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Abu Qatada (Photo: AFP)

Acting honourably is expensive, as UK govt is now discovering

There is and has been for decades a British law against instigating the murder of groups or inciting religious hatred.

12 Jan 2019 12:10 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: Finding time to dig out the treasure

The happiness that we think can be attained through outer wealth is illusory.

11 Jan 2019 6:04 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)

2 Muslim women in US Congress make history, break a stereotype

No sooner had the clip featuring Representative Tlaib hit the contentious airwaves of American cable news that it went...

11 Jan 2019 12:29 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)

New EWS quota' riddled with many ambiguities

It is made to appear that the latest pre-poll move by the Central government is a response to the emerging social crisis...

11 Jan 2019 12:18 AM IST

Google said it would not renew a contract to help the US military analyse aerial drone imagery when it expires, as the company sought to defuse internal uproar over the deal.

Spurt in snooping likely to make govt hostage to private interests

Unlike the tapping of landline phones or opening letters sent by post, the new snooping methods involve not-so-simple...

10 Jan 2019 6:55 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Halt toxic discourse... Our politics is at its nadir!

It appears that India's political leaders have lapped up, quite indiscriminatingly, two Chinese ideas.

10 Jan 2019 12:15 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: Are superstitions real?

It simply depends on how sensibly, intelligently, and with how much awareness you walk and look at life around you.

9 Jan 2019 5:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)

India-Japan ties will get closer if civil society groups are involved

Abe realises the importance of stronger ties with India as the key to maintain the balance of power in Asia.

9 Jan 2019 5:06 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: The boy & the wolf Lessons from a fable

When someone gets angry, he does so, as by using anger he had witnessed in his past, that people had taken him...

8 Jan 2019 7:01 AM IST

The South Asian countries are free to have ties with any country including China, Indias Ambassador in Beijing Bambawale said. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

418 yrs after John Company, new trade imperialists eye India again

New Delhi's desperation, to open up to China is simply bewildering.

8 Jan 2019 1:26 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Sense of humour A new approach to religion

The religions all over the world need to go through a deeper transformation if they want to survive and grow.

7 Jan 2019 1:07 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)

In a freezing UK, worries about food shortages if there's a no-deal...

All the contenders for the PM's post are waiting to see what happens with Theresa May and Brexit.

7 Jan 2019 1:04 AM IST