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Places of religious importance in Sri Lanka are under strict security check. Churches have been ordered to stay closed until further notice. (Photo: AP)

In Sri Lanka, jihadis have divided two communities

Given the rocky relations between the two ambitious politicians, such a lack of communication is understandable.

28 April 2019 2:53 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday directed all payment system operators in India to store data within the country.

RBI must comply with RTI

The court is not the only authority annoyed with the intransigence of the central bank from parting with information on...

28 April 2019 2:43 AM IST

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the AICC general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh (East)

Congress slipped up on Priyanka-Modi buzz

Nevertheless, it is evident that the move was both unnecessary and unwarranted.

28 April 2019 2:40 AM IST

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi addresses the inaugural function of Constitution Day celebrations, in New Delhi, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. (Photo: PTI)

Finish probes, restore apex court credibility

The CJI may have been wrongfully and maliciously targeted by a former junior female employee bearing a grievance, as is...

27 April 2019 12:54 AM IST

Damaged St Sebastians Church in Negombo after the Easter Sunday attack, north of Colombo. (Photo: AP)

India in terror crosshairs

A couple of "handlers" were said to have been present on the island to direct the local radical Islamist outfit NTJ's...

27 April 2019 12:47 AM IST

The MEAs comments came a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he will not allow Pakistani soil to be used for terror. (Photo:AP)

Pak-Iran amity will help allay worst effect of US sanctions

Iran's economy is suffering as a result of the sanctions; the ill effects have been compounded by floods and...

27 April 2019 12:38 AM IST

Malala Yousafzai

Young ones whose opinions matter

Malala was someone who escaped death from the bullets of fanatics who wanted to stop girls being educated.

27 April 2019 12:34 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: Much ego about everything

The fact also is our ego is ubiquitous and sagacious more so, when we connect it to a divine framework, and not just...

27 April 2019 12:30 AM IST

Lord Ram (Representational image)

Sidestep a fiercely communal campaign, find solace in Ayodhya's Ram...

Once Ram Lalla is born, Madhukar and his rani wave a 'murchal', a sort of whisk in slow, pampering motions around the...

26 April 2019 12:35 AM IST

The Gita Press has already published the Gita in 14 different languages. (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: The Gita Applicable to all times

Despite all our intelligence or accomplishments, we have experienced situations in which we realise the importance of...

26 April 2019 12:35 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday charged the Congress with having placed vote bank politics above national interest while it was in power at the Centre. (Photo: File)

At last, a way to decode BJP's mixed message to the masses

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he could not afford a single day off from work in the five years he has been in...

26 April 2019 12:34 AM IST

Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to cast his vote at polling booth in Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ranip, Ahmedabad; BJP President Amit Shah also present.. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Highways, byways tell different stories in UP

Raj Kishore, an elderly farmer, complained bitterly about villagers having to stay awake night after night guarding...

26 April 2019 12:31 AM IST