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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

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. (Photo: AFP)

Indian PM's killers need no sympathy

The conundrum remains alive nearly three decades after Rajiv met his ghastly end in Tamil Nadu.

11 May 2019 12:43 AM IST

The total number of Palestinian refugees registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) stands at 5.3 million. (Photo: AFP)

Palestinians' dream of return slowly fading away

Lebanon, the smallest of the countries, accepted more refugees in proportion to its local population.

10 May 2019 6:55 AM IST

Following the meeting, Ram Madhav said that he received an assurance from the Finance Commissions chairman that the states with progressive population would not be penalised. (Photo: PTI/File)

BJP has NDA, Cong fought UPA allies: Now what?

Muslims are shuttling between caste parties and anyone, even the devil, if he can help to keep the BJP out.

10 May 2019 6:49 AM IST

All Bengal Minority Youth Federation activists shout protest against the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. (Photo: PTI)

SC sets NRC deadline

The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the NRC coordinator was to use his

10 May 2019 6:46 AM IST

Consultant psychiatrist and founder of The Free Mind Initiative, Dr Alpes Panchal relates happiness with philosophical as well as psychological elements.

Mystic Mantra: Enrichment - Between our outer & inner lives

Deep within, each one knows what to do, but when it comes to action, we hold back.

10 May 2019 12:45 AM IST

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee addressing an election rally at Churavander in Jalpaiguri district on Sunday. (Photo: Asian age)

The lessons our schoolkids may draw from India's elections, but...

However, one aspect of today's public speaking brings home the fact that Indians are no longer self-conscious about the...

10 May 2019 12:41 AM IST