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Two Pakistani troopers were killed by the Indian Army in response to ceasefire violations along the LoC in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir. (Representational Image | PTI)

Pact to end ceasefire violations now dead

Without giving thought to the larger picture, the Narendra Modi government adopted the surgical strike posture in 2016...

22 Oct 2019 1:03 AM IST

Security personnel patrol the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Jammu on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Fruitless in Kashmir, no sign of Pak hand

Shopian in the south produces Kashmir's best apples and has the second-most important apple mandi after Sopore.

22 Oct 2019 1:01 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Fishermans Cove in Kovalam, near Mamallapuram, on Saturday. (Photo; PTI)

2025: A glimpse of the geopolitical future

Liberalism is used in India today to attack the government and by the government against its detractors.

22 Oct 2019 12:55 AM IST

Yoga is the journey from A to B. A, is where you are, B is the finality. Guru, is someone, who has already walked that path and has the experience of finality. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: On feasting and fasting - Eating with awareness

Indian ayurveda and yoga have given tremendous importance to eating it was called a sacrifice, a havan to the body.

21 Oct 2019 2:36 AM IST

Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters chant slogans as they wait to cross the border into Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey. (Photo: AP)

US act of treachery shouldn't surprise Kurds, given the past

It never changes, and yet he never loses his innocence, just as Lucy never loses her mean streak.

21 Oct 2019 2:24 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Threat to turn off water to Pakistan is unworkable

The three eastern rivers allocated to India by the IWT are the Beas, Ravi and Sutlej.

21 Oct 2019 2:19 AM IST

While Mr Anand Singhs resignation letter Jolt to Congress in Karnataka as 2 MLAs resign arrived with riders scrap the controversial decision to sell 3, 667 acres land to JSW Steel in ore-rich Ballari district and carve a separate district out of Vijayanagar.

Humiliation for Cong writ large in this ballot

The Delhi and Bihar Assembly elections of 2015 and Odisha in 2019 were among the few exceptions.

21 Oct 2019 2:04 AM IST

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra leaves after visiting the victims of Sonbhadra incident in Varanasi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Rejig buzz starts guessing game; Priyanka's team attracts envy

The Congress is currently abuzz with stories about a showdown between party chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi a few...

21 Oct 2019 2:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservative Party lost a by-election in Wales, cutting his parliamentary majority to just one. (Photo: AFP)

Smooth Brexit is in peril

The deal may not be the best, and even signals a betrayal of what the PM promised over the backstop and Northern...

21 Oct 2019 1:58 AM IST

Kamlesh Tiwari, 43, was killed at his residence in the Naka neighbourhood of Lucknow on Friday afternoon. (Photo: Twitter)

Politics whiff to Hindu leader's murder probe

The law and order machinery has been both politicised and communalised.

21 Oct 2019 1:55 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi waves at the crowd during an election campaign rally in Wardha district on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

A suite solution to Cong's exodus woes?

Take the case of Sachin Rao, a special invitee to the coveted Congress Working Committee.

20 Oct 2019 12:10 AM IST

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant

Niti CEO puts the pedal to the metal

From time to time, the Uttar Pradesh government is bitten by the austerity bug.

20 Oct 2019 12:10 AM IST