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Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha on no-confidence motion during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI via AP)

PM Modi's Shah Bano moment will haunt India

The High Court rejected the petition for quashing of proceedings; but on appeal to the Supreme Court Dr Mahajan finally...

19 Sept 2018 1:30 AM IST

Simultaneously, we have got past the single biggest impediment to initiating serious negotiations in Afghanistan the absence of direct talks between the US and the Taliban.

In Afghanistan, an opportunity now beckoning

Pakistan believed that the US wanted a military victory and remained dismissive of its interest in a political...

19 Sept 2018 1:27 AM IST

For Congress, road to 2019 is very difficult

The party had called for a nationwide bandh over the issue of rising fuel prices, that was supported by 21 other...

19 Sept 2018 1:22 AM IST

Check disruptive leaders

The BJP leader is also known for constant run-ins with followers of atheistic social reformer Periyar.

19 Sept 2018 1:21 AM IST

Why this urgency over J&K local body polls?

The polling stretches over a two-month period from early October to early December at a time when there is political...

19 Sept 2018 1:19 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)

Mystic Mantra: Flying high

Yogis have long been levitating after mastering pranayamas that make their bodies lose grossness, defying gravitational...

18 Sept 2018 12:10 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)

Can democracy still deliver in a restless world?

Extreme economic inequality and insecurity for the have-nots have compounded the anger against the unaccountable ...

18 Sept 2018 12:05 AM IST

LGBTQ community members celebrate after the Supreme Court verdict which decriminalises consensual gay sex, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

After 377, opening up to a new imagination

The five-judge bench in the Navtej Singh Johar case did just that: it decriminalised homosexuality in India.

18 Sept 2018 12:04 AM IST

Former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan. (Photo: PTI)

Trace, punish culprits in uniform

The Kerala police isn't the only force in this elaborate dance of puppets by networks run by politicians and...

18 Sept 2018 12:02 AM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers Dialogue in Beijing with his Afghanistan and Pakistan counterparts Salahuddin Rabbani and Khawaja Muhammad Asif respectively. (Photo: AFP)

CPEC might have benefits for all players

The US and China are both working in parallel to improve Pakistan-Afghanistan relations

18 Sept 2018 12:00 AM IST

BSP chief Mayawati addressing the media during the the monsoon session at Parliament in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Mayawati's new tactics put alliance at risk

Mayawati declared in Lucknow on Sunday that she would fight alone if her share in the coalition was less than half the...

18 Sept 2018 12:00 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Open your heart to Krishna

Man's ego is such that it does not know how to surrender.

17 Sept 2018 1:33 AM IST