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The entire school premises, baring washrooms, will be under 360-degree surveillance of the camera. As a part of the project, two cameras will be installed in each classroom.

Our schools really need to nurture the individual abilities of...

In order to understand the problem, let us first visit the need for standardisation.

20 July 2019 12:15 AM IST

Sikhism, being a practical religion, denounces renunciation and believes in householders way of salvation. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Mystic Mantra: Takht Damdama Sahib - Guru ki Kashi

Takht means a throne or royal seat and it symbolises authority, sacred and secular.

20 July 2019 12:14 AM IST

Situated at an altitude of 3,888 m, the Amarnath cave is considered as one of the holiest shrines for Hindus. (Photo: ANI)

J&K bonds with India may deepen over time

Kashmir has this instant ability to exclude everything except the known and the immediate.

20 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

Most at risk are marginal tribal communities whose children receive no education or, if they do go to school, are taught in one of Indias 22 officially recognised languages. (Photo: Representational/File)

No imposing of language

There is no place for imposing any particular language.

20 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy speaks at the Assembly session at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Thursday.

Constitutional logjam develops in Karnataka

It ruled that these 15 MLAs could not be compelled to attend the Assembly during the trust vote.

20 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

Kailash Mansarovar

A battle over culture? India, China & heritage of Kailash Mansarovar

Having traversed across the mighty Himalayas for several years, up to 20,000 ft, several points occur to this columnist.

19 July 2019 12:05 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: The inherent power of worship

True worship is an expression of one's devotion, reverence and gratitude to someone from whom one has gained immensely.

19 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

In a thrilling encounter on Sunday night at the Lords, England were adjudged the winners of the world Cup on the basis of their superior boundary count. (Photo:AP)

WC Final or Wimbledon? A cruel test of fans' loyalty

One could watch either the ICC Cricket World Cup final or the Gentlemen's Singles Final at Wimbledon.

19 July 2019 12:03 AM IST

Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.

Misgivings over NRC

The exercise conducted in Assam so far has placed four million persons out of the state's 33-million population on the...

19 July 2019 12:02 AM IST

The 48-year-old former Naval officer, Kulbhushan Jadhav, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism on April 11, 2017. (Photo: File)

There's an opportunity in reprieve for Jadhav

The celebration of the reprieve is justified, but we may have to wait longer to see Jadhav's return to India.

19 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

President Donald Trump says Iran wants to make a deal. (Photo:AP)

America & Pakistan: Back to a cosy future

New Delhi's greatest concern traditionally has been the transfer of military systems and technology to Islamabad.

19 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)

Tensions simmer in Tehran, hard times for Bibi

The point is that the Shias latched on to Karbala, a relatively recent event in history, as the ideal for morality and...

18 July 2019 11:59 PM IST