2018 4:18 AM IST

Seva of the poor and needy is regarded as the greatest virtue of an ideal Sikh.

Mystic Mantra: Service before self

Bhagat Puran Singh was born in 1904 in Rajeval village in Ludhiana district of the Punjab.

26 Jan 2018 1:54 AM IST

Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, goes to polls on December 9 and 14. (Photo: PTI/File)

What's Modi's plan for India after 2019?

Does Mr Modi have a roadmap beyond the victory post-2019?

26 Jan 2018 1:48 AM IST

Winston Churchill (Photo: AP)

A nation that ignores its darkest hour

Winston Churchill is still a very outsized figure in India.

26 Jan 2018 1:44 AM IST

Firefighters and policemen try to douse a fire after activists of the Karni Sena torched a Haryana Roadways bus during a demonstration against the release of Padmaavat in Gurgaon. (Photo: PTI)

Padmaavat, mob rule & 68 years of the republic

Padmaavat is not just a film, an indulgence of an overenthusiastic picture-book maker.

26 Jan 2018 1:42 AM IST

Banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, who carries a bounty of USD 10 million announced by the US for his role in terror activities, has been under detention since January. (Photo: File | AP)

Pak copout over Hafiz

Saeed is a linchpin and guru of Pakistani terror activities.

26 Jan 2018 1:41 AM IST

Members of Karni Sena burn posters of Padmaavat during a protest against the release of the film at Beawar in Rajasthan. (Photo: PTI)

Act decisively to stop violence over a movie

States ruled by the BJP have allowed law and order to be challenged over fears of alienating lumpen elements.

26 Jan 2018 1:41 AM IST