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Imran Khan, 65, who won a simple majority from lawmakers on Friday in a confidence vote will be administered oath by President Mamnoon Hussain. (Photo: AP)

United Oppn would have given PML-N a harder time

The PML(N) clearly has a powerful motive to make life tough for Prime Minister Imran Khan.

26 Aug 2018 6:27 AM IST

Scientists have spent years trying to work out what makes a relationship tick, and what make them work. (Photo: Pixabay)

New notions of freedom, adultery needed

As women struggled and society changed, law had to respond, but often the response was still archaic.

26 Aug 2018 6:24 AM IST

A search and rescue operation was underway for more than 30 people who have been swept away by flash floods in the fishing village of Anungan. (Photo: AFP)

Denying foreign aid to Kerala is cruelty

The Kerala government says that the United Arab Emirates has offered Rs 700 crore which the government in Delhi said it...

26 Aug 2018 5:46 AM IST

According to HSBC, the public spending component of GVA and the government consumption component of GDP grew at a rapid pace, accounting for roughly one-fifth of overall growth.

Indian economy vs the Maya Jaal

The government was legitimately proud that India has gone up in the scale of Ease of Doing Business.

26 Aug 2018 5:41 AM IST

The new study looked at the impact of both acute and chronic alcohol exposure. (Photo: Pixabay)

Alcohol is no good at all

The primary conclusion is that the protective effects of alcohol are offset by the risks, and having even a glass of...

26 Aug 2018 5:35 AM IST

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

Blamegame on Kerala floods is escapism

Kerala's woes have been doubled as it has suffered both ways after 40-plus overflowing rivers inundated large swathes of...

26 Aug 2018 5:32 AM IST

Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath said the CBI has turned into a Shakha of the RSS. (Photo: PTI)

Of Kamal Nath's temple visits & Aiyar's silence

Senior BJP leaders and workers have failed to observe the solemnity of the occasion.

26 Aug 2018 12:09 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayees daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya and son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya immerse his ashes in the Ganga at Har ki Pauri in Hardwar on Sunday. BJP president Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath are also seen. (Photo: PTI)

Ashes of hope: Why the BJP needs Atal as icon

In all 75 districts of UP, memorial events will be organised to scatter Vajpayee's ashes in a river.

25 Aug 2018 5:40 AM IST

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday announced free travel in government buses for women on Raksha Bandhan. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Mystic Mantra: May this bond tie us together!

The word rakshaâ€ means protectionâ€ while bandhanâ€ is a tieâ€ or a relationship which bindsâ€.

25 Aug 2018 5:33 AM IST

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

So much to learn from 'God's own country'

Kerala proved to the watching world what it is capable of during disasters like floods on such an intense scale.

25 Aug 2018 5:25 AM IST

Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932-2018)

Sir Vidia and his A team

Vidia regarded the whole doctrine of the equality of human beings in intellect, character and culture as foolishness.

25 Aug 2018 12:10 AM IST

Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley outside the finance ministry at North Block in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Challenges for Jaitley

Jaitley must have been pleased with the good news from Moody's rating agency that India was on track towards 7.5 per...

25 Aug 2018 12:05 AM IST