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Malik Bashir Awan, father of Mumtaz Qadri, who was hanged last year for murder of a governor who criticized Pakistans blasphemy law and defended a Christian woman, arriving at his sons shrine on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Photo: AFP)

The State is complicit in mob justice

Qadri as a symbol is doubly dangerous because, like in Mardan, the guilt or innocence of the victim doesn't matter.

17 April 2017 3:57 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in support BJP candidates in Jaunpur. (Photo: PTI)

Opposition unity key to BJP's fall

In UP, Mayawati's BSP and Mulayam-Akhilesh Yadav's SP were a stick-in-the-mud.

17 April 2017 3:48 AM IST

Kim Jong-Un, North Korean leader

In US vs N Korea, world is the loser

North Korea is more about bluster than commonsense.

17 April 2017 3:42 AM IST

The crucifix is illuminated by sunlight as woman prays during a service on the eve of Easter. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: Be the yeast of Easter

Last Sunday, during worship, many Egyptian Christians were wounded or killed in two bomb blasts.

16 April 2017 7:17 AM IST

File photo of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage. (Photo: PTI)

Raw Truth on Jadhav

Jadhav could not have fallen into Pakistan's clutches at a more opportune time for Rawalpindi, handing no better stick...

16 April 2017 12:51 AM IST

The outrage in India over the death sentence pronounced on the alleged spy and former Indian Navy officer, Kulbhushan Jadhav, by a kangaroo court held by the Pakistan army is entirely understandable.

360 Degree: Balochistan Pakistan's Kashmir

While dealing with Pakistan, instead of being hot headed, India should be cold-blooded and ruthless.

16 April 2017 12:43 AM IST

Ram Vilas Paswan (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Govt is not making any rule. We're advising that food shouldn't be...

Ram Vilas Paswan talks about his move to ask restaurants to fix food portions.

16 April 2017 12:41 AM IST

In India, typically, both reasons have been cited for imposing restrictions on cow slaughter, and largely they have been accepted. (Photo: File)

A beef with the State

The cow is a symbol of reverence for many in Indian society.

16 April 2017 12:25 AM IST

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: UP reshuffle

It is said that the PMO has identified about 50 upright and hardworking officers for the Yogi government.

16 April 2017 12:24 AM IST

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli (Photo: AP)

IPL helps the needy players shine

For the players in many other countries, IPL has become the place to make real money.

16 April 2017 12:19 AM IST

David Dao, 69, being removed from a United Airlines flight in Chicago. (Photo: AP)

Airlines must learn

The experience of the offloaded passengers on United could have been the stuff of a horror movie.

16 April 2017 12:09 AM IST

The CRPF has tasked a special BSF workshop to deploy these metal deflectors to ensure that the shrapnels in the pellets do not hit above the abdomen region. (Photo: PTI)

A bigger role of Army under AFSPA?

The Union government seems to be trying to appear muscular in the nationalist cause and giving democratic decencies...

16 April 2017 12:05 AM IST