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A file photo of India captain Virat Kohli and his counterpart Sarfaraz Ahmed posing with the Champions Trophy. (Photo: AFP)

World Cup: Boycotting Pak gets us nothing

India has always beaten Pakistan in the World Cup in the previous six times we have played them.

24 Feb 2019 12:12 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)

Govts should not out files for partisan ends

No government has a right to dig up old records and publish them for partisan ends.

24 Feb 2019 12:10 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Where was Modi during attack?

The proposition that suggests itself is that Mr Modi was not made aware of the terrorist outrage by his office in New...

24 Feb 2019 12:03 AM IST

A file photo of India captain Virat Kohli and his counterpart Sarfaraz Ahmed posing with the Champions Trophy. (Photo: AFP)

Sporting boycotts rarely fulfil political objectives

However, considerable thought should go before a decision is taken about India playing Pakistan in the World Cup.

24 Feb 2019 12:02 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: Compassion - A divine trait

Compassion is a divine quality and is viewed as the highest moral virtue.

23 Feb 2019 12:55 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi with party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Raj Babbar during a roadshow in Lucknow on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Why I feel sorry for Priyanka

Priyanka's legendary charm and people skills are simply not enough to do the trick.

23 Feb 2019 12:52 AM IST

Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.

India can't turn off Indus water flow to Pak

The Indus river system has a total drainage area exceeding 11,165,000 sq km

23 Feb 2019 12:49 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

What to do about Pak? Modi's dilemma grows

The government began its retaliation against Pakistan by withdrawing the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status of Pakistan.

23 Feb 2019 12:44 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

Elections & politics of war

The government's actions are akin to budget sops, and the politics of Ram Mandir has, at an expedient moment, been...

23 Feb 2019 12:41 AM IST

The state consumer commission had held Jet Airways responsible for causing losses to a passenger.

Is Jet Airways' bailout in the national interest?

Not a financial quarter passes without an European budget airline caving in.

23 Feb 2019 12:38 AM IST

personnel stands guard during curfew in Srinagar on Sunday. Authorities imposed curfew in the parts of Valley following the killing of a top militant commander at Tral in Pulwama District of South Kashmir Yesterday. (Photo: PTI)

J&K: Citizens aren't the enemy; paramilitary jawans victims too

Kashmiris have presented themselves as scapegoats in the confrontation between the military and their dream of a...

22 Feb 2019 7:18 AM IST

Pope Francis in in a new policy published Thursday said, that it is always inadmissible because it attacks the inherent dignity of all humans. (Photo: File)

Mystic Mantra: A stand on chairs

Biblical imagery of a chair, a seat or a throne signifies honour, authority and reverence.

22 Feb 2019 1:09 AM IST