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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: No-Mind The Door to the Divine

The jump happens spontaneously without effort and without conflict.

23 Aug 2018 12:51 AM IST

The election commission conducts FLC of new machines followed by rehearsals of EVMs and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPATs) before the polling day in front of representatives from registered parties.

Simultaneous polls will be a blow to federalism

The argument against holding simultaneous elections on the ground of having its impact on the federal character is even...

23 Aug 2018 12:47 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra (Photo: PTI)

Choice of governor in J&K surprising

The Centre is apparently in favour of holding panchayat polls in J&K in a couple of months.

23 Aug 2018 12:00 AM IST

Goats on sale ahead of Eid-ul-Azha at a market in Patna on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: The true meaning of qurbani

Acts that strengthen fraternity, brotherhood and charity are greatly valued on the day of Id-ul-Adha.

22 Aug 2018 1:49 AM IST

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

Will caste arithmetic overpower Hindu dominance?

Mr Modi has created a Hindu votebank for the first time in our 72-year history, an aggressive votebank which holds the...

22 Aug 2018 1:48 AM IST

US President Donald Trump

Militarisation of space is not anything new

In order to offset America's massive satellite surveillance networks, lasers are also being developed to effectively ...

22 Aug 2018 1:18 AM IST

An aerial view of the floods in Aluva after heavy rains, in Kerala. (Photo: PTI)

Kerala wake-up call on growth and development

The world's peasants, providing 72 per cent of its food, are defined as unproductive.

22 Aug 2018 1:14 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Photo: File)

Slow justice is no justice

The Supreme Court has opened up the issue, but it's hard to predict when the law will catch up with hate speeches and...

22 Aug 2018 12:59 AM IST

Imran Khan declared his victory on Thursday and dismissed the allegations of fraud calling it the most transparent election in Pakistans history. (Photo: AP)

From Imran's Pak, a few positive signals

Mr Modi's letter offered a commitment to build good neighbourly relationsâ€ and pursue meaningful and constructive...

22 Aug 2018 12:56 AM IST

A family buys goats from a livestock market in Kolkata on Thursday ahead of Id-ul-Zuha.(Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: Goats and scapegoats

The Ibrahim/Abraham story narrates that Allah/God merely wanted to test his faith by asking him to sacrifice his son,...

21 Aug 2018 12:58 AM IST

Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Will a stringent anti-trafficking law really protect women?

Trafficking under this bill also includes begging, domestic work, farm or factory work.

21 Aug 2018 12:55 AM IST

Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.

'Bengal NRC' gives Didi a new front to fight BJP

By contesting the basis of identity and citizenship, Banerjee is tapping into a deep pool of Bengali sentiment as well...

21 Aug 2018 12:46 AM IST