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Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar (Photo: AFP)

As Beijing rescues Azhar, it's time for other means'

The JeM has already been proscribed as an international terrorist group by the UN.

15 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

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

Peace still sole option in South Asia, rein in all the warmongers

An extension of the doctrine of hot pursuit that has considerably subverted the laws of warfare, this theory keeps the...

15 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

IAF said that in the morning of February 27, Indian Air Defence system was on full alert.

Warfare & truth: Deception, distortion rule

The Air Force, unlike the Army, carries out strikes on the basis of intelligence inputs as it has to penetrate deep into...

14 March 2019 7:29 AM IST

Franciss writings overflowed with the love of God and neighbours. His Introduction to the Devout Life and Love of God and Spiritual Conferences are spiritual classics with striking sayings like: (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: God, create a loving heart in me

During the forty days that this season lasts, the Christian faithful are encouraged to fast, to pray and to do...

14 March 2019 7:27 AM IST

Netaji said his army would join in the assault even though his soldiers had barely one bullet each and little to eat. (Photo: File)

Nationalism is not the preserve of one party

Nationalism had become sanctified in the lexicon of not only India's political leaders but also its intellectual elite.

14 March 2019 7:24 AM IST

The court also maintained that people will burst only those firecrackers which they have purchased before its order banning the sale. (Photo: Representational/File)

Frame policy on firecrackers

Celebrating weddings and festivals, including in temples, revolve around the bursting of firecrackers.

14 March 2019 1:28 AM IST

Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Photo: AP)

Algeria govt has a lot to answer for

A long civil war followed, a devastating contest for ascendancy between Islamist insurgents and the state in which...

14 March 2019 12:38 AM IST

Patidar leader Hardik Patel with Congress president Rahul Gandhi as he joins Congress during a public meeting in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Congress must switch its focus to the basic issues

In the recent work style of the Congress, the campaigning zeal of 2017-18, spearheaded by party chief Rahul Gandhi,...

14 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Imagine Gautam Buddha as the senior poet and the world of intellect that followed as his prot©g©s.

Mystic Mantra: How to avoid life's regrets

It was this simple message of the village girls that provided the emollient salve to his restless mind seeking a vision...

13 March 2019 1:40 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Forget Rafale, heed Advani advice: Alliances the only way out for...

There's a caveat today, of course, and it is called Opposition unity.

13 March 2019 1:40 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Are we headed for Ek Bar Phir, Modi Sarkar?

The interim Budget was friendly to the middle class too.

13 March 2019 1:39 AM IST

The NDA/BJP government is looking increasingly cornered on every governance paradigm. However, its weakest link is the gross mismanagement of the Indian economy. (Representational image)

GSP: Why US striking India off list hurts America too

Negotiations have been underway, with the US government pressing India to not impose such price caps.

13 March 2019 1:39 AM IST