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Scrap the death penalty

With many social indices signalling that the country has progressed, we need a more mature view of abolition.

24 March 2017 1:57 AM IST

A man is treated by emergency services, as knives lie on the floor, with police looking on at the scene outside the Houses of Parliament London. (Photo: AP)

London's terror hit: Learn from the Brits

The known facts so far are that four people are dead and 29 injured, seven critically.

24 March 2017 1:55 AM IST

UK Prime Minister Theresa May speaks in Parliament.

UK heads for a rendezvous with reality

Brexiter rhetoric seems to have given licence to the nastiest elements in British society.

24 March 2017 1:45 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Why call her inferior?

In Sikhism women are considered equal to men, with same souls, sensibilities and levels of spirituality.

23 March 2017 4:27 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP/File)

Trouble brews for China in Xinjiang

The identity of the attackers was not disclosed, but they were obviously Uyghurs.

23 March 2017 4:19 AM IST

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath arrives for a meeting with police officers at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow. (Photo: AP)

Rebuilding mandir or state?

UP's development, not Ram Mandir politics, will be the Adityanath govt's priority.

23 March 2017 4:08 AM IST

File photo, legendary U.S. musician Chuck Berry performs on stage at the Avo Session in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo: AP)

Shakespeare' of the world of rock'n'roll

Roll Over Beethoven was also a declaration of intent, a pronouncement to the effect that the times were changing.

23 March 2017 4:00 AM IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath. (Photo: PTI)

Modi and the monk: Road ahead for UP

Tens of thousands of young people from Uttar Pradesh vote with their feet, seeking jobs in other states.

23 March 2017 3:54 AM IST

The US may have acted on intelligence that extremists might use such devices to plant bombs. (Representational image)

New laptop, tablet ban

Ever since 9/11 in 2001, Americans have been paranoid about risks posed by aircraft in the air being used as projectiles...

23 March 2017 3:46 AM IST

Priests perform Shila Pujan of stones for construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya. (Photo: PTI/File)

Ayodhya mediation: Are there any takers?

There was also little preparation for the Chief Justice's suggestion.

23 March 2017 3:41 AM IST

Sufism has been concerned with building bridges, not least between communities whose contact can be of mutual benefit.

Mystic Mantra: The Imam of true sufism

Imam Junaid developed the Sufi doctrine of fana and baqa, that came to define the Sufi philosophy.

22 March 2017 2:32 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: Representational Image)

Courts can't be the final solution in a democracy

The tendency to rush to the court reflects on the distrust of democratic institutions.

22 March 2017 2:29 AM IST