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The report said some faculty members investigating the killing pressured students to support the blasphemy allegations because of Khans past criticism of the university.

Faizabad vs the Mardan lynching

Faizabad was about the abstract, in Mardan there are flesh and blood heroes to be venerated and a dead boy to condemn.

12 Feb 2018 5:40 AM IST

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Well done, Mr Jaitley! At least you tried

According to the National Sample Survey, average annual income of median farmers, net of production costs, is currently...

11 Feb 2018 12:10 AM IST

BJP president Amit Shah

Of Shah, Gandhis & dhoklas

Ahmed Patel, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi's political secretary, is reputed to be an excellent organiser with...

11 Feb 2018 12:10 AM IST

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. (Photo: AFP)

Kabul under siege: Will Pak have to pay a price?

Two back-to-back terror attacks in Kabul within a couple of weeks have revealed the reach and capability of the terror...

10 Feb 2018 3:16 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

All-out war on Cong puzzling: What is Modi's real gameplan?

The PM realises that a democratic form of government gives India global respect, but he's a man in a hurry.

9 Feb 2018 2:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers Motion of Thanks speech in Lok Sabha. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Democracy recession? New low in Parliament

Though greeted by the treasury benches with loud thumps on desks, Mr Modi displayed poor knowledge of history.

9 Feb 2018 2:30 AM IST

Union health minister J.P. Nadda releases the lists of BJP candidates for the Punjab and Goa Assembly elections in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Let's talk about health: India's future at stake

India has been the outlier among major economies so far as healthcare is concerned.

8 Feb 2018 2:17 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses foreign ambassadors at a Ramadan dinner in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan has voiced support for Qatar in its dispute with Saudi Arabia and other nations, saying no one will benefit from the policy of isolating the oil-rich nation. (Photo: AP)

Kurds being crushed as US, Russia look the other way

Never mind that the Turkish supremo did his best to thwart the Kurdish-led defence of Kobani against an IS assault.

8 Feb 2018 2:17 AM IST

Children who experienced severe peer victimisation were more than twice as likely to report depression or low moods. (Photo: Pixabay)

Victims in dire need of a good support system

Sri Lanka is a good example of a neighbouring country which has a first-rate victim/witness assistance programme enacted...

7 Feb 2018 2:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi's visit to Palestine to reshape Mideast ties

The Prime Minister will also announce financial and technical support to the Palestinian Authority at Ramallah.

7 Feb 2018 2:14 AM IST

The spyware is spread through web pages mimicking leading mobile network operators. Skygofree is a sophisticated, multi-stage spyware that gives attackers full remote control of an infected device.

Spyware' apps in your phone pose a big risk

This isn't the first time apps have rung alarm bells in security circles.

6 Feb 2018 1:22 AM IST

WADAs refusal to lift the suspension of Moscows national anti-doping body raised the stakes in Russias possible exclusion from Pyeongchang. (Photo: AFP)

Koreas' Olympic thaw: Dreams of peace rise

The Olympics thaw could fizzle out as the structural underpinnings of the geopolitical crisis over the Korean peninsula...

6 Feb 2018 1:22 AM IST