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India and Pakistan flag. (Representational Image)

India is 70, but what celebration for this family?

Lest you begin to chastise the present government for Rabab's woes, do pause for a moment.

18 Aug 2017 5:16 AM IST

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

If Trump axes Iran deal, world unsafe

US reports indicate the administration is looking at several options to end the agreement.

18 Aug 2017 2:27 AM IST

India and Pakistan flag. (Representational Image)

Schoolkids in India, Pak write letters for peace

Possibly both governments are afraid of people-to-people contacts, especially between the youth and children.

18 Aug 2017 2:23 AM IST

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday set up a nine-judge bench to decide if the contentious issue of right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution. (Photo: PTI/File)

Love jihad' probe needed

Disaffected young women who have fallen out with their parents seem easy prey for such romantic manipulation.

18 Aug 2017 2:15 AM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation on the countrys Independence Day from the ramparts of the historical Red Fort in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Is PM signalling a shift on Kashmir?

It rejects the idea of autonomy for Kashmir, as envisaged in Article 370 of the Constitution and Article 35A, which...

18 Aug 2017 2:11 AM IST

Picture used for representational purpose. A photo of a blue whale cutting on the arm of a person allegedly playing the online game. (Courtesy: The Siberian Times)

Take down Blue Whale'

The new generation seems emboldened to the extent of addiction to clearly harmful phenomena.

17 Aug 2017 12:59 AM IST

Mahrukh and Shoaib, who were born in Pakistan, told NBC Washington that their home was burgled and their Quran was torn. (Photo: Screengrab)

Mystic Mantra: Benefits are trials too

True thankfulness in one's heart is manifested through the conviction that all bounties come from God.

17 Aug 2017 12:48 AM IST

Hamid Ansaris second five-year term as the vice-president ends on Thursday. (Photo: AP/File)

Democracy survives: When loss' isn't defeat'

Today India is deeply polarised, fractured and an increasingly fragmented polity with an ongoing consolidation of the...

17 Aug 2017 12:35 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Delhi on Tuesday on the occasion of Indias 71st Independence Day. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Is a sense of hubris slowing down Modi?

Disobedience of an unjust law is fine, if followed by submission to its consequences, under the rule of law.

17 Aug 2017 12:24 AM IST

Anti-government demonstrators shout slogans against Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro during a protest against him in Caracas, Venezuela. (Photo: AP)

The crisis in Venezuela: Will Chavez's reforms last?

The crisis, signified by severe shortages and rampaging inflation, isn't exactly of Maduro's making.

17 Aug 2017 12:17 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Photo: PTI)

Disquieting signals from UP, Tripura

The shocking aspect is that this wasn't done by some extremist far-right outfit but by the authorities.

17 Aug 2017 12:14 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: The Mystic India

It is strange because it has renounced everything for a single search, the search for the truth.

16 Aug 2017 2:19 AM IST