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The direction from the Ministry of Home Affairs comes as a follow up to a 2009 notification. (Representational Image)

Dilli Ka Babu: Who will bell the cat?

The recalcitrant babus will of course fall in line in due course, but clearly it is one task that they undertake most...

10 March 2019 12:08 AM IST

Sikhism, being a practical religion, denounces renunciation and believes in householders way of salvation. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Following in the noble footsteps of Sikh Gurus

Khalsa Aid attracts a large number of volunteers and presently there are around 18,000 volunteers working for it.

9 March 2019 12:35 AM IST

If a national issue is being manipulated, distorted and misrepresented by a political party or any other organisation, it is the job of journalists to present an accurate picture to the world.

For India's sake, allow the press to do its job

We are fortunate enough in India to have a reasonably credible national press.

9 March 2019 12:32 AM IST

Mayor Sadiq Khan called for Londoners to attend a candlelit vigil at Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening in solidarity with the victims and their families. (Photo: AFP)

What is behind the new UK trend of teens being stabbed to death?

he British authorities have long pondered the causes and preventive measures to tackle this sort of knife crime.

9 March 2019 12:24 AM IST

Franciss writings overflowed with the love of God and neighbours. His Introduction to the Devout Life and Love of God and Spiritual Conferences are spiritual classics with striking sayings like: (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The call of the voice within

If we can achieve our life's goal of union with God, we will walk the earth with the same Godly love flowing through us.

8 March 2019 12:20 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.

Let us take a pledge to make the world a better, fairer, safer place...

An important task in empowering women is to elevate their voices at home, at the workplace and beyond.

8 March 2019 12:15 AM IST

Hype after Balakot: War politics' can backfire

The revenge component was driven by the BJP's desire to show an image of being more muscular in defending India than its...

8 March 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: The essence of conscious eloquence

Consciousness is nothing but awakened knowledge it is also a state of symmetry of our mind, body, and spirit.

7 March 2019 1:17 AM IST

More Indian children are in school today than ever before, but the quality of public schools has sunk to abysmally low levels, as government schools have become the reserve of children at the very bottom of Indias social ladder.

Invest in primary teachers, kids' future at stake

By paying a pittance to our primary level teachers, we are succeeding in driving away much needed talent from this...

7 March 2019 12:08 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

Uri, Pulwama, Balakot and the fog of war

The international community counselled restraint to Pakistan, offering guarantees that India won't escalate if Pakistan...

6 March 2019 6:00 AM IST

Pope Francis in in a new policy published Thursday said, that it is always inadmissible because it attacks the inherent dignity of all humans. (Photo: File)

Mystic Mantra: Fast with a smile

In religious tradition, ash symbolises mortality, death, renunciation and repentance.

6 March 2019 1:51 AM IST

Airstrikes not political fodder, stop divisiveness

Foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale was careful in placing only limited facts on the record.

6 March 2019 1:47 AM IST