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Businessman Robert Vadra arrives to appear before the Enforcement Directorate in a money-laundering case probe in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Timing of ED's Vadra grilling seems political

It appears the allegation of money-laundering and the possession of properties in London has been made against Ms...

8 Feb 2019 12:01 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: Three questions about God

The Minister's son assured his father that he would satisfy the king tomorrow in the king's court and he need not worry...

7 Feb 2019 6:42 AM IST

During the resumed hearing on Monday, the AG said that a pilot project for live streaming and video recording could be undertaken initially in constitutional matters. (Representational image)

On secularism, conversion & nature of religion

The acceptance of democracy as a way of life implies that we have accepted that we hold certain rights to be...

7 Feb 2019 12:31 AM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addresses the media in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

A street fighter battles to 'save' ...

The next Opposition leaders' meeting in New Delhi in mid-February will confirm this.

7 Feb 2019 12:25 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Afghanistan is not headed towards peace after US exit

There can be no question the Afghan Taliban regime that began consolidating its power in the mid-1990s was atrocious in...

7 Feb 2019 12:17 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)

Trump sends mixed signals

The US President sounded almost like an Indian politician speaking at a time of grave partisanship.

7 Feb 2019 12:14 AM IST

Pakistans Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Mischief by Pak over J&K is nothing new

There was a time in the late 1980s and early 1990s when Pakistan would try and hold a so-called people's march to the...

7 Feb 2019 12:09 AM IST

Besides bilateral engagements, Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to address members of the Indian community at the Dubai Opera House. (Photo: File)

Naga settlement: So near, and yet so far

But the BJP government at the Centre must also share some of the blame for the delay in the final settlement.

6 Feb 2019 7:08 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: The greatest art

One of the greatest tragedies of modern man is the alienation and abandonment that haunt him.

6 Feb 2019 7:04 AM IST

Priyanka Gandhi

Which face of Indira Gandhi will Priyanka now adopt?

As Congress president in 1959, her granny torpedoed India's first elected Marxist government in Kerala

6 Feb 2019 2:31 AM IST

Kaskar, according to the official, confirmed that his brother, Dawood Ibrahim wanted in several cases including the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, is in Pakistan. (Photo: File | PTI)

Politics of 'extradition': Look at bigger picture

Even the external affairs minister often sometimes the terminology wrong in what it calls a list of extraditionsâ€.

6 Feb 2019 2:31 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)

In UAE, Pope makes history

Pope made all the right gestures, like arriving in a open Popemobile, unlike his predecessors who used bulletproof...

6 Feb 2019 2:30 AM IST