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Qatari premier Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani. (Photo: AFP)

A tale of long knives, Arabian style

No doubt Qatar itself is far from being the noisy democracy that we are familiar with in India or from the free...

15 Jun 2017 4:27 AM IST

Farmers agitation turns violent as they torch trucks at Mhow-Neemuch Highway in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)

Farmers need a lot of help, don't make it a political issue

The violence started earlier, with the agitation apparently infiltrated by anti-national forces.

15 Jun 2017 1:52 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg. (Photo: AP)

Skill India right, it's the key to our future

The government pays all the training and assessment fees. PMKVY has got a huge dollop of money in the Budget.

15 Jun 2017 1:51 AM IST

Centres ban on cattle trade at livestock markets seen as a ploy to prohibit cow slaughter.

Disquiet over intolerance

A pattern of wilful majoritarianism was established by the arguments, including muzzling of media criticism of the...

15 Jun 2017 1:50 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Nip separatism in the bud in Darjeeling hills

The young have been severely impacted in job terms.

15 Jun 2017 1:50 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Dignity & burden of anxiety

Osho reinforces that anxiety is a phenomenon bestowed by nature only on the humans.

15 Jun 2017 1:44 AM IST

The contending mainstream narratives on women in combat in the Army propelled by male and female protagonists lend bias and hues to disparate arguments. (Photo: PTI)

Women in battle: Now, or later?

It's still too early for India to accept women soldiers in combat.

15 Jun 2017 1:31 AM IST

Farmers agitation turns violent as they torch trucks at Mhow-Neemuch Highway in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)

After Mandsaur, the storm may keep rising

Against this backdrop, prices will definitely undershoot all inflation targets, complicating life for the RBI further.

14 Jun 2017 2:39 AM IST

Ramzan requires a complete spiritual inclination towards the achievement of the ultimate purpose of fasting taqwa (spiritual consciousness and righteousness) as articulated in the Quran.

Mystic Mantra: Ramzan A time to cleanse one's heart

Ramzan is that special blessed month which is visiting us this time of the year.

14 Jun 2017 12:41 AM IST

BJP President Amit Shah addressing a press confrence after completing 3 years of NDA government during the press preview in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: File)

Of baniyas... good, bad and clever!

BJP president Amit Shah is a baniya from Gujarat. He has called Gandhiji a chatur baniya recently.

14 Jun 2017 12:41 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: AP)

Modi's biggest test: To get the economy going

Mr Modi's critics and detractors may want to blame his government for the failure to spur growth. In the first two...

14 Jun 2017 12:40 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: File)

Don't mess with exams

The high court may have been playing to the gallery in stalling the results, much like the Delhi high court did with...

14 Jun 2017 12:40 AM IST