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Of the Magi, high priests, kings... and how India got its boxwallas'

The first Jewish holocaust, unfortunately occasioned by loose talk from Parsi priests.

29 Dec 2018 1:41 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally in support of BJP candidates in Nizamabad. (Photo: PTI )

Will we have a new Prime Minister in 2019?

Then comes Baba Ramdev, the yoga billionaire, whose phenomenal growth as a brand would challenge any Harvard case study...

29 Dec 2018 1:40 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Nawaz Sharif & his curious last demand

There were many sentimental points obviously surrounding the plea for a delay in the announcement of the sentence.

29 Dec 2018 1:39 AM IST

Telangana CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao

As regionals' rise, our democracy is stronger

It is that time when alliances are re-alliances are being reworked.

29 Dec 2018 1:39 AM IST

The privatisation of loss-making Air India has hit a roadblock at the starting line-up itself.

AI revival plan may fall short

The airline management seems helpless in tacking these undisciplined, highly paid staff.

29 Dec 2018 1:39 AM IST

A five-judge Supreme Court Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar will on Tuesday pronounce a verdict on pleas challenging the validity of triple talaq (divorce) in the Muslim community. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Bill on triple talaq may be shortlived

In the Upper House, the treasury benches do not have a majority and need the backing of non-NDA parties.

29 Dec 2018 1:39 AM IST

The US is trying to cut off all oil imports from Iran following President Donald Trumps decision in May to pull out of the 2015 multilateral deal. (Photo: File | AP)

How India-US ties will transform: An open embrace' or a tight hug'?

The credit for refining the hug as a potent tool of diplomacy and using it to trigger much warmth and positivity goes to...

28 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST

We can learn to balance our spiritual practices with our worldly responsibilities, enjoying the fruits within ourselves and sharing our gifts with humanity. (Representational Images)

Mystic Mantra: The significance of cleanliness

Everything that we perceive through our sense organs can either create filth or wellbeing within ourselves.

28 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST

Rescuers work at the site of a coal mine that collapsed in Ksan, Meghalaya, on December 14, 2018. (Photo: PTI)

Disaster response is shocking

The National Disaster Response Force has done singularly little to save the trapped men.

28 Dec 2018 12:00 AM IST

President Xi Jinping to cut Chinas auto tariffs.

China: A Great Economic Game looms in 2019

Xi took the occasion to reassert the CPC's rule as the only key to weathering unimaginable perils and dangers.

28 Dec 2018 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

After a year of big shifts, decision time lies ahead

The defeat of the BJP in the Lok Sabha byelection in Kairana convinced the Opposition parties that alliance formation...

28 Dec 2018 12:00 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Blow to Nawaz & Asif Zardari: Decapitating parties in Pak

The ordeal for the Sharifs is far from over with other members of the family too in the dock.

28 Dec 2018 12:00 AM IST