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The song conveyed the feelings aptly and stunned everyone into an emotional silence that wound up the party.

Politics turns musical

Shivpal, however, made it clear that he would not give any comment on the prevailing situation in his party.

9 Jan 2017 4:29 AM IST

William Shakespeare

Of Shakespeare, Queen & honours

Keeping to the royal theme, a scholar has discovered that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet later than people had thought.

9 Jan 2017 4:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at BJPs Parivaratan Rally in Moradabad. (Photo: PTI)

Did gains justify pain? Just wait

Last year, the RBI recorded filtering out about Rs 29 crores of counterfeit notes.

9 Jan 2017 4:20 AM IST

Raheel Sharif. (Photo: AP/File)

Foreign hand' and the role of Raheel

There was even wild, woolly talk of finally getting the Iran-Pakistan pipeline moving.

9 Jan 2017 4:18 AM IST

BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj (Photo: PTI)

Act sternly with Sakshi

UP politicians on both sides of the political and religious spectrum are known to toy with laws on hate speeches.

9 Jan 2017 4:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

As polls loom, BJP set to hardsell notebandi

The focus, clearly for now, is on hardselling demonetisation to the voting public.

9 Jan 2017 4:16 AM IST

Elections to the State legislature or to Parliament or for that matter to any other body in the State are a secular exercise just as functions of elected representatives must be secular.

360 degree: His master's appeal

Jury still out on how SC's verdict on sanitising electoral politics of religion pans out.

8 Jan 2017 3:59 AM IST

Lieutenant General Qamar Javed Bajwa (Photo: video grab)

Baloch issue: Will General Bajwa walk the talk?

One hopes that the next time the prime minister, the army chief and the intelligence bosses sit down to discuss security...

8 Jan 2017 3:41 AM IST

Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal with former Army chief - Gen (retd) J J Singh as the partys candidate from Patiala (Urban) assembly constituency and others during a press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Jammu dominates J&K bureaucracy

The government's initial list contained an overwhelming number of state service cops, which the EC strongly objected to.

8 Jan 2017 3:41 AM IST

Secretary of State John Kerry (Photo: AP)

Palestine forsaken

The main theme of Kerry's speech was that Israeli settlements must stop, else the two-state solution is now in serious...

8 Jan 2017 3:36 AM IST

Supreme Court of India

Caste away?

Caste is a reality in our social life and politics is merely a reflection of our society.

8 Jan 2017 3:33 AM IST

The UK spends Rs 9.3 lakh crore per year on the NHS, which is about Rs 1.5 lakh per citizen.(Representational image)

What makes UK a civilised nation

The NHS is free for all citizens and, apparently, it is free for emergency and accident services also for all, including...

8 Jan 2017 3:33 AM IST