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$Asserting that Kashmir is \a bilateral issue\ between India and Pakistan, Rahmani said her country believes Pakistans motive and insistence to purposely tie Afghanistan to the Kashmir issue is a deliberate attempt to prolong the violence happening on Afghan soil. (Photo: PTI)$ Opinion

To transform J&K, tackle rise in radicalisation

The real issues are quite different, but nobody seems ready to name the elephant in the room.

21 Aug 2019 1:11 AM IST

Love, trust, beauty, sincerity, truthfulness, authenticity these are all feminine qualities, and they are far greater than any qualities that man has. (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: Compassion is a quality of Mother India

Never take advantage of power. This is the way India has always lived. This was not her weakness but feminine strength.

20 Aug 2019 8:29 AM IST

A street in Srinagar wears a deserted look with stones strewn across the road after protests against revocation of Article 370. Central Kashmir DIG Police V.K. Birdi said only minor incidents of violence had occurred in Srinagar on Monday. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)

From state to 2 UTs: Govt must get the 'constitutional rewiring' right

A certain rectitude, restraint and dignified empathy for the common person on the street will go a long way in healing...

20 Aug 2019 8:26 AM IST

The Union government, or for that matter, the ministry of finance should not interfere in the functioning and decision-making powers of the RBI. (Photo: AFP)

Government, RBI must work closely for a 'big bang' cut

Every bank has to deposit a percentage of their deposits in the RBI to safeguard the interests of the depositors.

20 Aug 2019 8:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservative Party lost a by-election in Wales, cutting his parliamentary majority to just one. (Photo: AFP)

As pound sinks further, grey skies over UK reflect the circling gloom

It sure does as bets are being laid on how long the Boris Johnson government will last, and when the next election...

19 Aug 2019 12:19 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Nankana Sahib has a special place in Sikh history

Gurdwara Chowa Sahib in Jhelum town, where Guru Nanak had found water in 1521, will also remain open.

19 Aug 2019 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Will a CDS mean the end of inter-service wars?

It would suffice to say that every major military power in the world has a combined defence organisation.

19 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that the commencement of the delivery of Rafale jets has not begun. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: No more pay panels?

The panel suggested that the pay matrix can be reviewed periodically without waiting for 10 years for another pay...

18 Aug 2019 12:36 AM IST

The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is totally under control and there have been no major injuries to anyone, Additional Director General Munir Khan said. (Photo: PTI)

India's internal conflicts are bleeding it out

The reality is that all occupying armies, with armed men living far from home, and amid hostile populations, behave in...

18 Aug 2019 12:25 AM IST

Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservative Party lost a by-election in Wales, cutting his parliamentary majority to just one. (Photo: AFP)

Imposing linguistic quirks on others is complicated

From time immemorial, people have changed their religion or changed their names in the pursuit of historical justice.

17 Aug 2019 7:53 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: God notices the blissfulness in us immediately

We should strive to be blissfully immersed in our own world, irrespective of situations in our life.

17 Aug 2019 7:50 AM IST

Security personnel react as youth hurl brickbats on them during restrictions in Srinagar on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Centre resorted to false pretexts to remove special status of J&K

Shah Faesal, a young bureaucrat-turned politician trying to leave the country, was arrested at Delhi airport and taken...

17 Aug 2019 7:46 AM IST