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Several organisations, including the Bar Association and the Hindu Ekta Manch, had staged a sit-in in Kathua town on March 3 demanding a CBI inquiry into the case. (Photo: File/PTI)

An opening in J&K... but can govt take it?

Kashmiris might have felt better if the CM had dismissed the two BJP ministers, but they realise she is hamstrung.

16 April 2018 3:00 AM IST

Ashwani Kumar, Congress leader and former Union minister (Photo: G.N. Jha)

'2019 polls will be a watershed event in the political history of our...

Kumar said it was imperative to have leadership that was anchored in idealism and committed to the idea of India to take...

15 April 2018 6:53 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: A surprise transfer

Rajeev Rautela is a Provincial Civil Service (PCS) officer of the 1982-batch and was promoted to the IAS in 2002.

15 April 2018 6:12 AM IST

An American national who was allegedly drugged and gangraped at a hotel in Delhi in April, has returned to India to record her statement and identify the accused. (Representational image)

Death sentence won't stop rapes

In 2016, the total number of rape cases registered in India was 38,947 and there were over 106,000 crimes against...

15 April 2018 6:11 AM IST

World is more divided than before though its not just because of social media. People were already divided; but all of this is getting exaggerated by social media.

Invasion of privacy is the cost of free Net

Social media applications like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and millions of other websites are only the flora...

15 April 2018 6:11 AM IST

Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani (Photo: PTI)

Netas create false news; the Press is their victim

The order was withdrawn the very next day on the directions from PM Narendra Modi's office after outrage from the...

15 April 2018 6:11 AM IST

US President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters. (Photo: AP)

US recklessness in Syria

The situation appeared grim as Trump also flagged his country's equation with Russia as being worse than in the Cold War...

15 April 2018 6:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

PM gives solace after tension peaks

The Muslim question is for the moment in the background, except that Kathua did involve that.

15 April 2018 6:08 AM IST

Baisakhi has acquired a special significance in the Sikh tradition. (Photo: Representational image/AP)

Mystic Mantra: Baisakhi Harvest, happiness, holy

Baisakhi is celebrated all over the country since it marks the ripening of the rabi harvest.

14 April 2018 6:05 AM IST

Mayor Sadiq Khan called for Londoners to attend a candlelit vigil at Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening in solidarity with the victims and their families. (Photo: AFP)

If crime is rising, look at the roots

The conference broadened its core topic out as the definitions of sexualâ€, of abuseâ€ and of institutionâ€ allow.

14 April 2018 5:57 AM IST

DNA tests conducted further revealed that she had been sexually violated after her death and charged Alexander, a 37-year-old worker at the morgue as the offender. (Representational Image)

Power of Lists: Men, women & new consent rules

Somehow one senses that the everyday nuance of feminist struggle has not penetrated the younger generation.

14 April 2018 5:53 AM IST

The Army has also submitted photographs of the vehicles damaged in the stone pelting by the unruly mob. (Representational Image)

Kashmiri mobs adopt Hamas line on protest

Civilian killings provoke extreme grief and even greater anger, further fuelling the cycle of violence.

14 April 2018 1:13 AM IST