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Priests perform Shila Pujan of stones for construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya. (Photo: PTI/File)

Changing place names: Fashioning potent weapons of mass distraction

The renaming and the Ram temple issue appeals to the common religious identity of the OBCs and dalits.

16 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

Rafale fighter (Photo: File)

False info, false testimony in Rafale dogfight

The Modi govt has begun to pay French vendor Dassault 7.85 billion euros for 36 Rafale jets, or an average-per-fighter...

16 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

Foreign Policy magazine said the decision was aimed at saving money and to protest what the US believes is UNESCOs anti-Israel stance. (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: Pranaam, philosophers!

Philosophy derives from two Greek words: Philia meaning love and Sophia , wisdom.

15 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (Photo: AFP)

High-stakes game in Colombo to intensify

More important, Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya refused to recognise Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister.

15 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

(Photo: Pixabay/Representational)

Mystic Mantra: Love in the truest sense

Devotion to Prophets is one of the basic creeds of Islamic faith.

14 Nov 2018 5:51 AM IST

The predominant tactic copied and deployed by the Tamil Tigers was through the suicide vests that had killed Indias former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in May 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. (Representational image)

Lone wolf', sniper hits may see a spurt in J&K

The epicentre and levers of angst will more and more emanate from within the Valley, as opposed to across the border.

14 Nov 2018 5:15 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Being a host or the hostage

Osho says: The ego is just the opposite of your real self. The ego is not you.

13 Nov 2018 1:09 AM IST

With INS Arihant, India rises under the sea

Arihant, by itself, is not the end, but the beginning of the sea power of the Indian State.

13 Nov 2018 1:04 AM IST

Always remember that successful and happy people are not those who get the best of everything in life, but are the ones who make the best of everything they get in life. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Rethinking the ways we give!

A unique feature of our social bond is that most of those who give will probably never meet those whom they give to.

12 Nov 2018 5:33 AM IST

British troops on the march during Mesopotamian campaign in World War I (Photo: File)

At last, in UK, India's World War I heroes get the honour they deserve

The money raised from the sale of these special commemorative flowers goes towards the welfare of soldiers.

12 Nov 2018 5:30 AM IST

Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: No extension for Hasmukh Adhia?

The next bureaucrat in line to be designated the finance secretary is expenditure secretary Ajay Narayan Jha, a...

11 Nov 2018 12:21 AM IST

The senior Trump administration official said the United States will have a process to recognize same-sex domestic partners of foreign diplomats from countries where same-sex marriage is not legal, but which recognize American domestic partners. (Representational Image)

Free speech is critical to a nation's greatness

In India we have traditionally had a lot of freedom when it comes to expression about the nature of God and of reality.

11 Nov 2018 12:06 AM IST