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Security personnel stand guard during restrictions in Jammu on Monday. Restrictions and night curfews were imposed in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir as the Valley remained on edge with the authorities stepping up security deployment. (Photo: PTI)

A visionary gamble, or a serious misstep in J&K?

India-Pakistan relations have been impacted along predictable lines, if not the government's calculated ones.

10 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: ANI)

Will Kashmiris buy PM's vikas gambit?

If propaganda is eschewed, persuading the country that the changes are positive might prove difficult.

10 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

The home ministry also informed the panel that use of the Internet by terror groups in radicalising the youth was a big security challenge for the security agencies.

Integrating India: Diversity, many identities rule

The idea that Hindi should be our first language and that it can act as a unifying agent dates long back in history.

9 Aug 2019 2:16 AM IST

People gather around a makeshift memorial at the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

America must learn the shadow of white terror will be harder to fight

Countries like Pakistan, post-colonial countries, are continually (and incorrectly) often seen as inhabiting the Western...

9 Aug 2019 12:17 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: How ignorant we are of indigenous wisdom

We know many -logiesâ€ but are often ignorant of the do-or-die down-to-earth wisdom of indigenous peoples.

9 Aug 2019 12:12 AM IST

BJP vice-president Shivraj Singh Chouhan pays his last respects to former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj at BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

India to miss Sushma's restraint, moderation

Sushma Swaraj was never really allowed to settle in a single role within the party and asked to accomplish impossible...

9 Aug 2019 12:08 AM IST

The top losers included Tata Motors (-2.46 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (-2.33 per cent), Eicher Motors (-1.71 per cent), Ashok Leyland (-1.64 per cent), Bajaj Auto (-2.25 per cent).

Towards safer Indian roads

The bill's humane provisions protecting good samaritansâ€ from the officious police machinery and a legal...

9 Aug 2019 12:01 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: ANI)

Integrating India, or losing J&K's trust?

Ayyangar had fundamentally argued that parts of the state were in the hands of enemiesâ€, despite the ceasefire, and it...

9 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

People gather around a makeshift memorial at the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Shootings in US: Will immigration eliminate whites?

There can be little doubt, though, that the ideological underpinnings of such ideologies precede Trump and his soulmates...

8 Aug 2019 12:46 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: Some gurus are giving the Shaktipath to thousands

In no yug has mankind witnessed the sale and purchase of the revered sciences.

8 Aug 2019 12:13 AM IST

Zomato is encouraging its customers to change their account password, if used for any other services, to avoid risks.

Zomato row shows bigotry is alive and well, taking new shape in urban...

It is this bigotry and prejudice which lies at the heart of many customs, mores and personal habits which are inherently...

8 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

Sushma Swaraj said that she has directed concerned authorities to be cautious while processing applications of the affected persons for re-issuance of their passports. (Photo: File | ANI)

A true-grit achiever, she was capable of more

The party took full advantage, and rightly so, of her ability to speak loudly and clearly, with force and conviction.

8 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST