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The petitioner alleged that if voters were suspicious about VVPATs or EVMs, he or she would still not register compla-ints with the EC fearing torture and economic loss.

After May 23, electoral reforms need to begin

It must also be explored whether it would be possible to reinstate the absolute confidentiality of polls in the age of...

13 May 2019 12:00 AM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

The new Indian election: Free but not fair

Bad tackles by one side, the favourites, have failed to be shown the red card whilst minor ones by other sides have been...

12 May 2019 5:37 AM IST

BJP candidate from Bhopal, Pragya Singh Thakur

I am waging a dharm-yudh against those who maligned Sanatan Dharma'

Bhopal is known for its lakes and Congress members encroached upon these lakes

12 May 2019 5:36 AM IST

Last week, Sri Lanka placed all police stations in Colombo on high alert. (Photo:AP)

Have focus on religio-moral deligitimisation of ISIS

The Sri Lanka terror attack reiterates the real problem area, again.

12 May 2019 12:10 AM IST

IPS officer Rajiv Jain was on Saturday appointed as the new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) while Anil Dhasmana will head external intelligence agency RAW.

Dilli Ka Babu: Non-cadre cops for cadre posts

While it is mandatory to fill a cadre post with a cadre officer, there is provision for an exception.

12 May 2019 12:05 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo: AP)

US moves trigger tensions

The pressuring of the likes of Iran and North Korea may please USA's current hawkish stance but the world is far from...

12 May 2019 12:00 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru (Photo PTI)

Hard times ahead for Nehru reform legacy

Ambedkar wanted to introduce other changes, all of them relating to the inheritance rights of the women of the family.

12 May 2019 12:00 AM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday clarified over his alleged statement that BJP made tall promises in 2014 elections. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

A folly to believe BJP not a Modi-Shah show

In light of this, it is interesting that the minister for surface transport should say what he has said.

12 May 2019 12:00 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has written to Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, complaining about Gujarat government firm GSPC.

The shape of things to come

In the absence of any single party or pre-poll alliance making the cut, two questions will be important.

11 May 2019 1:13 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: A true prayer

It is time we realised that looking to God will not help until we look at our own foolishness.

11 May 2019 1:11 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)

When most English talkers are Indians, curious words might enter the...

The women who served their households were afforded the dignity of their own names.

11 May 2019 1:06 AM IST

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.

Are humans driving Earth to extinction?

To satisfy this huge and growing need, economies will most likely continue to use the very methods that this damning UN...

11 May 2019 12:59 AM IST