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India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

Why the Chinese want to do Durga Puja in Bengal

It may be advisable for the Government of India to tell foreign diplomats not to go too deep into India's polity,...

30 Aug 2018 12:21 AM IST

Arun Jaitley said, the reservation formula for the Patel community is legally and constitutionally untenable. (Photo: PTI)

Jaitley returns as FM to cement his legacy

A rationalisation of the rupee exchange rate in end July and August made exports and domestic products competitive.

30 Aug 2018 12:17 AM IST

Scott Morrison will be Australias new Prime Minister. (Photo: AP)

Power games in Oz: After Morrison, what's next?

Both Dutton and Morrison detested the very idea, with the latter's aversion apparently rooted in his evangelical...

30 Aug 2018 12:13 AM IST

The UK has also imposed other rules for drone flying including restricting height of consumer drone flights to 400 feet and ban near airports. (Photo: Pixabay)

Welcome to drone age

The restrictions on no-fly spaces around airports and such other security-dictated norms are understandable.

30 Aug 2018 12:03 AM IST

People from various organisations stage a protest in New Delhi on Wednesday agai-nst police raids at the premises of activists and their subsequent arrests. (Photo: PTI)

Arrests of activists totally unjustified

The court has ordered only house arrests for now, while the matter is being heard.

30 Aug 2018 12:00 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.

If NRC is mishandled, N-E may erupt again

As commonly perceived, the NRC issue is not merely a problem of illegal migrants.

29 Aug 2018 1:30 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Friendship with God

Every person is complex and when two individuals enter a relationship, that complexity increases double fold.

29 Aug 2018 1:16 AM IST

A five-judge Supreme Court Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar will on Tuesday pronounce a verdict on pleas challenging the validity of triple talaq (divorce) in the Muslim community. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Contrast 'pre-nups' with a conditional 'nikahnama'

Most Muslim women are unaware of their right to stipulate conditions in their nikahnama.

29 Aug 2018 1:13 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Imran Khan should try to rule Pak as a 'last-term' PM

To be sure, different leaders have different levels of susceptibility to sycophancy. But no one comes into office...

29 Aug 2018 1:07 AM IST

After 1984, the Congress has been in power in Sikh-majority Punjab many times. (Photo: PTI/File)

1984: Justice and politics

The focus must be on getting speedier justice, but politicians do name-calling for other reasons.

29 Aug 2018 1:03 AM IST

DMK's path clearly laid down by Stalin

The Dravidian party, that rode to power on the back of a powerful student movement opposing the imposition of Hindi in...

29 Aug 2018 12:59 AM IST

Sufism (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: No space for 'I' in Sufi doctrine

One of the most striking aspects of the female Sufis is the certainty expressed in their relationship with God and His...

28 Aug 2018 12:49 AM IST