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Congress leader Ahmed Patel arrives at the parliament house in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Battle for a seat: A monstrous symbol?

Ahmed Patel's reputation as a super-efficient manager was at stake in the sensitive Ahmedabad imbroglio.

12 Aug 2017 12:25 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Jobless growth rising crisis for Modi Sarkar

The government seems to work for big business or lobbies, with its emphasis on reducing the influence of labour.

12 Aug 2017 12:25 AM IST

amil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy. (Photo: PTI)

AIADMK merger: Desirable step

Sasikala, the late J. Jayalalithaa's long-time confidante, and her nephew T.T.V. Dhinakaran is a very desirable step.

12 Aug 2017 12:24 AM IST

Vice President Hamid Ansari (Photo: PTI)

An unfortunate row as Ansari bows out

The nation should be happy that its highest constitutional functionaries are not afraid to speak home truths to the...

12 Aug 2017 12:23 AM IST

In karma yoga, there is a desire, but not for material comforts and enjoyment. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Getting anger under control

Whenever you are angry, just sit with your legs crossed and take deep breaths.

11 Aug 2017 12:55 AM IST

Cruelty' in uniform & Navy Act 1957

Fifteen years lapsed before the Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007 came into being.

11 Aug 2017 12:48 AM IST

Congress leader Ahmed Patel arrives at the parliament house in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Congress should learn from Gujarat RS win

Ahmed Patel may have been elected but he did not win because he could not keep his flock together.

11 Aug 2017 12:22 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves the premises of the JIT with son Hussain Nawaz in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

Will Nawaz, the unburied lion, extract his revenge?

Imran Khan once boasted that he had been offered the prime minister-ship by Gen Musharraf.

11 Aug 2017 12:16 AM IST

US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

Trump, Kim must see reason

Trump's chilling speech from a New Jersey golf club, said to be extempore, went way beyond the measured language of...

11 Aug 2017 12:16 AM IST

Vice President Hamid Ansari (Photo: PTI)

The demon within we must still fight

The Rajya Sabha resolution pledged to build a strong, self-reliant, secular and democratic India .

11 Aug 2017 12:16 AM IST

Always remember that successful and happy people are not those who get the best of everything in life, but are the ones who make the best of everything they get in life. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The quest for the divine

The miracle deepens and almost completely absorbs us.

10 Aug 2017 12:43 AM IST

Nobody has an answer, the Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan is a colossal failure, the nations first city is in an appalling state of disrepair.

A new priority: Clean up after the Filthy Indian

Nobody has an answer, the Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan is a colossal failure, the nation's first city is in an appalling...

10 Aug 2017 12:38 AM IST