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CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury (Photo: PTI)

Why is Left dithering over doing battle with the Right?

It is true that Hindutva has thrived and prospered by vending spurious historiography and a questionable sense of...

11 Oct 2017 1:05 AM IST

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Khadi faces dark days: Handloom's GST blow

Handloom is not merely an economic activity. It's an art that its practitioners dedicate their lives to learn.

11 Oct 2017 1:04 AM IST

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government will take cognisance of UGCs suggestion to remove words such as Hindu and Muslim from BHU and AMU. (Photo: PTI | File)

A needless controversy

The British helped found Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875, which evolved into AMU.

11 Oct 2017 1:01 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

Cracker ban welcome, but questions do arise

On Monday, a three-judge bench reinstated the Delhi-NCR ban on the sale of firecrackers that was imposed in November...

11 Oct 2017 1:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inauguration of the Golden Jubilee Year Celebrations of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Modi needs to govern quietly, stop bragging

Whether it is convincing or not, it showed that Modi was seriously engaging with his critics.

10 Oct 2017 2:25 AM IST

No saviour' is coming to rescue Pak from itself

Movements require a mobilising vision, commitment, organisation, struggle, feedback, and participatory decision-making.

10 Oct 2017 2:16 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Meditate for higher consciousness

Science, in its attempt to explore the farthest reaches of space, is looking for answers to the origin of creation.

10 Oct 2017 12:28 AM IST

Catalan lessons for all diverse societies

Catalan lessons for all diverse societies

Nearly 21 per cent of foreign investment goes to Catalonia, which draws workers from all over Spain.

10 Oct 2017 12:24 AM IST

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman acknowledges a row of Chinese soldiers from across the fence who were taking pictures on her arrival at Nathu La. (Photo: PTI)

Nirmala's great gesture

Nirmala Sitharaman has shown a flair for diplomacy naturally rooted in a transparent personality.

10 Oct 2017 12:23 AM IST

Coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express, in which 59 people, mostly kar sevaks returning from Ayodhya were travelling, was burnt on February 27, 2002 at the Godhra station, triggering riots in the state. (Photo: PTI)

Godhra: HC shows the quality of mercy

It may appear that avoidance of the death penalty is wrong as the train burning was an act of terror.

10 Oct 2017 12:20 AM IST

The road that caved in created a 20-feet-deep pit and prevented Mr Yadav from moving out of his bungalow.

Reporters' Diary: Rough road for Mulayam

PWD officials rush in to fill up the gaping hole but the road keeps caving in again and again.

9 Oct 2017 2:02 AM IST

Emmanuel Macron

EU needs to chart a new course

The police tried to manhandle those going to vote deepening divisions, for which Madrid belatedly apologised.

9 Oct 2017 1:21 AM IST