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What is intriguing is that while anti-CAA protests are regularly been denied permission, those supporting the legislation get permission, the latest being the one to be addressed by Union home minister Amit Shah. In Uttar Pradesh, the police face allegations of shooting and killing protesters, though the chief minister denies wrongdoing on the part of the police. (Photo: P. Surendra)

Right to protest fundamental

The Supreme Court, on its part, has been negotiating with the Shaheen Bagh agitators fully recognising their right to...

24 Feb 2020 3:07 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi

Judge's praise of PM height of sycophancy

The PM, in his speech, thanked India's judiciary for striking a balance between the needs of the environment and...

24 Feb 2020 3:05 AM IST

Population explosion has been a regularly used trope to incite fear and panic in many Third World countries. (Representational Image)

A new bill that is loaded against marginalised

The Economic Survey 2018-19 clearly states that India is set to witness a sharp slowdown in population growth in the...

23 Feb 2020 1:50 AM IST

Women must get out of the self-pitying mode and change their weaknesses into their strengths.

Stop complaining, exit a bad marriage

Self-pity is the worst thing you can do to yourself. Women must get out of the self-pitying

23 Feb 2020 1:47 AM IST

Pinarayi Vijayan (Photo: ANI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Collector' to be history?

The panel has been tasked with giving recommendations after consulting all stakeholders, including members of the...

23 Feb 2020 12:31 AM IST

People carry a 350-foot-long Tricolour during a rally in support of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Sawantwadi in Sindhudurg district of the Konkan region on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

A ruling that allows protest, teaches the BJP a lesson

The court noted that one of the clauses of the order prevented raising slogans, singing and beating drums.

23 Feb 2020 12:25 AM IST

Modi with Donald Trump at the Howdy Modi event in Houston last year. (AP)

Modi stands to gain if Trump returns to power

Donald Trump since becoming President has visited 20 countries of which the majority are in Europe.

23 Feb 2020 12:17 AM IST

An Aam Aadmi Party worker, dressed as party chief Arvind Kejriwal, celebrates along with others the partys success in the Delhi Assembly polls, at party headquarters in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Delhi polls a defeat for BJP's polarisation

It must also be borne in mind that the BJP did not fight this election as though it was a routine state election.

23 Feb 2020 12:13 AM IST

One of the Indian mystics who celebrated divine love and syncretic devotion was Maulana Hasrat Mohani. In his own words, he was a Sufi momin (Sufi believer), ishtiraaki Muslim (secular Muslim), Aashiq-e-Rasool (lover of the holy Prophet) and at the same time, a Krishna bhakt (devotee of Krishna). (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra - Waris Piya: Our collective spiritual consciousness

Before Holi comes, invoking the blessings and significance of such mystics is vital to our collective spiritual...

22 Feb 2020 3:25 AM IST

Of hate speech, misfits, weirdoes and thought police' in Boris'...

The boast of modern democratic societies is that they uphold the principles of freedom of speech.

22 Feb 2020 3:20 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Treating Trump better may be good for India; but let's not forget...

Look no further than enjoying at Ahmedabad a grander version of the Narendra Modi-Donald Trump event in Houston last...

22 Feb 2020 3:18 AM IST

A hoarding with picture of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Trumps forthcoming Namaste Trump event in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Trump bhaisaab aayega: Aapun ke vaastey kya?

The wall in India is being mocked as aggressively as the other, more notorious wall in America.

22 Feb 2020 3:16 AM IST