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Ashok Khemka is a 1991-batch-IAS officer, who has been transferred over 45 times during his nearly three decade long career. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Moral victory for Khemka

However, the babu has finally managed to score yet another moral victory, this time over the Manohar Lal Khattar...

24 March 2019 12:15 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)

In a healthy democracy, dissent is not treason!

It would be trite to say that the persons aggrieved have remedies in suits for libel and prosecutions for defamation.

24 March 2019 12:10 AM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

EC must encourage people to contest polls

Candidates are also disqualified if they have been convicted for some specific offences that are listed.

24 March 2019 12:06 AM IST

Two Pakistani troopers were killed by the Indian Army in response to ceasefire violations along the LoC in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir. (Representational Image | PTI)

Accountability a must for armed forces

The dividing line between military transparency vis-a-vis military secrecy has been much debated.

24 March 2019 12:02 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: Id-e-Gulabi - A Sufi celebration of colours

This syncretic culture in India was actually inspired by the holiest Sufi saint of Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia and...

23 March 2019 6:29 AM IST

BJP on Tuesday described Congress chief Rahul Gandhis remark that he will not allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sleep until farm loans are waived as new low in public discourse. (Photo: File)

Countdown is on May the best chowkidar win!

A chowkidar's primary role is to guard and protect those who have hired him.

23 March 2019 12:15 AM IST

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

Theresa falls into Blunderland, as Mad Hatters of Brussels make hay

British democracy will certainly outlast Ms May and the foolish maze she has made of Brexit.

23 March 2019 12:05 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: Sweet are the uses of adversity

Prosperity is a mind booster but adversity is not without value; it is a great teacher.

22 March 2019 2:27 AM IST

Idea Sakhi works on all smartphones and feature phones, and even if the customer does not have any voice or data balance - thus ensuring that the service can be easily accessible to women whenever they need to use it.

Manifest perversity' of N-E editor's sentence

The article implied that Mr Sen had ordered for several facilities to be provided not only to retired judges, but also...

22 March 2019 2:24 AM IST

For some it means victory of good over evil and arrival of spring, for others its a reunion with their loved ones. But how many of us are truly living the spirit of Holi?

Mystic Mantra: Holi brings diversity & colour in our lives

In reality colours are nothing but the perception by our brains, otherwise as such there are no colours in the universe

21 March 2019 1:50 AM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (Photo: AFP)

Why India & world should learn from NZ's Ardern

Ardern could have chosen to express shock, horror and stop at condemning the terror attack.

21 March 2019 1:50 AM IST

I touch the floor, thanking Mother Earth for another day on this planet. It is another chance to show gratitude for every little thing Im blessed with and another chance to live my life in a better way.

Mystic Mantra: The butterfly paradigm

Chaos is not only a mathematical framework; it also abounds in all branches of learning, more so philosophy.

20 March 2019 12:48 AM IST