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Aligarh Muslim University students stage a protest over Jinnah portrait issue on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Alienating in the name of Hinduism

Whether AMU should have a portrait of Jinnah can be debated without unnecessarily glorifying the founder of Pakistan.

6 May 2018 12:31 AM IST

Congress President Rahul Gandhi (Photo: AP)

Rahul's new mentor and a marginalised Uma Bharti

Rahul Gandhi has shown little inclination to take political tips from the party's former troubleshooter and ideologue.

6 May 2018 12:31 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (Photo: File)

BJP's populist counter

The manifesto's appeasement of the Hindu community, freebies for the SC-ST-OBCs, includes a ban on cow slaughter.

6 May 2018 12:28 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of Digital India Week in New Delhi on July 1, 2015. (Photo: PTI)

Govt must act to meet employment demand

India has an estimated 85 per cent of people employed in the unorganised sector one of the largest in the world.

6 May 2018 12:27 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo: AP)

Despite Windrush, most Brits aren't racist

British home secretary Amber Rudd resigned one of the premier ministries of the British state this week.

5 May 2018 6:33 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed 1.25 crore Indians for fourth time. (Photo: PTI)

Stop being scared of bullies, don't be silent

Creating a fear psychosis to control one billion minds, is wishful thinking a fantasy more than a policy.

5 May 2018 6:29 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

How Modi & Cong got military history wrong

As for the suggestion that Cariappa was badly treated by Congress governments, the facts suggest otherwise.

5 May 2018 6:23 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: One who laughs, lasts!

Laughter makes one optimistic, sending positive vibes to connect with others.

5 May 2018 1:25 AM IST

Productivity in British low-paid jobs lags 20 to 30 per cent behind equivalent roles in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United States.

Jobs & nature of work: It may be time to rethink basics

India, unlike China, is largely informal and ineffectively regulated for work standards and safeguards.

5 May 2018 12:40 AM IST

200 years later, Marx lives!

In India, governmental repression since colonial times hasn't quelled Marxian fervour.

5 May 2018 12:34 AM IST

The Centre was rapped by the apex court for failing to finalise the draft Cauvery management scheme. (Photo: File)

Cauvery board: Time for SC to take charge

Tamil Nadu has averred in the court that this is a test for cooperative federalism itself.

5 May 2018 12:25 AM IST

God always wants us to triumph over our karmic hurdles because only then will we fulfill the purpose of life, which is to grow into better human beings.

Mystic Mantra: Give your 100% to reach top

The negative forces whisper in the ear or induce thoughts inside the sadhak such that he/she begins to doubt the path or...

4 May 2018 4:52 AM IST