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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj underlined that the Indian High Commission will provide all help and assistance to the family. (Photo: PTI)

Sushma's move on Pak sensible

The terror attack on the Pathankot airbase just days later, on January 1, interrupted the idea of progress in bilateral...

26 Nov 2018 12:02 AM IST

Boxer Mary Kom gets emotional after winning the final match of womens light flyweight categoty against Ukraines Hanna Okhota, 13 years her junior, at AIBA Womens World Boxing Championships in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Mary Kom emerges as India's top sports icon

Mary Kom dedicating her sixth medal to the nation was a charming and elegant way of thanking the people for their...

26 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (Photo: PTI)

Think fresh on quotas

In the end, only the upper castes will be out of the pale. Better ways of positive discrimination need to be devised.

25 Nov 2018 12:03 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

Plumbing the depths of electoral politics

The cheapness of dragging in a family member who has not even the remotest connection to politics or public life is too...

25 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

Family members of victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots celebrate outside the Patiala House Courts in New Delhi on Tuesday after the pronouncement of the first death sentence in the case. (Photo: Asian Age)

1984: A welcome verdict

The SIT has helped reopen serious cases in the difficult judicial exercise of pinpointing guilt in mob violence.

24 Nov 2018 1:01 AM IST

Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur

Mixed signals are coming from Pak

Sadly, however, the atmosphere has again been vitiated due to rough conduct by Pakistanis security officials.

24 Nov 2018 1:01 AM IST

John Allen Chau had wanted ever since high school to go to North Sentinel to share Jesus with the indigenous people.(Photo: Instagram/@Johnachau)

Tragedy in Andamans

There was little need for this young man to paddle his own kayak to North Sentinel Island to reach out to these tribals.

23 Nov 2018 5:41 AM IST

J&K governor Satya Pal Malik (Photo: PTI)

A panic reaction by governor & Centre

The BJP was way short of numbers even after counting in its local ally, Sajjad Ghani Lone of the People's Conference.

23 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj during an interaction with women and girl students at a Women Townhall in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

After Sushma opts out, will others follow too?

The first question that comes to mind is whether she feared that she might be overlooked in securing a party nomination...

22 Nov 2018 6:28 AM IST

Raghuram Rajan had cautioned the government that short-term costs of a radical ban of high-value currency notes would outweigh the long-term benefits. (Photo: AP) (Photo: PTI)

Crack whip on fraudsters

The government's own data shows there were over 8,670 fraud cases totalling Rs 6,12,600 crores over the past five years,...

22 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

Police personnel inspect the site of a blast at the Nirankari Bhavan in Adliwal village near Amritsar. (Photo: PTI)

Amritsar: Probe Pak role

Capt. Amarinder Singh has spoken of the grenades bearing similarity with those made by the Pakistan Ordnance Factory.

21 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)

US-Pak ties: Shift unlikely

Besides China, Islamabad has forged a new working relationship with Russia, leveraging its ability to influence the...

20 Nov 2018 12:02 AM IST