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Mystic Mantra: When in sorrow, react positively

One who adopts these three great positive reactions in his/her life will swim across the ocean of the world easily,...

25 July 2018 1:03 AM IST

New-style coup: Army-ISI forces Pak media, judges to toe the line

Leading columnists have had their columns dropped; TV stations have introduced a 90-second delay to beep out anything...

25 July 2018 12:58 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, I hope the BJP and the RSS have learned a lesson that the institutions, as well as the will of the people of this country, cannot be disrespected. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Rahul should be Congress' face', not its voice'

This was a debate on a no-confidence motion, watched live by 1.25 billion in India and several million NRIs &...

25 July 2018 12:55 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Pak voters face D-Day: Will they fight or fold?

The Army may have written Nawaz's epitaph and indeed of all freely elected governments.

25 July 2018 12:50 AM IST

The Supreme Court has rightly reemphasised that the right to peaceful protest is crucial to democracy. (Representational image)

Right to protest is sacred

In most state capitals, a place is earmarked for people to hold protests.

25 July 2018 12:47 AM IST

Congress President Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI/File)

As Rafale row grows, JPC may clear the air

Minister of state for defence Subhash Bhambre has recently told Parliament that the CAG audit into Rafale has begun.

25 July 2018 12:41 AM IST

These findings show that both genetics (GBA gene mutation) and aging can cause the same lipid elevations in the brain that are demonstrated in Parkinsons disease pathology (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: Inventions of God

As the mind creates new ideas and new inventions to change and improve the world, it thinks it is the doer.

24 July 2018 6:37 AM IST

Rival digital payments services have pointed out exceptions that have been applied to WhatsApps service.

WhatsApp row: On secrecy, privacy & property

The debate on privacy got a fillip by the recent arraignment of WhatsApp for being the conduit of fake news, which...

24 July 2018 12:15 AM IST

3 people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of Muslim man in Alwar. (Photo: File/ANI)

Lynchings: Examine the deeper malaise

With a general election not far away, every issue is being lent a deep political overtone.

24 July 2018 12:10 AM IST

Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician and head of the party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan greets supporters during a political campaign rally in Multan. Pakistan will hold the general election on July 25, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Imran looms, but will voters surprise Army?

The only problem is that Pakistan's voters, despite years of military rule, have a strong democratic streak in them.

24 July 2018 12:10 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)

No-trust move: Was outcome more important than process?

Reports are also circulating that Rahul Gandhi told the Prime Minister that he was a Gandhi, and not a Godse .

24 July 2018 12:05 AM IST

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party chief Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the extended Congress Working Committee meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

For Congress, hard work ahead

The CWC stated the obvious when it declared poll alliances were needed.

24 July 2018 12:02 AM IST