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Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (Photo: AP/File)

The perils of choosing religion over politics

The escalation of BJP support from two to 282 Lok Sabha seats recalls the Brotherhood's runaway success.

28 March 2017 4:32 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Laughter, the real mantra of life

A sanyasi, has to be a serious person, almost dead, a corpse.

27 March 2017 2:40 AM IST

For years these white towels have been a part of bureaucratic paraphernalia, and no one ever thought of an alternative.

Reporters' Diary: UP caught in a saffron storm

The bureaucracy is now trying to arrange for saffron bedsheets and curtains in different hues for the Chief Minister's...

27 March 2017 2:37 AM IST

Asif Ali Zardari (Photo: AP)

Pak-US ties: Old wounds, new history

If you hate Mr Zardari, you believe he'll do anything for money and is motivated by nothing else.

27 March 2017 2:33 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: File)

American value system hacked by Trump & Co.

In America, a new industry has grown on analysing Mr Trump's make-up.

27 March 2017 2:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to attend BJP Parliamentary party meeting at Parliament, in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

MEA, stick to the brief

In attacking the NYT editorial, the government may have exposed itself to the charge of being too touchy about...

27 March 2017 2:28 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: Representational Image)

End discrimination in words and deeds

The term dhobi pertains to launderers constituting a profession rather than any caste in the old system.

27 March 2017 2:21 AM IST

Judges should never be bloodthirsty a real concern for the dignity of human life postulates resistance to taking a life through laws instrumentality. (Representational image)

360 degree: Emotions and word of law

Wobbly and inconsistent standards could dilute or confuse India's legal process.

26 March 2017 5:58 AM IST

Supreme Court of India

360 degree: Why capital punishment must stay

When delivered scrupulously, the death penalty can uphold our moral conscience.

26 March 2017 5:53 AM IST

(Representational image)

360 degree: Process to speed up execution is need of the hour

The death penalty is required to be retained in our book with certain amendments.

26 March 2017 3:46 AM IST

Normally capital punishment is reserved for murder, terrorism, war crimes, reason, espionage etc.

360 degree: The legitimacy of Capital punishment

Law Commission felt time has come for India to move towards abolition of the death penalty.

26 March 2017 3:38 AM IST

Kilvenmani massacre, TN (1968): 44 dalits were killed by goons sent by landlords, for protesting and seeking better wages.

Discourse: Discrimination eva jayate

We talk of equality but the bitter truth is that even today, we Indians' discriminate and stereotype fellow Indians.

26 March 2017 3:29 AM IST