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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
Turkey goes after ISIS, but Kurds are the real target

The Americans have been up to their tricks with ill-disguised intent on the heels of the festering Syrian civil war.

22 Feb 2017 12:29 AM IST

Cricketer Mohammed Siraj with father Md Ghouse and mother Shabana Begum at his residence in Hyderabad on Monday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
IPL: It's still a dream

What makes the IPL even more appealing is that it offers a life and a big stage under the spotlight.

22 Feb 2017 12:22 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi during an election campaign in Allahabad. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Top leaders should mind their language

There has also been an evident communal tinge to the campaign, though mercifully communal riots have not taken place so...

22 Feb 2017 12:14 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses during the inaguration of new\ Drinking Water Booster Pumping Station \ at Bhabanipore area in Kolkata on Friday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
TMC in a fix in Bengal as BJP's appeal grows

The TMC has produced the unintended consequence of pushing the dissatisfied into choosing the BJP.

22 Feb 2017 12:03 AM IST

The Quran clearly states that the only rank that eventually matters is marked by the relationship that one has with God.Opinion
Mystic Mantra: The Divine Reality

Three Semitic religions Islam, Christianity and Judaism share a common belief in the origin of mankind.

21 Feb 2017 1:20 AM IST

A masked Kashmiri protester runs with an exploded tear gas shell before throwing it back at Indian security forces in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. (Photo: AP)Opinion
In grim times, a way forward?

Kashmir is witnessing an uptick in militant and criminal activity, as in the recent spate of bank robberies in the...

21 Feb 2017 1:10 AM IST

Men carry the coffin of a relative who died in a suicide attack on the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)Opinion
Afghanistan once again a flashpoint

This month, at least 22 people were killed and 41 wounded in a suicide blast at Afghanistan's Supreme Court in Kabul.

21 Feb 2017 12:57 AM IST

Union Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley addressing a press conference at the party office in Lucknow on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Health boost in Budget, it's now up to the states...

This growth in health allocations is the highest ever growth in nominal terms in the last 15 years.

21 Feb 2017 12:50 AM IST

Prime Minster Narendra Modi shakes hands with President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. (Photo: File/PTI)Opinion
Don't ignore Mongolia

Mongolia's population is around that of the city of Kanpur, but its land mass equals half of India's in area.

21 Feb 2017 12:43 AM IST

An American national who was allegedly drugged and gangraped at a hotel in Delhi in April, has returned to India to record her statement and identify the accused. (Representational image)Opinion
Women's safety: Is enough being done?

The 2012 Nirbhaya case highlighted the bestiality of man and woke us from our slumber on how much we had regressed as a...

21 Feb 2017 12:36 AM IST

Dharma palana disciplines the seeker, guides him to the path of virtue, and takes his mind to right thinking and right action. (Representational Image)Opinion
Mystic Mantra: Being self-aware

The technique of reflection should be based on study of the scriptural texts, under the guru's guidance.

20 Feb 2017 2:49 AM IST

Through January, protesters gathered in huge numbers at Chennais Marina beach demanding that jallikattu the sport that displays the virulent masculinity of the Tamil male be made legal.Opinion
Does Tamil identity start and end with Tamil pride?

The Jallikattu protests brought to surface the several undercurrents that were thought to be long-forgotten in Tamil...

20 Feb 2017 2:48 AM IST

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