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Student activist Shehla Rashid Shora on Monday filed a case in Srinagar against mafia don Ravi Poojary for allegedly threatening her. (Photo: File)

Why the cops booked Shehla, and not BBC

These exaggerations by the state come in a vacuum created in the last week by the dwindling reportage on Kashmir in the...

9 Sept 2019 4:58 AM IST

Virat Kohlis Men in Blue, who will be leaving on Monday, will take on the Carribean side in three T20Is, three ODIs, and two Test matches. (Photo:AFP)

Fast and furious contingent

The fact that Team India has a full complement of quick bowlers to draw from is a grand achievement by itself.

8 Sept 2019 7:25 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi consoles Isro chairman K. Sivan in Bengaluru on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Let Chandrayaan-2 miss not mar future missions

Much science is expected from Chandrayaan-2, the mother ship, which will continue to circle the moon at a distance of...

8 Sept 2019 7:23 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: File)

View in 100 days: Fragile economy, shaky Oppn

The euphoria of the famous poll victory in May has ebbed. Bad news before Assembly polls in a clutch of states.

7 Sept 2019 12:02 AM IST

After election results were announced on Thursday, BJP emerged as single-largest party but fell short of 6 seats to get majority. (Photo: File)

Khattar's cynical NRC gambit

In the aftermath of the horror of Partition, there was movement of people across our eastern border.

7 Sept 2019 12:01 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: File)

Opaque transfer of Madras CJ

The numbers show the disparity, that raises questions about fair play.

6 Sept 2019 2:31 AM IST

PM Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian PM Putin also hugged and shook hands before their departure for Zvezda ship-building complex. (Photo: ANI)

India foregrounds J&K in talks with Russia

At a joint press meet with Putin on Wednesday, Modi said their two countries were against outside influence in the...

6 Sept 2019 2:30 AM IST

Large transactions included the acquisition of Jio Platforms by Facebooks subsidiary Jaadhu for $5.7 billion, the acquisition of Tower Infrastructure Trust by Brookfield and GIC Singapore for $3.7 billion and the sale of the electrical and automation division of L&T India for $2.1 billion. Representational image/DC

It's the economy... Act now!

The argument that there is a global slowdown, accelerated by the US-China trade war, doesn't help; in fact India will...

5 Sept 2019 12:46 AM IST

Congress leader D K Shivakumar visited the residence of Congress MLA and state minister MTB Nagaraj early on Saturday morning. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Shivakumar's arrest, like PC's, appears political

Neither Mr Shivakumar nor Mr Chidambaram are expected to run away from the law.

5 Sept 2019 12:38 AM IST

Don't shoot the messengers

It's the mindset that's to blame for such pinpricks inflicted on opponents, flowing from ideological undercurrents.

4 Sept 2019 1:23 AM IST

former Union minister Arif Mohammed Khan

Let governors not be Centre's political arm

This is naturally in the expectation that the appointees may continue to be of use to the BJP.

4 Sept 2019 1:21 AM IST

They make it difficult for people to get bail and such laws give the police a sweeping power that makes corruption and tyranny easy. (Representional Image)

End all caste prejudices

The practice may have subsided after the controversy came out into the open, but the deep-rooted prejudices in society...

2 Sept 2019 12:08 AM IST