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Gujarat is a small state. Delhi is a big place. It has to deal with 29 states. If all the people (officers) are brought from a small place, you will have all inefficient people, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu said. (Photo: PTI)

Managing electoral rolls key to holding fair polls

Violence at the polling booths was one of the first of the hurdles the system faced in its infancy.

13 April 2019 1:28 AM IST

Shri Ram is always seen wielding a bow and arrow.

Mystic Mantra: The glory of Shri Ram

When we give something to those in need, we tend to give it with a feeling of superiority, but the Lord gives as a...

12 April 2019 12:05 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat on Thursday. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

To fight inequality, Cong must stay left of centre

If Andhra and Telangana were a little inhospitable for Rahul Gandhi, a seat in Karnataka would have been custom made for...

12 April 2019 12:05 AM IST

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)

Death of two-state dream?

The Palestinians have lost what little support there was for a Palestinian state; be it, two state or one.

12 April 2019 12:02 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

Apex court dents govt's Rafale clean chit' claim

The top court has now demolished the govt's case of seeking privilege, and will fix a date to hear the petition to...

12 April 2019 12:00 AM IST

Security personnel stand guard on the Jammu-Srinagar-Baramulla national highway on the outskirts of Srinagar on Sunday. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)

Shutting J&K lifeline: The road to unreason

The aim was to prevent a Pulwama-type suicide attack on a convoy that had left over 40 CRPF personnel dead.

12 April 2019 12:00 AM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the release BJPs manifesto for the upcoming general elections in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 8, 2019. (Photo; AP)

Polls on, but Modi still seeking a grand theme

The government's claims of muscularity on security issues were punctured by spectacular terrorist attacks in Pathankot,...

11 April 2019 5:27 AM IST

Andr©s Manuel L³pez Obrador (Photo: AP)

Can Mexico's Amlo deliver what Zapata had died for?

The movement took its name from a key figure in the revolutionary tumult that consumed Mexico in the second decade of...

11 April 2019 5:22 AM IST

The mangled remains of a vehicle after a BJP convoy was attacked by the Maoists in Dantewada on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Polls: Heed safety concerns

The forces are moved around to provide protection to voters, candidates and campaigners, besides polling stations and...

11 April 2019 5:16 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: From sleep to waking up

There is reference in the book of Genesis (Bible) to Jacob who after a long journey falls asleep.

11 April 2019 12:57 AM IST

Congress President Rahul Gandhi is also slated to address three election rallies in Telangana -- Zaheerabad, Nagarkurnool and Nalgonda Lok Sabha segments -- on April 1. (Photo: PTI)

A party for the poor? Congress must re-engineer, rewire itself

The BJP's offering so far is a combination of governance, security (cross-border strikes) and development (the vikas ...

11 April 2019 12:40 AM IST

Benny Gantzs centrist Blue and White party was projected to take 30 seats, more than the 26 forecast for Netanyahus right-wing Likud. (Photo:AP)

Bibi's back! Will BJP's strategy work well too?

The Modi-Netanyahu relationship is undergirded by an unsaid ideological affinity between Hindutva and Zionism.

11 April 2019 12:34 AM IST