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Through RTE Act, students from financially weaker sections can enrol in private unaided schools through the 25 per cent of seats reserved for them.

Good news! Learning levels up in govt schools

The ASER data from 2014, 2016 and now 2018 suggest that these trends seem to be changing.

17 Jan 2019 12:22 AM IST

One of the Indian mystics who celebrated divine love and syncretic devotion was Maulana Hasrat Mohani. In his own words, he was a Sufi momin (Sufi believer), ishtiraaki Muslim (secular Muslim), Aashiq-e-Rasool (lover of the holy Prophet) and at the same time, a Krishna bhakt (devotee of Krishna). (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Spiritual sounds from mystics

Every human culture produces some form of music.

16 Jan 2019 1:09 AM IST

In the war within our Parliament, the government and the Opp. have viciously clashed on just about every issue, and have often stopped just short of coming to blows. The raucous political cacophony has overshadowed one of the real crises that is facing the country the parlous state of the IAF. (Representational image)

Soul-searching is needed: India's ship of state' near breaking point

Elections 2019 promise to be a vitriolic event. The muddied flags of political parties can be cleaned by a simple rinse...

16 Jan 2019 1:07 AM IST

Yoga is the journey from A to B. A, is where you are, B is the finality. Guru, is someone, who has already walked that path and has the experience of finality. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Five elements of the body

According to ayurveda, two-thirds of the diseases of the body are caused by an imbalance in the vata dosha or the vayu.

15 Jan 2019 12:20 AM IST

Sedition case on Kanhaiya, others is wrong

If the BJP wishes to criminalise anti-national slogans, it needs to create a specific law for this purpose.

15 Jan 2019 12:16 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten

Most human problems will dissolve if people start living naturally, just as they are, not asserting all the time that...

14 Jan 2019 12:14 AM IST

President Donald Trump

Hype and scepticism prevails over China's new Mother of all Bombs'

All global conflicts since the Second World War have necessitated the exclusive deployment of conventional weapons.

14 Jan 2019 12:11 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi and Amit shah (Photo: File/PTI)

2019: BJP likely to strike an extreme pose

Parties such as the BSP, the SP, the TMC, the BJD etc. also do not have any particular ideology.

13 Jan 2019 6:35 AM IST

After taking office Kamal Nath said his government will give incentives to industries that give 70 per cent of their jobs to those from his state and added that people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh get employment in Madhya Pradesh at the cost of the local population. (Photo: PTI)

The wilting Kamals

Odisha is among the states which have been identified by the Bharatiya Janata Party where it has potential to grow.

13 Jan 2019 12:39 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath

Dilli Ka Babu: Governance deficit

A parliamentary standing committee expressed serious concerns over the persistent shortage of officers.

13 Jan 2019 12:37 AM IST

Guru Gobind Singh, the son of a martyr father and the father of four martyr sons , was born in 1666 at Patna in Bihar.

Mystic Mantra: Guru Gobind Singh - A martyr

Guru Gobind Singh also composed poetry to put courage into his Sikhs.

12 Jan 2019 12:24 AM IST

Stills from the movie The Accidental Prime Minister.

Such a happy, well-timed accident'

Akshaye is in every frame wearing the coolest suits, and doing an easy-breezy job of running the country.

12 Jan 2019 12:20 AM IST