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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

Mystic Mantra: Bigness in littleness

From persecuting Christians and slaying them, he begins serving everyone, saving them from slavery to sin.

25 Jan 2018 2:49 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Vikas is there, but not sabka saath'

More reason to cheer the IMF forecasts that India will grow at a projected 7.8 per cent growth rate in 2019.

25 Jan 2018 2:48 AM IST

This comes after rebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Kapil Mishra made new allegations of corruption against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleague Satyendra Jain on Saturday. (Photo: File/PTI)

Age Debate: Of morality, or just politics?

The AAP is wrong to accuse the EC of acting at the BJP's behest to disqualify its MLAs.

25 Jan 2018 2:48 AM IST

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

Russians can't match US skill in subverting democracy

The extent to which propaganda via social media may have swung voting intentions is almost impossible to determine.

25 Jan 2018 2:48 AM IST

India-ASEAN commemorative summit will mark 25 years of Indias ties with the Southeast Asian bloc. (Photo: PTI)

Transforming Asia sets new challenge for India

The East Asia Summit, created in 2005, replicates the ADMM membership.

25 Jan 2018 2:48 AM IST

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray (Photo: PTI)

Sena plays hardball

The rupturing of their relationship of a quarter century can't be a total surprise.

25 Jan 2018 2:48 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he delivers his speech at the opening day the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. (Photo: AFP)

After cheers in Davos, much to do at home

Modi threw India's weight behind the need to take forward the fight over climate change, and won France's support.

25 Jan 2018 2:48 AM IST

In the run up to International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suggested setting up of yoga parks where people can find inner peace in the lap of nature. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Blissfulness beyond bounds

Spirituality does not belong to the physical realm.

24 Jan 2018 1:31 AM IST