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Newly-elected Congress president Rahul Gandhi greets his mother and predecessor Sonia Gandhi after her speech at the party headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Rahul now needs to take a broader view

The Congress is sitting in the Opposition, and has never been as disadvantageously placed as now in all the years since...

18 Dec 2017 1:43 AM IST

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala (Photo: PTI/File)

EC's silence reflects it has become a puppet of the whims of the BJP'

We had an agenda, a programme in mind for the future of Gujarat and its people, says Randeep Singh Surjewala.

17 Dec 2017 12:12 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (Photo: AP)

Dilli Ka Babu: Women officers to the fore

Sources say that with Karnataka Assembly elections approaching, the government did not want to ruffle feathers in the...

17 Dec 2017 12:12 AM IST

Congress president Sonia Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Sonia: A woman who transformed Cong

If the Congress had a chance to become a non-dynastic party, this was the time when its senior leadership could have...

17 Dec 2017 12:12 AM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. (Photo: File)

For the RSS, culture' means Hindu culture

As with Hitler's Mein Kampf, the writings of the RSS' chiefs and ideological mentors have been neglected.

17 Dec 2017 12:11 AM IST

Sonia Gandhi will on Saturday formally hand over the reigns of the Congress to son Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Of worried Cong leaders & pragmatic corporates

Sonia will remain a member of the Congress Working Committee, the party's highest decision-making body.

17 Dec 2017 12:06 AM IST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (Photo: AP)

India needs to be wary of Tibet development'

On his return to Dharamsala, the Tibetan monk announced that he may not travel abroad in future due to fatigue.

17 Dec 2017 12:05 AM IST

The Centre is keen to get the transgenders bill, which has already been introduced in Lok Sabha, passed in this session. (Photo: PTI)

Rise above petty politics

It is important that both, the ruling party and the Opposition, don't lose sight of the national priorities.

17 Dec 2017 12:02 AM IST

Newly elect Congress President Rahul Gandhi receives greetings from supporters after taking charge during an event held at the lawns of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Rahul must re-invent Congress' ideology

The Congress returned with worst-ever figures for the Lok Sabha in 2014 a mere 44 seats.

17 Dec 2017 12:00 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: The pollution of soul

If our planet, with its interdependent ecology systems, is to survive, we have to learn to live in harmony with all...

16 Dec 2017 2:45 AM IST

The candid eyes of CCTV cameras may have recorded the gory incidents of sexual abuse in graphic detail.(Representational image)

Of Asians' & sexual crimes in UK

In the Quilliam case, the word Asian is a balaclava for the faces of the convicted offenders who are of Pakistani...

16 Dec 2017 2:43 AM IST

Following the November 8-9 demonetisation, the government over the weekend asked public sector insurers to provide discounts of up to 10 per cent on the premium amount for general insurance policies and 8 per cent in new life policies of Life Insurance Corporation sold online.

How do you evaluate a homemaker's worth?

Society glibly describes a homemaker's contribution as invaluable'.

16 Dec 2017 2:38 AM IST