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Demonstrators protest as police fire tear gas shells to disperse them during a clash in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Is society moving to the right?

Lots of underlying developments are taking place that appear to contradict the idea of a society tottering on the brink...

5 Dec 2017 4:44 AM IST

A man watches a road that has been cut off due to floods following heavy rainfall caused by the cyclone Ockhi in the Kanyakumari district. (Photo: PTI)

Ockhi is a natural calamity

By declaring it a natural calamity, the Centre would help assuage some of the considerable damage.

5 Dec 2017 4:39 AM IST

Using earned money of depositors to bail out a bank amounts to gross interference by the government.

Another bid to loot public money

Bank deposits are to be used for productive purposes and not to bail out defaulters.

5 Dec 2017 4:39 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Meditation From misery to bliss

Meditation should not be treated as a fashion embraced by movie stars.

4 Dec 2017 12:31 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

India vs China at sea: Why subs are critical

India has 14 imported subs as compared to 54 indigenous and 12 imported subs of the PLA Navy.

4 Dec 2017 12:25 AM IST

Sri Lankan players wear anti-pollution masks in the second day of the third Test in New Delhi. (Photo: BCCI)

Air too unfit to play

A Test match stopping for poor air quality should be a shriller wake-up call for the region and the Central and state...

4 Dec 2017 12:19 AM IST

Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj during an interaction with women and girl students at a Women Townhall in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

Chabahar's potential is high, explore all options

Chabahar port couldn't be built for the past 12 years due to the US-led Western and UN sanctions against Iran.

4 Dec 2017 12:16 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets people during his election campaign for the forthcoming Assembly polls in Bhuj. (Photo: PTI)

Some disturbing trends evident in Gujarat race

Modi's main opponent in Gujarat is the Congress Party and he must therefore paint it in black colours.

4 Dec 2017 12:14 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

A minority govt may be looming in Islamabad

The rest of us, though, need to try and figure out what Nawaz may be up to.

4 Dec 2017 12:10 AM IST

The current GDP data doesn't say much about economic reversal'

Pronab Sen speaks to Pawan Bali on the GDP data for the second quarter released on Thursday.

3 Dec 2017 2:47 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

It's time to rethink democratic values

Religion has become a means to deflect attention from what should really matter in a mature democracy, which is...

3 Dec 2017 12:13 AM IST

The committee comprises of top leaders including party president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)

Promoting khichdi as national meal & stoking rows

Despite his hectic schedule, Mr Shah has taken a personal interest in the functioning of the posh media room set up by...

3 Dec 2017 12:12 AM IST