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ICICI Bank: Why is RBI quiet?

The bank's board has shown itself as completely incompetent by failing in its duty to protect the money of its...

20 Jun 2018 12:33 AM IST

PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti. (Photo: File)

J&K: Future looks uncertain and grim

The BJP has broken that rule and has brought about the demise of its own government just midway through its tenure.

20 Jun 2018 12:31 AM IST

People offer funeral prayers of veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari at Kreeri in Baramulla district of north Kashmir. Bukhari and his two PSOs were shot dead by gunmen soon after he boarded his car from his office in Press Enclave in Lal Chowk on Thursday. (Photo: PTI )

India as Lynchistan': Act before it's too late

There must be many more if India is to shake off the shameful sobriquet of Lynchistan.

19 Jun 2018 12:26 AM IST

Initial analysis indicated that meditation did have an overall positive impact. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Sitting silently, doing nothing!

A growing body of evidence suggests regular meditation is linked with benefits including lower stress and better focus.

19 Jun 2018 12:26 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a plenary session on the occasion of World Environment Day in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Lateral' entry won't fix basic govt glitches

Constrictive rules could have been slashed mercilessly in four years, but this was not seen as a priority task.

19 Jun 2018 12:25 AM IST

More alleged victims are coming forward over sex abuse in football. (Photo: AFP)

Tech to make soccer better

It may take a while for tech haters to be convinced that referrals are needed to modernise sport.

19 Jun 2018 12:13 AM IST

In this June 1, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, as he heads to Camp David for the weekend. Lawyers for President Donald Trump and Summer Zervos, a former Apprentice contestant who sued the president for saying her sexual misconduct claims were lies, are scheduled to be in court Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

India has more to lose in a trade war with US

World trade contributes to world peace and countries trading with each other are unlikely to go to war with each other.

19 Jun 2018 12:10 AM IST

We are not sitting here for ourselves. We are sitting here for you (Delhiites) and for schools, water, mohalla clinics so that the people of Delhi can get facilities, the AAP chief said. (Photo: Twitter | @ArvindKejriwal)

Kejriwal dharna, Delhi statehood and the Federal Front

Paradoxically, despite leaning towards a broad united front against BJP, the Congress continues to treat AAP as a...

18 Jun 2018 10:44 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Consoler of the mind

The central theme of the Bani is to understand the way of salvation and how to be a brahmgiani, or the enlightened one.

18 Jun 2018 5:41 AM IST

According to the law ministry statistics, the Union government is a party to 46 per cent of cases pending in courts and is hence one of the biggest litigants, a tag it wants to shed. Over 3.14 crore cases are pending in courts across India. (Representational image)

Adivasis demand self-rule, other rights promised by Constitution

Most tribal villages and settlements have no access to schools and medical care.

18 Jun 2018 5:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the Centenary Celebrations of Patna University, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Govt's lateral' hiring: Great idea, bad timing

What the zenana was to the Great Mughals, the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is to our political leaders at the...

18 Jun 2018 4:49 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a plenary session on the occasion of World Environment Day in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

UN report on Kashmir is a challenge to Delhi

While the report attempts to appear balanced, criticising Pak actions in the parts of Kashmir that it occupies, the real...

18 Jun 2018 4:44 AM IST