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A large part of young India does want to escape from the clutches of mullahs and mahants, and move on to the dividends of the secular mainstream.

Young India: Upwardly mobile, superficial

Young people have their foot firmly on the escalator of upward mobility.

14 July 2019 12:02 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Union Budget for Modi 2.0 government. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Nirmala loses fans in media, WC frustrates ubernationals

It is learned that Mr Jaitley is also unhappy with the proposal to raise duties on newsprint and levy higher taxes on...

14 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House on Wednesday. (Photo: Pritam bandyopadhyay)

Congress resignations point to crisis of trust

The spate of resignations has only added to the current state of confusion and despair in the Congress.

13 July 2019 4:57 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House on Wednesday. (Photo: Pritam bandyopadhyay)

Pivot of Cong renewal: Inner-party democracy

Sonia Gandhi, back then, did not accept responsibility for the defeat despite the universal law of accountability...

12 July 2019 12:23 AM IST

But Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib, speaking to reporters after the match, played down the incident by saying he had no fresh information to offer on the alleged altercation. (Photo: AFP)

Phoenix-like rose Afghans to challenge top cricket nations

The Russians spent over nine years in Afghanistan, and quit after learning the costly lesson that Muscovite might is not...

12 July 2019 12:18 AM IST

Among other findings, the report said in 1990 there were just ten megacities with populations of 10 million or more.

Migration to surge, we need smarter policies

India already fares poorly relative to other emerging and developed economies in terms of per capita availability of...

11 July 2019 12:20 AM IST

Police have registered a case and are investigating the gory crime. (Representational Image)

Domestic abuse: A crime without punishment

Moscow is far away, but the complexities of the situation are not unimaginable in Pakistan.

11 July 2019 12:13 AM IST

Can Team India win it like Megan Rapinoe?

Film stars were reportedly considering dying their hair purple as a tribute.

10 July 2019 2:21 AM IST

Krishnamurthy Subramanian Chief Economic Adviser.

Budget data snafu: No answers in sight

The Budget over-estimated the 2018-19 revenue receipts by 9.6 per cent.

10 July 2019 2:19 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah arrive for the BJP Central Election Committee meeting for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: G.N. Jha)

No talk of jobs will not make the issue go away

Shah had talked of self-employment as a way of dealing with the jobs problem, making it evident that the government is...

9 July 2019 12:17 AM IST

In fact even the British officers who first examined the remains at Harappa did not fully understand what they were and many of the first-rate bricks that were found there were used to build the railways.

The marvel & mystery of the Indus Valley civilisation

The other piece of good news is that this gives me the opportunity to write about the fascinating Indus Valley...

9 July 2019 12:08 AM IST

All Left needs is a narrative to counter neoliberalism

Across developed economies, the top one per cent continue to accumulate obscene wealth while the majority have seen...

8 July 2019 12:01 AM IST