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Ousted Pak PM Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters during a rally in Muridke, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Nawaz may not know how to get what he really wants

It was always a low-probability event Nawaz wasn't suddenly about to become more than the sum of his politics.

21 Aug 2017 12:08 AM IST

Workers repairing the rail track after the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express train derailed in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar. (Photo: PTI)

Train safety: When will we get serious?

Many who had entrusted their lives to the Indian Railways paid the penalty yet again for someone else's carelessness.

21 Aug 2017 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the young entrepreneurs at the Champions of Change programme, organised by the NITI Aayog, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

For BJP, 2019 poses hardly any challenge

Even in a state like Bihar where it lost the election, it has managed to form the govt demonstrating the clever art of...

20 Aug 2017 1:32 AM IST

UP Congress chief Raj Babbar along with party workers raise slogans during a protest in Lucknow on Wednesday against the infant deaths. (Photo: PTI)

We are building our own strengths & not banking on others'...

Babbar candidly spoke about the issue, his party, its future and also the strategy for bringing the Congress back to the...

20 Aug 2017 1:22 AM IST

Army official Naib Subedar Jagram Singh Tomar was injured in Pakistani firing in Krishna Ghati sector of LoC on Saturday.

Honour our warriors, but meaningfully

The Indian soldier will fight where he is asked to, and he always has.

20 Aug 2017 12:59 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the young entrepreneurs at the Champions of Change programme, organised by the NITI Aayog, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Plastic proves deathless

Plastics above 50 microns in thickness were permissible.

20 Aug 2017 12:54 AM IST

Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar will be the 44th Chief Justice of India. (Photo: PTI)

Broken promises

Political manifestos attracted public notice in England in the 19th century when political warfare was at its peak.

20 Aug 2017 12:32 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

India, China: Game is on

India and China cranked up diplomacy to convince the world of their respective positions on the Doklam standoff .

20 Aug 2017 12:24 AM IST

Vishal Sikka had joined Infosys on August 1, 2014 after S D Shibulals exit. (Photo: PTI)

Infosys crisis: Think about shareholders

There is no reason why a successful business and ethics of corporate governance cannot co-exist.

20 Aug 2017 12:20 AM IST

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Ethnic heritage behind child abuse

Some Labour MPs supported Ms Champion's stance and said the ethnic factor had to be socially and criminally...

19 Aug 2017 1:58 AM IST

Intelligence agencies have cautioned the government about the Naxals new strategy in a recent classified report, details of which have been accessed by this newspaper. (Photo: PTI/File)

The Telangana takeover of Naxalism

The guerilla movement took off with the forcible harvesting of crops from the lands of rich landlords.

19 Aug 2017 1:44 AM IST

This combination of photos show North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) on April 15, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea and US President Donald Trump in Washington on April 29. (Photo: AP)

Doklam: Lessons from 1962

On India's Independence Day, Chinese and Indian forces clashed in Ladakh, north of Pangong Tso (lake).

19 Aug 2017 1:33 AM IST