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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: Fast with a smile

In religious tradition, ash symbolises mortality, death, renunciation and repentance.

6 March 2019 1:51 AM IST

Airstrikes not political fodder, stop divisiveness

Foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale was careful in placing only limited facts on the record.

6 March 2019 1:47 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: Our last thought decides our next birth

If childhood is spent in ignorance, and youth/middle age in lust, then how one can remember God during old age and at...

5 March 2019 12:07 AM IST

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj addresses as guest of honour at the 46th foreign ministers meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Abu Dhabi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

OIC choice: Start afresh, or stick to old enmities?

The minister's remarks resonated with the history, values and interests of the entire assemblage.

5 March 2019 12:05 AM IST

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates with the trophy after winning the ATP Dubai Tennis Championship on Saturday night. Federer won his 100th career title when he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Championships. (Photo: AFP)

A new Federer landmark

Federer 100 titles in 19 nations and 310 weeks as World No. 1 are unique achievements.

5 March 2019 12:02 AM IST

The Talibans leaders have been based in Pakistani cities, including Quetta, Karachi and Peshawar, since their rule in Afghanistan was overthrown in the 2001 U.S. invasion after the 9/11 attacks. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

World needs more women as mediators for peace

The countries that have experienced war on a large scale have now grown into major exporters of war weapons.

5 March 2019 12:00 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)

Oppn Grand Alliance' faces bigger challenge

The Congress and the CPI(M) have been co-opted in February as part of the coalition of regional parties against the BJP.

5 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa

Amidst Balakot claims, IAF chief offers clarity

Immediately after the February 26 pre-dawn attack, television news channels filled the airwaves with the claim of around...

5 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Think not, just feel

Everybody is thinking furiously to achieve something and ruining the wonderful gift of life in hollow pursuits.

4 March 2019 12:17 AM IST

As Brexit deadline keeps Brits on the edge, UK awaits Meghan's royal...

Parliament is now engaged in passing an Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill which is also called Finn's Law.

4 March 2019 12:09 AM IST

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

After Pulwama, Balakot: Tone down the rhetoric

India will still have to fight the war against terror groups like the JeM and the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT).

4 March 2019 12:07 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)

Cricket turns into a pawn as India-Pak tensions rise

Cricket had previously served as the basis for imagining peace, and now as a means of punishment.

4 March 2019 12:05 AM IST