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Afzal Guru (Photo: PTI/File)

Looking back at Maqbool, Afzal hangings at Tihar

After Afzal Guru's arrest soon after the Parliament attack, his wife, Tabassum, had applied for clemency.

12 Feb 2020 4:45 AM IST

US President Donald Trump has said that he is considering signing the first phase of the long-awaited trade deal with China in Iowa. (Photo: File)

Interrogating democracy: Make do with what you have

Authoritarian regimes and illiberal democracies that cloak their rule in democratic garb are excluded from the analysis.

12 Feb 2020 2:36 AM IST

A child dressed as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal holds a blue balloon at the party headquarters in New Delhi on February 11, 2020. (AFP)

In AAP's triumph, a new kind of politics emerges

In many ways, Mr Kejriwal and Mr Modi are both modern politicians of the 21st century.

12 Feb 2020 2:32 AM IST

The proposal, which was scheduled to undergo a final vote on Tuesday, would have deferred sentencing or punishment for sexual assault in cases where there was no physical force and where the victim and perpetrator were married. (Representational Image)

Evening of horrors

The motive of the assault was clear. It was to deter women from participating in co-curricular activities and to keep...

12 Feb 2020 2:29 AM IST

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal

Time for BJP to reflect after historic Delhi loss

A recent opinion poll had suggested just this in the event of the Lok Sabha polls being held now.

12 Feb 2020 2:25 AM IST

Yoga helps in improving your bodys overall health. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Ekohum Bahusyam - I am one; let me become many

The guru is someone who has walked the path and so has a complete understanding of what you are approaching.

11 Feb 2020 2:03 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Pied Piper' Imran Khan now finds that being PM can be hard work

In fact, it has been one long party thus far: the Prime Minister says he doesn't run a kitchen or own a car.

11 Feb 2020 1:58 AM IST

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar (Photo: PTI)

Nitish almost ditched BJP, backed Cong in 2018'

And now instead of being guided by ideology, it has become an instrument for him to gain his political purposes.

11 Feb 2020 1:53 AM IST

Mahinda Rajapaksa is credited with a military victory ending a 26-year separatist civil war with ethnic Tamil rebels during his presidency from 2005 to 2015. (Photo: ANI)

Rajapaksas must try to heal civil war's wounds

The Tibet Autonomous Region's more than 40 ethnic minorities account for 95 per cent of its population.

11 Feb 2020 1:45 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi

Low expectations

His saying that he would talk to elected Tamil representatives may be a ruse to dodge the real issue.

11 Feb 2020 1:38 AM IST

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti (Photo PTI/File)

Release former CMs; J&K dossiers surreal

Mr Abdullah was also accused of speaking out against the revocation of J&K's autonomy under Article 370.

11 Feb 2020 1:33 AM IST

Osho says: Awareness means an intensity. Such an intensity of wakefulness that no thought interferes with. You are simply conscious without any thought. Try it. You can try it anywhere.

Mystic Mantra: All that you need is love

Osho diagnoses this situation as a real misery. And that this creates all sorts of complexes within human beings.

10 Feb 2020 1:28 AM IST