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US President Donald Trump speaks during a White House senior staff swearing in ceremony in the East Room of the White House. (Photo: AP)

Trump era: A harbinger of an empire in decline?

Trump has promised to raise military spending, even when the US is outspending all its adversaries put together.

5 Feb 2017 12:12 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

A nation's greatness lies in its fight for rights

A judge put a stay on the Trump order and several other lawsuits will make it difficult for him to enforce it.

5 Feb 2017 12:08 AM IST

Triple talaq has been distorted in India, and its far more important to ban this than use it as a wedge to encroach on Muslim personal laws. (Photo: PTI)

Forget politics, triple talaq must go!

The exercise of democracy in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh elections has thrown up a very essential, even vital debate.

4 Feb 2017 4:27 AM IST

Your past is a part of you do not ignore it. Accept it, learn from it, create the gift of life through it and let it go.

Mystic Mantra: Life lessons are everywhere

Window taught me to look outside ourselves, and not to confine ourselves to the four walls of selfishness.

4 Feb 2017 4:13 AM IST

The practice of announcing new trains was stopped last year itself with the government focusing on improving rail finances.

Make rail travel safer

There is some pragmatic acceptance of the fact that services on existing lines and trains need to improve.

4 Feb 2017 12:15 AM IST

Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed (Photo: AP)

Saeed arrest': Just smoke & mirrors?

The ISI kept a large chunk of the inflows to itself and channelled the rest to loyal Islamist Afghan groups.

4 Feb 2017 12:13 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

PM's mid-term poll test gets under way

Ordinarily, state elections are not unduly influenced by the state of affairs at the Centre.

4 Feb 2017 12:08 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Is Pak next in line for Trump whip?

Pakistan was forced to close down JuD offices after the outfit was put on the list of terrorist organisations by the...

4 Feb 2017 12:08 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addresses a Post-Budget press conference in New Delhi on Wendnesday. (Photo: PTI)

Junk failed models, focus on the 99 per cent

It does not require rocket science to know the truth of those assertions.

4 Feb 2017 12:07 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Serving God and humanity

Identifying with the poorer section of society, as Jesus' birth in a stable signified too, Mary and Joseph could offer...

3 Feb 2017 4:19 AM IST

This newspaper was the first to report on January 29 that government plans to unveil a unified examination body for higher education sector.

Basics need still more

The allocation of just Rs 10,000 crores more for health may be self-defeating.

3 Feb 2017 4:12 AM IST

The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialised fields.

Visa ban a challenge for India tech giants

The US accounts for over 65 per cent of India's IT revenue, which means the headwinds will be strong.

3 Feb 2017 4:07 AM IST