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Justice B.N. Srikrishna and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad (Photo: PTI)

The law to protect data needed soon

The amount of information a user gives away quite innocently or by disregarding the small print is still huge.

29 July 2018 12:00 AM IST

Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, along with an official, meets the mother of three girls who allegedly died of malnutrition at Mandawali in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Starvation deaths shame us

A typical blame game is on between the city state and the Centre on who is responsible.

28 July 2018 2:43 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru

Bid to belittle Nehru is shoddy, drop plan

Do all of India's PMs even deserve a dedicated museum is a question that won't elude many.

28 July 2018 2:39 AM IST

Mars has for long been the focus of imaginative science fiction, stoking mans eternal curiosity on whether he is alone in the Universe.

Life on Mars: Hopes rise

It has long been assumed that the Martian surface is inhospitable to life as we know it on Earth, and the search for...

27 July 2018 12:11 AM IST

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan

Imran's triumph set to trigger chaos in Pak

Mr Khan will be the first elected PM from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa belt. He is thought to favour the Taliban.

27 July 2018 12:11 AM IST

Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, key accused in Rs. 11, 400 crore Punjab National Bank scam. (Photo: PTI)

Crack down on loot & scoot'

India's 2018 bill against fugitive economic offenders is, however, a good step that might deter businessmen in future...

26 July 2018 12:53 AM IST

Congress President Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI/File)

Oppn front leadership: Still an evolving issue

The Congress leadership, like its potential allies, will doubtless keep all these factors in view too.

26 July 2018 12:50 AM IST

The Supreme Court has rightly reemphasised that the right to peaceful protest is crucial to democracy. (Representational image)

Right to protest is sacred

In most state capitals, a place is earmarked for people to hold protests.

25 July 2018 12:47 AM IST

Congress President Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI/File)

As Rafale row grows, JPC may clear the air

Minister of state for defence Subhash Bhambre has recently told Parliament that the CAG audit into Rafale has begun.

25 July 2018 12:41 AM IST

3 people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of Muslim man in Alwar. (Photo: File/ANI)

Lynchings: Examine the deeper malaise

With a general election not far away, every issue is being lent a deep political overtone.

24 July 2018 12:10 AM IST

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party chief Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the extended Congress Working Committee meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

For Congress, hard work ahead

The CWC stated the obvious when it declared poll alliances were needed.

24 July 2018 12:02 AM IST

Union minister Piyush Goyal borrowed the phrase to hit back at the Congress chief for a tweet targeting him over corruption allegations. (Photo: File)

Revise GST in one go

The rationale behind this tweaking isn't clear, though some say it was done to woo urban and rural voters ahead of the...

23 July 2018 12:02 AM IST