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Addressing the 250th session of the Upper House of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Rajya Sabha is the soul of Indias federal structure. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Plain sailing for govt in House

The government faced no trouble on any count, but the alarm is growing over the economy.

20 Nov 2019 2:24 AM IST

Hundreds of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students in Delhi were stopped near campus soon after they began marching towards the Parliament on Monday. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Govt backlash intensifies against the idea of JNU

JNU is India's foremost university in terms of the quality of its knowledge production.

20 Nov 2019 2:19 AM IST

Individuals ideas and activism can be effectively tracked through their social media footprint or through cyber surveillance.

Censorship isolates dissenters, then tries to demonise them

Broader constituencies must recognise how censorship skews the public record, data, national narratives and social...

19 Nov 2019 6:46 AM IST

Ayodhya: SC review advisable

The court accepts the Babri Masjid stood for 464 years until its 1992 demolition by lawless mobs led by top BJP and VHP...

19 Nov 2019 12:07 AM IST

Maulana Fazlur Rehman

Azadi march sways towards populism of a religious kind

The maulana has remained concerned about the establishment's engagement with the clergy without taking him on board.

19 Nov 2019 12:05 AM IST

Hindu activists climb up the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished by end of the day. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

Ayodhya judgment: About faceless judges and the moral of Ram Katha

Many a time it happens that a division bench dictates the order/judgment in open court and both judges sign.

19 Nov 2019 12:05 AM IST

The Centre was rapped by the apex court for failing to finalise the draft Cauvery management scheme. (Photo: File)

Mystic Mantra: Time to embrace and nourish our rivers

If you put so much water in one place, the soil gets leached and all the bio-activity in the soil is reduced.

19 Nov 2019 12:05 AM IST

Sri Lankas President-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa waves at supporters as he leaves the election commission office in Colombo on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

The rise and rise of Lanka's Rajapaksas

India, partner or adversary, lies in the hands of the new strongman in Sri Lanka.

19 Nov 2019 12:03 AM IST

Sri Lankan President-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka comes full circle with Gota win

China's rising heft, both militarily and diplomatically is not easily countered. By Delhi or Colombo.

19 Nov 2019 12:00 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary. (Photo: File)

Rahul delayed Cong Maha bid; snub by Modi angers Punjab

The Nehru-Gandhi scion may have stepped down as party chief but, from all accounts, Sonia does not take any major...

18 Nov 2019 7:22 AM IST

It takes time to hone and propel a higher purpose in life, just as much it takes leisure to mature, or mellow.

Mystic Mantra: Desire - The main cause of mental disturbance

Necessity is out of compulsion to live, desire is out of competition.

18 Nov 2019 7:17 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

The cruelty in Pakistan over Sharif's health

While we sink deeper into the hole we have dug for ourselves, the establishment remains the elephant in the room.

18 Nov 2019 7:14 AM IST