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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.

NRC and the nativity test in Assam

For the past four decades, Assam has been a witness to the murky politics of citizenship.

3 Aug 2018 5:22 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses foreign ambassadors at a Ramadan dinner in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan has voiced support for Qatar in its dispute with Saudi Arabia and other nations, saying no one will benefit from the policy of isolating the oil-rich nation. (Photo: AP)

Will Erdogan's Turkey be a model for Imran?

Islamabad, Beijing, Moscow are all persuaded that the Taliban will have to be part of the solution in Afghanistan.

3 Aug 2018 5:16 AM IST

The CBI alleged that the exchange had not fulfilled the criteria for acquiring the status.

Graft law raises queries

Of course, this can cut both ways, as it may be difficult to pin corrupt officials due to blanket protection.

3 Aug 2018 5:01 AM IST

Congressman Mike Pompeo. (Photo: AP)

Washington shows greater trust in India

The manufacture of such equipment in India is also not ruled out, and that is a major spinoff.

3 Aug 2018 4:59 AM IST

Liberal arts do not begin with diktats and syllabi, but with storytelling. The return of storytelling is the first attempt to redeem education. Storytelling creates memory, returns orality to its place in society. (Photo: Pixabay)

Why the liberal arts are crucial

Orality links up to memory. Our street performances emphasise memory and the constant reinvention of memory.

2 Aug 2018 8:22 AM IST

Sufism (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Heart's nature is to constantly turn

Sentences using the 'heart' as a metaphor to indicate guidance and righteousness are mentioned multiple times in the...

2 Aug 2018 6:09 AM IST

Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.

Knowing when to leave it to the generals

Given current trends and informed forecasts India's GDP is expected to double every seven years or so.

2 Aug 2018 6:08 AM IST

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

For 2019, Modi plans a new campaign mantra

The primary strand of his new narrative is to convert the 2019 general election from Modi versus Nobodyâ€ into a Modi...

2 Aug 2018 1:56 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)

New racist law in Israel makes Mideast peace more difficult

Dan Yakir, the chief legal counsel for the Association of Civil Rights in Israel, has described it as a racist lawâ€.

2 Aug 2018 1:52 AM IST

RBI Governor Urjit Patel, will announce the resolution of the MPC on its first bi-monthly monetary policy for financial year 2018-19 later in the day.

A blow to the aam aadmi

India is a net oil importer, so it's difficult to see how the repo rate hike will curb such inflation.

2 Aug 2018 1:46 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.

Tempers must cool over Assam's NRC

To say India is for Indians has a ring of logic with which most people would agree.

2 Aug 2018 1:42 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.

Mystic Mantra: Assam citizens' list A humanist's nightmare

India needs an immigration policy for sure. What makes Assam so sad beyond reason is that both the host and the guest...

1 Aug 2018 12:48 AM IST