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Smokes rises from the Intercontinental Hotel after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. Gunmen stormed the hotel in the Afghan capital on Saturday evening, triggering a shootout with security forces, officials said. (AP Photo)

Mess in Afghanistan: Taliban's hold rising

The Narendra Modi government has been in touch with the Trump administration on Afghanistan.

23 Jan 2018 1:39 AM IST

The incident caught in a video camera had gone viral later, causing acute embarrassment to him.

Kabhi Gussa, Kabhi Pyar'

The transformation noticed in him at Babai was truly amazing, a member of the delegation observed.

22 Jan 2018 12:36 AM IST

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (Photo: purusha.org)

Of the Beatles, an ashram in Rishikesh and would-be royals

It is now 50 years since the Beatles came to Rishikesh to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram.

22 Jan 2018 12:34 AM IST

Prospect of a hung House is growing in Pakistan

Nawaz could win again, but to actually win he needs to win big in Punjab.

22 Jan 2018 12:31 AM IST

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Reading the tea leaves as fiscal 2019 looms

The FM is fiscally bound this year, not least because the GST is performing below expectations.

22 Jan 2018 12:29 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Spoiling Trump's party

Any credible deal to resolve the shutdown may depend on Mr Trump yielding ground on measures like deporting people.

22 Jan 2018 12:27 AM IST

Army soldiers stand guard near the Line of Control in Poonch. (Photo: PTI)

As LoC flareups go on, no sign of any solution

Official figures indicate well over 800 truce violations by Pakistan in 2017, approximately four times the number in...

22 Jan 2018 12:27 AM IST

Apparently, there are only five IAS officers of the Chhattisgarh cadre in the capital, though the states quota is 31 officers.

Dilli Ka Babu: Rise of the non-IAS babus

The most recent example is the naming of 10 new joint secretaries last month, of which five are from the non-IAS...

21 Jan 2018 1:34 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Insanitation is national crisis, not littering

In the introductory note Mr Modi uses the words clean, cleanliness, litter and littering 21 times.

21 Jan 2018 1:32 AM IST

Former chief minister of Haryana and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda

'Haryana Govt has lost the trust of people, CM must quit now'

The principal Opposition, the Congress Party, is up in arms and has demanded the removal of the state chief minister...

21 Jan 2018 1:31 AM IST

Bitcoin has more than tripled in price since the start of October, putting it on track for its best quarter since the end of 2013, when it surged above $1,000 for the first time.

Virtual currency risks

The jury is still out on what exactly is cryptocurrency.

21 Jan 2018 1:21 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference after releasing white paper on completing six months in office, at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Ministers above law

The Supreme Court waxes eloquent on judicial activism, but it has yet to strike down Section 197.

21 Jan 2018 1:20 AM IST