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State Bank of India

India has behemoth of a bank

As the largest public bank it owes the nation a duty to be a sensible lender striking a balance between big and small in...

2 April 2017 5:13 AM IST

If this were indeed true, it would be suggestive of the fact that the incidence of cow slaughter had been rising in Gujarat under the nose of the BJP government, which has been in power for close to 15 years. (Photo: AP)

Gujarat's law on cow slaughter is absurd

There are two visually arresting aspects of the passage of the amendments in the state Assembly.

2 April 2017 5:12 AM IST

Navjot Singh Sidhu

Mr Sidhu, please uphold the dignity of your office

Sidhu's wife and former state legislator Navjot Kaur Sidhu said her family had no other source of income.

2 April 2017 5:11 AM IST

Uttarakhand High Court

Humanising rivers: An incomplete idea

The language of the Uttarakhand judgment is almost telegraphic.

2 April 2017 5:11 AM IST

Aftermath of talaq: UK's isolation?

Those are the people that British Prime Minister Theresa May represented as she sent the divorce papers to the European...

1 April 2017 3:03 AM IST

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu with PM Narendra Modi

Modi & Israel: Some points to ponder

During the 1999 Kargil war Israel supplied precision-guided munitions for eliminating Pakistani raiders from their...

1 April 2017 3:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

India now yearns for a strong Opposition

Oxymoronically, it is the great Indian middle class that is now feeling insecure with the electoral choices they have...

1 April 2017 3:01 AM IST

British PM Theresa May. (Photo: AP)

UK & EU: Parting woes

The best result yet in this emotional Brexit will be a negotiated departure where cooperation continues.

1 April 2017 3:00 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Political funding: No sign of reforms yet

The government could have argued for a higher cap or no cap, but it rejected the proposal outright.

1 April 2017 2:59 AM IST

The Dargah - Ajmer Sharif (Dedicated to Khwaja Gharib Nawaz Moinuddin Chishti)

Mystic Mantra: Sufism connotes syncretism

The Urs tradition in Ajmer Sharif began in 1236 when Gharib Nawaz, after praying in seclusion for six continuous days,...

31 March 2017 2:24 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Pathan angst around the Durand Line

Over 30 million Pathans are in Pakistan while another 14 million are on the other side of the Durand Line in...

31 March 2017 2:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: File)

Basic income transfer: Modi's next big thing?

PM Modi is not one to be hesitant about funding innovative ideas in the public interest.

31 March 2017 2:21 AM IST