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First bullet train in India will run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, a 516 km long route. (Photo: /Representational/AFP)

Bullet trains: Far too costly for India

The Indian Railways are the country's largest public investment, employing over a million people.

28 Sept 2017 1:49 AM IST

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli plays football during a practice session in Indore. (Photo: PTI)

Team India on cloud nine

The opportunity to prepare the batsmen in English conditions next summer on a long tour would be ideal preparation for...

28 Sept 2017 1:26 AM IST

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after taking charge at her office in New Delhi, becoming the first full-time woman Defence Minister of the country. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi-Kabul ties in a new environment

The defence minister's statement is a definitive rejection of any guess-work in this matter, and this is a good thing.

28 Sept 2017 1:18 AM IST

An idol of Goddess Durga being being decorated with gold ornaments during Durga Puja festival in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: Navaratri Celebration of feminine power

Durga is the inaccessible, invincible one and omnipotent, the main source of energy for the creation.

27 Sept 2017 3:19 AM IST

Zakir Musa (Photo: PTI)

J&K jihad: Twist in the tale

The Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba joined the anti-Musa chorus, accusing him of being part of an Indian conspiracy.

27 Sept 2017 3:19 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

To end child marriage, SC must act decisively

As per the latest census, 30 per cent of married women in India wed before they turn 18.

27 Sept 2017 3:19 AM IST

Stanislav Petrov

How Petrov kept his cool, and saved the world...

The disaster had set off a spiral of Cold War omens, which played out elsewhere, including Afghanistan.

27 Sept 2017 3:19 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference at Nabanna (State Secretariat) in Kolkata on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

In Bengal, politics over Durga Puja will misfire

The BJP's practised strategy of polarising society on communal lines for electoral gain, however, might not work in...

27 Sept 2017 3:18 AM IST

US President Donald Trump signed into law a new batch of sanctions on Beijing, Tehran, and Moscow. (Photo: AP)

Trump-style patriotism'

His tirade against rich, black American athletes may also strike a chord with many who voted for him.

27 Sept 2017 3:18 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the launch of Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana or Saubhagya, to supply electricity to poor households, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Electricity for all: A promise to be kept

Governmental spending on infrastructure at a hectic pace in such circumstances could strain the fiscal deficit.

27 Sept 2017 3:18 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Accepting the sounds

Together all these sounds became a waterfall or a sound-fall to coin a new term.

26 Sept 2017 1:47 AM IST

Theresa Mays party failed to win a majority in parliament in Britains elections. (Photo: AP)

Brexit: May just plays for time

The India-Britain FTA talks threaten to founder on the rock of British recalcitrance over visas.

26 Sept 2017 1:46 AM IST