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British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Amid murmurs about early elections, will Modi learn from May's...

One of the biggest controversies raging in the media these days is over adoption, and particularly about foster care.

4 Sept 2017 12:39 AM IST

The incident happened in the first week of June near the Lalten post in the Doka La general area in Sikkim after a face-off between the two forces, which triggered tension along the Sino-Indian frontier, official sources in New Delhi said. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

After Doklam, it's time for a new beginning

It was not then a bilateral but a quadrilateral issue, imvolving the British, Tibetans, Chinese and Indians.

4 Sept 2017 12:39 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Dilli Ka Babu: Retirement dilemma

Transfers, though disruptive, are accepted as a normal part of babudom. But frequent transfers can be frustrating.

3 Sept 2017 12:53 AM IST

Women celebrate Supreme courts decision to strike down triple talaq.

Of politics, talaq and judgments

The two Quranic safeguards render triple talaq void. The courts will determine whether the reason for divorce was ...

3 Sept 2017 12:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg. (Photo: AP)

Note ban failed, yet it's advantage Modi

When the government refers to demonetisation and terrorism it is talking about violence in Jammu and Kashmir.

3 Sept 2017 12:23 AM IST

Why did the English stay behind

There was no analysis of how Partition came about, though several historians had their partial say.

2 Sept 2017 6:53 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

China, the perennial provocateur

China has stopped sharing information about the water inflow, which makes it dangerous for the local population in...

2 Sept 2017 6:45 AM IST

A family buys goats from a livestock market in Kolkata on Thursday ahead of Id-ul-Zuha.(Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: The core values of self-sacrifice

The Haj is one of the five pillars of Islam, and is seen as a chance to wipe clean past sins and start fresh.

1 Sept 2017 12:53 AM IST

Flood affected villagers commute to safer places using a boat at Morigaon district in Assam. (Photo: AP)

Bogus concerns over Brahmaputra

Zhangmu Dam is a gravity dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River just northwest of Gyaca in the Tibet Autonomous Region of...

1 Sept 2017 12:31 AM IST

Women celebrate Supreme courts decision to strike down triple talaq.

Reaping political profit after triple talaq ban

Should not the ministry of social welfare and the Minorities Commission do a survey to establish the extent to which the...

1 Sept 2017 12:26 AM IST