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Karnataka Government formation: B S Yeddyurappa takes oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

In Karnataka, see the birth of a shamocracy

The BJP and its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, is little but a breeding ground of autocrats...

18 May 2018 12:22 AM IST

President Donald Trump has declined to approve releasing the memo on the grounds it contains sensitive information. (Photo: File)

Trump isn't first to scrap accord they are a party to

Clinton was very much in power to see the Declaration of Principles destroyed by his Israeli friends.

18 May 2018 12:18 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said the condition was tensed last year in the valley and now the situation is slowly normalising. The people of the state think that their identity can be in danger. (Photo: PTI)

Hopes rise in Kashmir

A spokesman of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit that is active in the Valley, has sounded...

18 May 2018 12:15 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

The plot thickens in curious Joseph case

The press conference that the rebel judges had held back in January seems to have placed a number of judges on a...

18 May 2018 12:12 AM IST

Additional DGP Pallab Bhattacharya said that they have succeeded in identifying the Ulfa (I) rebel who was sending the extortion notices as WhatsApp message wa followed by a call which originated from Myanmar.

Mystic Mantra: Use WhatsApp with caution

Worse, our cell-phones sometimes become imprisoning cells', with wasted hours uselessly chattering or forwarding...

17 May 2018 1:53 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. (Photo: File/PTI)

Age Debate: Is it guns or roses?

The proposed Ramzan/Amarnath Yatra truce in Kashmir is a completely unworkable idea.

17 May 2018 1:52 AM IST

Karnataka BJPs official twitter handle said BS Yeddyurappa to be sworn in as chief minister tomorrow at 9:30am. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Choices for governor: Constitution or ideology

Not to take chances, and to armtwist the governor, the BJP central leadership has despatched a clutch of ministers to...

17 May 2018 1:52 AM IST

Donald Trump shows a signed Presidential Memorandum on the Iran nuclear deal on May 8 in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Avoid a war with Iran, it will not spare any country

What also matters is what Trump hears from some of his advisers, his favourite news outlet and his biggest donors.

17 May 2018 1:52 AM IST

Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and JD(S) President HD Kumaraswamy address the media after a meeting with Governor Rudabhai Vala in relation with in Bengaluru on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Vikas & victory: There are no easy answers

Despite its many shortfalls, the Congress Party in Karnataka did deliver its vision of social welfare...

17 May 2018 1:52 AM IST

NDRF team rescues a man trapped under the under-construction flyover that collapsed in Varanasi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Varanasi: Will we ever learn?

The deeper malaise is something about which little is done in India.

17 May 2018 1:52 AM IST

Palestinian protesters carry an injured man who was shot by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strips border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Israel faces global ire, but India quiet

The right of return is among the key demands of the Palestinian people in any discussion related to peace.

17 May 2018 1:51 AM IST

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Mystic Mantra: Drop that habit!

A young man wishing to change his bad habits joined a band of sadhus.

16 May 2018 1:15 AM IST