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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to the media after their meeting in the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. (Photo: AP)

Politicians have a strange distrust of professionals

What is disturbing about Trump's forays is his utter disdain for professional diplomats.

29 July 2018 12:08 AM IST

The mast was a votive offering to the Church from the captain of a Portuguese ship that was miraculously saved in a tempest in the Bay of Bengal in 1655.

Banning confessions is wrong

Gender justice is a very important aspect of our citizenship and must be seen to be done.

29 July 2018 12:05 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his speech in the Lok Sabha on the no-confidence motion during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI)

Rahul's image makeover & Opposition's federal meet

Banerjee has announced plans to hold a federal rally in Kolkata next January for which she is inviting leaders of all...

29 July 2018 12:03 AM IST

Justice B.N. Srikrishna and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad (Photo: PTI)

The law to protect data needed soon

The amount of information a user gives away quite innocently or by disregarding the small print is still huge.

29 July 2018 12:00 AM IST

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

Crime, religion can't be clubbed

The pretence for this outrage was that some of these individuals had not subsequently registered their British...

28 July 2018 2:44 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)

Pak gets a playboy', we have our Pappu'

Imran Khan has made the right noises about India in his first speech after the win.

28 July 2018 2:44 AM IST

Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, along with an official, meets the mother of three girls who allegedly died of malnutrition at Mandawali in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Starvation deaths shame us

A typical blame game is on between the city state and the Centre on who is responsible.

28 July 2018 2:43 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru

Bid to belittle Nehru is shoddy, drop plan

Do all of India's PMs even deserve a dedicated museum is a question that won't elude many.

28 July 2018 2:39 AM IST

(From left) Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi, N. Chandrababu Naidu and newly-sworn-in Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru on May 23 PTI

Rahul, Maya, Mamata: Pre-2019 dance begins

Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress was willing to back anyone as Prime Minister provided the person was not supported...

28 July 2018 2:39 AM IST

Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq (Photo: AFP)

Can Punjab come out of the Zia era?

The PTI is often described as a get-together of aspiring politicians who first emerged during Gen. Musharraf's rule.

28 July 2018 2:38 AM IST

The guru is a rare phenomenon, not so easy to find. Of course, we come across thousands of teachers and preachers who claim to be gurus. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Guru The awakened one

A true guru does not console people to please them. He may even shock them because his purpose is to awaken them.

27 July 2018 12:51 AM IST

Police personnel baton charge at protestors who were demanding the closure of Vedantas Sterlite Copper unit, in Tuticorin, on Wednesday. In fresh violence, one person was killed during the clash, after polices open fire killing at least ten people yesterday, and injuring many others. (Photo: PTI)

Vikas and violence can't go together

Development programmes work best when there is social stability.

27 July 2018 12:38 AM IST