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The horror stories of sedation, gangrape, torture and murder of inmates of a childrens home in Bihars Muzaffarpur cast light on a ghastly incident that is searing the national conscience. (Representational image)

Tough law to deter child rape welcome

The legislation that will enable the death penalty to be awarded to rapists of children below 12 should be welcomed.

1 Aug 2018 12:17 AM IST

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Mystic Mantra: Yoga The discovery of our own true self

Vedanta talks about the joining of the individual being with the supreme.

31 July 2018 12:17 AM IST

Pakistani politician Imran Khan, chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, speaks to media after casting his vote at a polling station for parliamentary elections in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

Guard against Imran's political reverse swings

The road to spirituality and prime ministership was coincidentally also marked by his third marriage to the...

31 July 2018 12:10 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.

NRC fears, bigotry may lead to wider N-E strife

Even the faith that is supposed to unify the country is subject to many regional and sectarian variations.

31 July 2018 12:06 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)

Imran's test: To resist China, US pressure & keep generals happy

The issue of non-state actors can be another irritant in the new government's relationship with China.

31 July 2018 12:05 AM IST

Sarbananda Sonowal

Assam: A new flashpoint

The first draft published in December had disqualified around one crore names, but the numbers have been reduced on...

31 July 2018 12:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Indian community people during a reception at Kigali, in Rwanda. (Photo: PTI)

Politico-bizmen links must be transparent

It is believed that crony capitalism may have led to suspicions over industrialists in general, and this isn't any new...

31 July 2018 12:00 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Live a little wild and come alive!

The Osho lifestyle is called wild but it is not a negative attribute, rather it is Osho's most positive contribution to...

30 July 2018 12:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Indian community people during a reception at Kigali, in Rwanda. (Photo: PTI)

Modi's new outreach to Africa promises to be transformative

Mr Modi deserves to be applauded for his clearheaded, proactive and transformative outreach to Africa.

30 July 2018 12:17 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

A wake-up call: What China is up to in India

China must be laughing all the way and enjoying the wrong course adopted by some Indians, whose love for foreigners &...

30 July 2018 12:13 AM IST

Addressing the press conference, Imran Khan said: I came into politics 22 years ago because I believed that the potential of our country was not being realised. The Pakistan that I saw growing up deteriorated in front of my very eyes. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

PM Imran may be more secure than he looks now

A single-party majority in the National Assembly is near bulletproof constitutionally.

30 July 2018 12:08 AM IST

The Congress is likely to give as many as 30 seats to the BSP in MP as Congress state president Kamal Nath was finalising the deal with top BSP leaders.

Why dalit vote is vital for both Congress and BSP

The simple fact is that the BSP is not yet a pan-Indian dalit party.

30 July 2018 12:08 AM IST