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People hold placards while protesting against the CAA and NRC at Rajghat, New Delhi, on Saturday.

Dissent faces the big bully

The deportation of a German student from an elite academic institution indicates how dissent is being seen.

26 Dec 2019 12:36 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (Photo: ANI)

Call Parliament session to debate NPR & NRC

Nine times in Parliament since 2014, the Modi government has underlined that NPR data will be used to verify and...

26 Dec 2019 12:34 AM IST

Christmas-time, Christians erect cribs at home.

Mystic Mantra: When God came down to be counted as citizen

She is betrothed to carpenter Joseph, who is forced to rush to Bethlehem, his janmabhoomi, to enrol himself and his...

25 Dec 2019 2:25 AM IST

Ashok Khemka is a 1991-batch-IAS officer, who has been transferred over 45 times during his nearly three decade long career. (Photo: PTI)

When duty conflicts with allegiance

Employees who work closely with the senior management are privy to such tricks.

25 Dec 2019 2:22 AM IST

There are 55,000 people living in tents and straw huts inside the geometric garrison, protected from Boko Haram jihadists by the military. (Representational Image)

Nigeria's Taliban' not so different from Pakistan's

Nigeria's population is largely tribal and comprises about 350 ethnic groups speaking 520 languages.

25 Dec 2019 2:18 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Stoke animal spirits' to let India breathe again

The economic downturn has cannibalised the participation of women in the workforce -- down to 26 per cent from 37 per...

25 Dec 2019 2:13 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)

Curious US divergence

Moscow, Beijing and New Delhi have already gone out of their way to embrace Prince Salman personally.

25 Dec 2019 2:11 AM IST

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das (Photo: PTI)

Look out, BJP, change is in the air

The Congress did well to ride piggyback on the JMM, winning seats that it hadn't since 1980.

25 Dec 2019 2:10 AM IST

Christmas-time, Christians erect cribs at home.

Mystic Mantra: On Christmas, experience God's free gift of peace

The uplifting melodies inspire people get into a spiritual disposition.

24 Dec 2019 1:44 AM IST

A senior IPS officer pointed out that the process involves the state police to hand over the migrants to the BSF, which in turn hand over them to the Border Guard Bangladesh, according to a 2013 guidelines of the ministry of home affairs.(Photo: AFP/ Representational)

Indians are the biggest migrants in the world

There are three main factors which make individuals leave their homes and hearth.

24 Dec 2019 1:41 AM IST

Pakistan is a key player in the talks between the Taliban and the US in an effort to end the war in Afghanistan and allow withdrawal of American troops. (Photo: AFP / File)

America seems like it's on a war with truth in Afghanistan

On October 11, 2001 President George W. Bush was asked if he could avoid being drawn into a Vietnam-like situation in...

24 Dec 2019 1:38 AM IST

Students and local residents protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act outside Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: Asian Age)

India burns: Can't stop this thing we started

The State responded with deliberate pointed violence.

24 Dec 2019 1:34 AM IST