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Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called The Snake to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)

Our polls are fought on claims, not facts

In India the narrative of an election is often controlled by the Opposition rather than the ruling party.

21 Oct 2018 12:27 AM IST

The police booked Ashish Pandey, son of ex-BSP MLA Rakesh Pandey, for allegedly brandishing a gun at guests and threatening them in foyer of The Hyatt Regency hotel in R K Puram. (Photo: Screengrab)

Lawmakers and their law-breaking progeny

The powerful need to have their egos massaged, and the supplicants must outdo each other in the most abject display of...

21 Oct 2018 12:24 AM IST

Union minister M.J. Akbar

Murmurs in a boiling political pot

With elections around the corner, it is open season for political rivals to circulate stories and rumours about each...

21 Oct 2018 12:18 AM IST

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. (Photo: AFP)

New uncertainty in West Asia

It is unclear whether he can do so with domestic pressure mounting on him to penalise Riyadh through sanctions.

21 Oct 2018 12:14 AM IST

An angry crowd shout slogans as they sit by bodies of victims of the train accident in Amritsar on Friday. (Photo: AP)

How many tragedies before we wake up?

Trespassing is a criminal offence and the railways prosecuted nearly 1.75 lakh people for crossing the tracks in 2017.

21 Oct 2018 12:12 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: The known, unknown and unknowable

Our mind is a powerful receiver of all kinds of information which becomes memory.

20 Oct 2018 1:24 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath

The politics of renaming

Although the politics of renaming has acquired greater public attention since 2014, the plan is part of the saffron...

20 Oct 2018 1:21 AM IST

Speaking at the 7th Meeting of Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA) at Ashgabat, MoS External Affairs MJ Akbar accused Pakistan of committing crime against the Afghan people by blocking normal access between India and Afghanistan. (Photo: PTI/File)

Zamana of male entitlement, privilege is over

There are many other serial offenders in the media and they will have to face enquiries.

20 Oct 2018 1:18 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Will Taghir herald a new Afghanistan?

No representative of the Ghani government has participated in talks so far when as many as 11 members of the Taliban...

20 Oct 2018 1:14 AM IST

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. (Photo: AFP)

There's a crisis of survival and human agency

More and more people around the world are waking up to the reality of the epoch that has become known as the...

20 Oct 2018 1:10 AM IST

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said, The term Hindu covers all those who are the sons of Bharat Mata (Mother India), descendants of Indian ancestors and who live in accordance with the Indian culture. (Photo: File | PTI)

Prejudicial view on temple

RSS' deep concern for the government arises from the fact that the BJP is the political front of the core Hindutva body.

20 Oct 2018 1:07 AM IST

Sabarimala Temple

Sabarimala: Constitution has been let down

Gender justice was denied on the ground although the court had ruled that anyone could worship Lord Ayyappa at his most...

20 Oct 2018 1:05 AM IST