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The decision to dissolve Telangana Assembly came after KCR held a meeting with his Cabinet on Thursday. (Photo: File | ANI)

India needs dignity in its political repartee

KCR is entitled to his point of view, but I have a foundational problem with the manner in which he expressed it.

9 Sept 2018 7:00 AM IST

Of miffed BJP MP and absent Tharoor

Though retired and serving bureaucrats and Army officers have joined political parties in the past, this trend is...

9 Sept 2018 7:00 AM IST

US President Donald Trump shows a signed Presidential Memorandum after delivering a statement on the Iran nuclear deal from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Thwarting President Trump

The object of the article may have been to throw light on the resistance inside the White House to an unmoored...

9 Sept 2018 6:59 AM IST

Annually, Rs 2,500 crore of fuel is bought at petrol pumps and now a part of it being talked of being home delivered.

Indian consumer hit by a double whammy

India also has the problem of a weak rupee against a strengthening dollar which makes oil imports much more expensive.

9 Sept 2018 6:59 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Meditation for a stress-free living

The meditation process helps us on two levels. First, it helps us by bringing about physical relaxation.

8 Sept 2018 1:06 AM IST

In TV there is an increasing tendency to try and reduce drama to formulae: In a series there ought to be x number of characters who appear in all episodes. Each episode should follow y number of main plots and z number of subsidiary ones etc. (Representational image)

Lies, damned pretences and statistics

Not being a gambler or not having, at the time, any money to gamble, my friends and I never bought the openingâ€ sheet.

8 Sept 2018 1:03 AM IST

The 'illiberal streak' in our society is growing

Here in India, citizens are turning away tiredly from the daily outrage over who is an urban Naxalâ€ and who a ...

8 Sept 2018 12:58 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Secretary of Defense James Mattis at the joint press conference after the India-US 2+2 Dialogue, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

2+2 is a step forward, but it's no grand leap

The reality of military cooperation with a major power is summed up in the adage in for a penny, in for a pound.

8 Sept 2018 12:50 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir police chief SP Vaid also stated that a bullet does not distinguish between a stone pelter and a militant. (Photo: File)

Why was J&K DGP axed?

Curiously, during Governor's Rule, the governor was allowed to leave ahead of panchayat polls.

8 Sept 2018 12:40 AM IST

Telangana CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao

With early polls, KCR looks for elbow room

In declaring candidates for most of the 119 seats, the chief minister may have shown his hand a bit more.

8 Sept 2018 12:32 AM IST

God always wants us to triumph over our karmic hurdles because only then will we fulfill the purpose of life, which is to grow into better human beings.

Mystic Mantra: The potential of kundalini

The word kundaliniâ€ generally refers to that dimension of energy, which is yet to realise its potential.

7 Sept 2018 7:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Rahul must speak more on aam aadmi issues

The mass quotient and canniness of Gandhi's electoral campaign has to increase.

7 Sept 2018 7:07 AM IST