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Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb

How pseudo-morality' blurs public discourse

The now-infamous remarks smack of the familiar discrimination of skin colour, eye colour, religion and gender.

4 May 2018 4:46 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Clear choices in K'taka: Will Modi magic work?

The likelihood of the trend continuing is possibly the first challenge for the Congress as it has to prevent the...

4 May 2018 4:41 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Journos facing deadlier times in Afghanistan

Journalists and civil society activists must be given enough security in Afghanistan.

4 May 2018 4:36 AM IST

Ashok Mitra (Photo: YouTube screengrab)

Farewell Ashok Mitra

The literary facet of his personality endeared Mitra to lovers of the English language.

4 May 2018 4:30 AM IST

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

All Indians must unite to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's 150th

The Centre has done well to start preparing to celebrate his 150th birth anniversary in 2019.

4 May 2018 4:21 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: Adapting to change

The temptation to use tradition as a cover for prejudice and conformity, accompanied by a refusal to change or stretch,...

3 May 2018 6:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed National Panchayati Raj Sammelan at Ramnagar in Madhya Pradeshs Mandla district. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Age Debate: Time to end a Kashmiri tradition?

The Darbar Move' in J&K belongs to another era, and it should be ended now.

3 May 2018 12:57 AM IST

James Mattis apologised to Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera after a string of accidents including the emergency landing of an American military helicopter in Okinawa on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Of US, Russia & India's arms bazar

India needs to be able to take its own sovereign decisions on what it considers best for its national security.

3 May 2018 12:51 AM IST

Why India is seeing red over Red Fort's upkeep

The Taj Mahal is next, and several blue-chip Indian companies are reportedly competing to adopt it.

3 May 2018 12:28 AM IST

200 yrs later, Karl Marx is still relevant

Karl Marx was a little-known Communist by the name of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

3 May 2018 12:22 AM IST

I have resigned as the deputy chief minister of the government. A fresh face from the BJP will be taking over, Nirmal Singh said. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

BJP needs to act fast to rein in its loose mouths'

Making the Speaker a minister is an emphatic declaration that the BJP has thought nothing of giving constitutional...

3 May 2018 12:12 AM IST

The Green Tribunal observed that the ecology of the area surrounding the Taj Mahal cannot be compromised. (Photo: PTI)

Go all out to protect the Taj

The icon draws people from across the world with its magnetic craftsmanship in stone in the 17th century.

3 May 2018 12:05 AM IST