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Elections to local bodies like municipal corporations, panchayats are all an inalienable part of the democratic process, playing itself out at the grassroots.

Picking winners: What the trends say

Extended elections in multiple phases allow political parties and formations malleability and ductility.

1 March 2017 4:48 AM IST

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. (Photo: PTI/File)

Rethink in BJP on Muslim question?

It's true that traditionally Muslims in India haven't voted for the BJP.

1 March 2017 4:47 AM IST

Agriculture has been the fortifying factor, and it would be prudent if the government continued its support to this sector.

Good news on GDP

It is well known that GDP figures don't give a total picture of the economy, given the high unemployment rate.

1 March 2017 4:47 AM IST

Happiness is always guaranteed when we confer it on others. It can never be had by seeking.

Mystic Mantra: Drop duality

The awareness of self and other is the foundation on which any form of society is built.

28 Feb 2017 6:16 AM IST

French Far-right leader presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (Photo: AP)

French vote: Islam plays key role

Muslims in France are second after Catholics, and, estimated at five to six million, are about 10 per cent of the...

28 Feb 2017 2:48 AM IST

Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar (Photo: PTI)

Indians head to US in search of better days

Of course, Jaishankar can tell Shannon that 65,000 H1-B visas are issued annually only because the Americans need Indian...

28 Feb 2017 2:33 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Little sign of change in aftermath of notebandi

Modi had promised that inconvenience caused by the decision will soon end and he certainly didn't expect it to last this...

28 Feb 2017 2:32 AM IST

When the 40-year-old Star Wars franchise could change hands at $4 billion, one can well imagine the real costs of actual technological advances to build a missile shield that can destroy a threatening missile both inside and beyond the Earths atmosphere. (Representational image)

Missile deal a sign of deepening Israel ties

Two leading considerations have guided the burgeoning of India's ties with Israel.

28 Feb 2017 2:30 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Targeting Trump at Oscars

Moonlight also gave us the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar in Mahershela Ali.

28 Feb 2017 2:28 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump (Photo: PTI)

Are Modi and Trump political twins?

Both leaders are fond of staged television interviews, with interviewers vetted and subjected to a list of dos and...

27 Feb 2017 5:35 AM IST

Pakistan Army (Photo: AP)

A return to confusion

Zarb-i-Azb was a transition from pure counterinsurgency to more complicated counterterrorism.

27 Feb 2017 5:33 AM IST

Mindfulness meditation is important to improve resilience to stress. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Meditation under trees

Trees are the real givers as they are the most spiritually-advanced beings on earth.

27 Feb 2017 5:31 AM IST