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Kejriwal, however, expressed concerns over the pressure on the hospitals in the national capital and called for improving healthcare across the country. (Photo: Twitter | @ArvindKejriwal)

Politics blocks Kejriwal's trip

Truth to tell, his party's prospects of re-election in coming Assembly polls seem to have spooked the Centre.

10 Oct 2019 12:00 AM IST

Queen Elizabeth II (Photo: AP)

Is it an insult to tell one to go back to Afro-Asia?

Yet, telling a white to make the reverse journey has no sinister overtones because he doesn't need to regret his...

8 Oct 2019 3:32 AM IST

Mayank Agarwal completed his maiden Test hundred while Rohit Sharma made 176 on his opening debut as India headed towards a huge first innings total at lunch on day two of the series opener against South Africa here on Thursday. (Photo:AFP)

Smart win for Team India

Shami was the wrecker-in-chief of the South Africans in their second essay.

8 Oct 2019 1:48 AM IST

Mr Narendra Modi, there is no power problem in Telangana... dont lie. I am very sorry to say this. You cannot level false allegations against a chief minister. I am not afraid of anyone, K Chandrashekar Rao said. (Photo: File | PTI)

KCR fires, Jagan hires, in record numbers

Where Mr Reddy is pursuing the next day's headlines, Mr Rao is going after results for the next generation.

8 Oct 2019 1:46 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: Let's devote ourselves to forgiving and forgetting

One of the greatest distractions that interferes with our meditation is when something happens that we don't like, and...

8 Oct 2019 1:41 AM IST

US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) slammed Russia, Syria and Iran for killing many innocent civilians. (Photo:AP)

Afghans caught in middle of Taliban, US & Pak mistrust

The Americans took a long time verifying the authenticity of Agha's identity and connections.

8 Oct 2019 1:35 AM IST

Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdoms de facto ruler, has not spoken publicly about the killing inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. (Photo: File | AFP)

Oilfield attacks have damaged House of Saud

It is quite possible that Saudi Arabia may face an internal churn now, nullifying its capacities to intervene abroad.

8 Oct 2019 1:28 AM IST

In the war within our Parliament, the government and the Opp. have viciously clashed on just about every issue, and have often stopped just short of coming to blows. The raucous political cacophony has overshadowed one of the real crises that is facing the country the parlous state of the IAF. (Representational image)

As IAF turns 87, merge HAL with it

Indians have failed the IAF, thereby pushing the country into a state of despair, in the face of a multi-dimensional...

8 Oct 2019 1:25 AM IST

Ideologues (eg, Marxist historians) are free, like anyone else, to write their own version of history. The problem arises when the state seeks to promote its version of history by imposing it through textbooks and state-supported publishing houses. (Photos: AP/ PTI/ ANI)

History should not be abused by politicians

The danger is far greater when the state has a hand in the writing of history.

7 Oct 2019 4:54 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Chanting Om' can awaken a new consciousness

When the energy falls into a circle, becomes harmony, there is no discord, no conflict you have become one.

7 Oct 2019 2:32 AM IST

Security personnel patrol a deserted street in Srinagar on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmiris hopeful, Apna Time Aayega'

All of them are under arrest without any charge while the senior Abdullah has now been slapped with draconian Public...

7 Oct 2019 2:29 AM IST

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee

BJP plays puja politics, tramples on tradition

The tradition in West Bengal is that in the festival season there is no politics.

7 Oct 2019 2:17 AM IST