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Activists of the Students Federation of India (SFI) burning the effigy of Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at a protest against his comments on giving citizenship to Bangladeshi Hindus in Assam in Guwahati. (Photo: PTI)

Assam: The vortex of natives vs aliens

Unspecified number of Hindus from Bangladesh gaining citizenship.

23 Nov 2016 12:57 AM IST

The BCCI head-office in Mumbai. The Lodha panel on Monday recommended to the Supreme Court that all BCCI office bearers be removed from their posts. (Photo: PTI)

BCCI to pay the price...

There were enough indications that board officials thought they were beyond judicial scrutiny.

23 Nov 2016 12:46 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the launch of Shraddheya Kidarnath Sahni Smriti Granth in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Why doesn't Modi speak in Parliament?

After all, it was the PM who announced the measure in a broadcast to the nation on November 8 and taken ownership of it.

23 Nov 2016 12:42 AM IST

Sufism has been concerned with building bridges, not least between communities whose contact can be of mutual benefit.

Rediscovering Sufism

The foundation of Sufism is the life-determining belief in God.

22 Nov 2016 7:06 AM IST

The reality here is Pakistan and its jihad-fi-sabilillah (meaning in the cause of Allah ) campaign of terrorism against India.

Ban hit terror funds, but it's only a lull

PM Modi has become the public face of demonetisation with his abrupt red alert demonetising.

22 Nov 2016 12:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the gathering during foundation stone laying ceremony of Greenfield Airport in Mopa, Goa. (Photo: PTI)

Hypocrisy in India: Where are the rich?

Modi doesn't know how the poor are grappling with this crisis.

22 Nov 2016 12:25 AM IST

The damaged coaches of the Indore-Patna Expressed are being removed after it derailed at Pukhraya. (Photo: PTI)

Derail deaths: Can we avert future tragedies?

The systemic faults of an ageing network, where trains invariably carry passengers far beyond capacity in ill-maintained...

22 Nov 2016 12:20 AM IST

Chief Justice T.S. Thakur with Justice Rohinton F. Nariman at the release of the latters book, The Inner Fire, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

CJI has got this right

T.S. Thakur step out of the crease, to borrow a phrase from cricket, and whack the ball of religion at a book release

22 Nov 2016 12:18 AM IST

Restore balance of nature

The world is just a reflection, it is a big mirror; if you have resistance, then the whole world has resistance.

21 Nov 2016 2:01 AM IST

Kashmiri villagers run for cover from tear gas shells and pellets fired at them by Indian police during a protest near the funeral of Rayees Ahmad Dar, a suspected militant of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Kakpora village south of Srinagar. (Photo: AP)

It's important to keep asking questions...

We are not yet at the base camp of fascism, but that destination is not so dimmed in the mist.

21 Nov 2016 1:48 AM IST

Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrims standing in a queue to withdraw money from an ATM in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

A crusade' that has led to chaos

The stated objectives for demonetisation have been to flush out black money, to remove counterfeit currency and to stop...

21 Nov 2016 1:30 AM IST

President-elect Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse. (Photo: AP)

In Trump's raj, will son-in-law also rise?

In American terms, President Trump's era will be a new ballgame.

21 Nov 2016 1:12 AM IST