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Cow slaughter is also a non-bailable offence now. (Representational Image)

Rethink cattle slaughter ban

Monitoring committees will now be swarming cattle markets to ensure that the regulations are being followed.

28 May 2017 12:34 AM IST

An Air India official said that plan to operate the second flight from Kolkata to Bagdogra has been shelved at the moment.

Commission should decide on Air India

The options are privatisation or disinvestment besides operational choices like leasing out its management.

28 May 2017 12:34 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 spiritual test

Fasts in Hinduism are aimed at eschewing the mundane desires of the body for the nourishment of the soul.

27 May 2017 6:13 AM IST

China succeeded in bringing together various countries together on one platform for the OBOR project President Xi Jinping with leaders and delegates attending the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

Mera bhashan hi mera prashashan hai

In the past three years, social cohesion has been the biggest casualty.

27 May 2017 1:15 AM IST

Armed police work at Manchester Arena after reports of an explosion at the venue during an Ariana Grande gig in Manchester, England. (Photo: AP)

Perverse ideologies give birth to terror

The bomb Abedi detonated was an amateur but sophisticated effort.

27 May 2017 1:00 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at a press conference after cabinet meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

FIPB scrapped, what next?

A person filling a proposal for the FIPB's consideration had to provide some 18 documents duly filled and presumably in...

27 May 2017 12:53 AM IST

Friends and family members of Shakil (38), a man killed by a gang on the Yamuna Expressway early on Thursday night, gather at the local police station in Jewar, near Greater Noida. (Photo: AP)

Dalit uprising, a wake-up call for all

The Bhim Army is not preaching an armed uprising and is perfectly within the law.

27 May 2017 12:52 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

BJP's winning mantra: Optics over delivery

Modi has cemented his position as the tallest leader in the country.

27 May 2017 12:50 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first PM, is mentioned in the book. The book, Love in the Time of Emergency, is set during the Emergency period (1975-77) imposed by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

We still live in the house Nehru built

Jawaharlal Nehru was a man with a towering intellect and a broad vision.

27 May 2017 12:49 AM IST

Your past is a part of you do not ignore it. Accept it, learn from it, create the gift of life through it and let it go.

Mystic Mantra: Ego The wall within us

Love is the way of enlightenment and ego is the way of politics leading to insensitive violence.

26 May 2017 6:17 AM IST

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

Brand Modi: The remaking of India

Modi projected a spring-cleaning of a nation which projected a new role for India in history, and Indians loved it.

26 May 2017 12:18 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)

Jadhav: Is India celebrating too soon?

The ICJ can only deal with international law, including treaty obligations.

26 May 2017 12:18 AM IST