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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday directed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to issue visa to a Pakistani child for medical treatment in India. (Photo: File | PTI)

Sushma's e-durbar: Today's Adl-e-Jahangir

We have no real coherent foreign policy on Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or Myanmar.

29 Oct 2017 12:38 AM IST

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said there will be a solution soon on Doklam standoff. (Photo: PTI)

Truth , the first step to restoring J&K's dignity

The conference was an appeal to listening and the vital role that listening as an art and a ritual plays in a...

29 Oct 2017 12:31 AM IST

People wave estelada or pro independence flags outside the Palau Generalitat in Barcelona after Catalonias regional Parliament passed a motion with which they say they are establishing an independent Catalan Republic. (Photo: AP)

Spain's Catalan dilemma

It may well be a test case in long running battles between European regionalism and federalism.

29 Oct 2017 12:30 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum the China National Convention Center in Beijing Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Four-nation strategic talks will be useful

The talk of a US-Australia-Japan-India strategic huddling is not new.

29 Oct 2017 12:30 AM IST

Former Intelligence Bureau director Dineshwar Sharma said he would go to Kashmir in eight-to-ten days. (Photo: ANI)

A policeman posing as a postman in Kashmir

Sharma will have sustained interaction and dialogue to understand the legitimate aspirations of a wide cross-section of...

29 Oct 2017 12:30 AM IST

Under the influence of maya, the glue that binds us to the physical, one forgets the path of karma and is driven into the whirlpool of destruction by living for just self.

Mystic Mantra: Laws of creation same for everyone

Lord Vishnu, the energy responsible for running creation, ensures that one is amply warned and reminded of his/her karma...

28 Oct 2017 6:56 AM IST

Come on ! Are you a leaver or a remainer?

Getting an OCI card: Why I gave up

The lucky day dawned and I went to the outsourced agency office and lined up with 50 others.

28 Oct 2017 6:50 AM IST

The government may shortly include Aadhaar card as a valid document for filing income tax returns. (Photo: PTI/File)

Aadhaar raj: Targeting the poor & vulnerable

There are many reasons why Aadhaar and biometric identification fails in rural areas.

28 Oct 2017 12:17 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first PM, is mentioned in the book. The book, Love in the Time of Emergency, is set during the Emergency period (1975-77) imposed by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

A point to ponder: Do CMs make good PMs?

India's 12th PM and the first from the BJP, Atal Behari Vajpayee, had a distinguished career as a parliamentarian.

28 Oct 2017 12:12 AM IST

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and tourists during a visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra. (Photo: PTI)

Boost Taj, protect tourists

It's time to act positively to ensure tourism, with its 9.6 per cent contribution to GDP, is not damaged.

28 Oct 2017 12:03 AM IST

Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti announcing the schedule for the Gujarat Assembly elections, at a press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Gujarat delay puts EC under a cloud

On Wednesday, chief election commissioner A.K. Joti announced a two-phased Gujarat poll to be held on December 9 and 14.

28 Oct 2017 12:00 AM IST

Malik ibn Deenar devoted his life to God and made a living as a calligrapher of the Quran.

Mystic Mantra: How Malik became a true Sufi

Malik Deenar was the son of a Persian slave from Afghanistan.

27 Oct 2017 1:44 AM IST