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Sumitra’s men or Om Birla’s?

The titanic battle of supremacy between Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia has gotten a twist.

10 Nov 2019 12:06 AM

On the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi, we need to revisit the true prophetic personality traits that we often overlook.

Mystic Mantra: Prophet Muhammad — The messenger of mercy

The traditional reciters of Milad, popularly known as milad khwans, beautifully explain the Sirah (lifetime and message) of the Prophet (pbuh).

09 Nov 2019 12:40 AM

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan (Photo: ANI)

Flap in Kerala as babu defends killing Maoists

The article had come as a counter, mainly to the CPI’s criticism and the Congress-led Opposition’s campaign of “police lynching”.

09 Nov 2019 12:34 AM

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

With polls in UK, will Brexit vote remain binding? Or not as such?

Boris makes other promises: to extend jail sentences, build more prisons and fund health and schools, but their main plank is leaving the EU.

09 Nov 2019 12:30 AM

In Baghdadi’s death, did US really ‘kill its own creature’?

When history is written, Mr Trump will be chastised for a hundred reasons, and severely.

08 Nov 2019 2:19 AM

One of the great scholars when it comes to Urdu literature, Gopi Chand Narang, was quoted as saying that, “Urdu is not the language of Muslims. If at all there is any language of Muslims, it should be Arabic. Urdu belongs to the composite culture of India. Hindi and Urdu are supplementary and complementary. They are like sisters strengthening each other”.

Urdu has a glorious past, but will its future too be bright?

In order to fully grasp the state of the Urdu language in the post-Independence period, an examination of the roots of the language is required.

08 Nov 2019 1:56 AM

Abhijit Banerjee, this year’s Nobel laureate in Economics

‘India may have walked out of RCEP too early’

The nature of the bureaucratic beast is a bit against the spirit of doing something long term.

08 Nov 2019 1:45 AM

Thirty years after fall of Berlin Wall, democracy in Europe is in danger

Inevitably, this has consequences, both within nation states and in the wider European context.

07 Nov 2019 4:10 AM

The four holy gospels in the Bible which inform us about the life, works and teachings of Jesus Christ, though in a gist, have influenced billions of people down the centuries.

Mystic Mantra - The Pope’s beatitudes: Who are the blessed?

The gospels are the most printed and sold books in the world.

07 Nov 2019 2:42 AM

Need value for money in healthcare

It is a known fact that private providers are a dominant source of OP care both in urban and rural areas.

07 Nov 2019 2:30 AM

Security personnel patrol a deserted street in Srinagar on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

History’s lesson for J&K: ‘There is no why here’

Yes, indeed. Levi’s gentle voice is heard in If This Is A Man. The book is authentic and excruciatingly painful.

07 Nov 2019 2:23 AM

Don’t spend your time double tapping a picture of friends laughing together when you could be laughing with someone in real life.

Mystic Mantra: Savour life, relish the moments

We’re all missing out on a life that is unfolding in front of us, one that is so wonderful and yet won’t be there later on.

06 Nov 2019 5:56 AM

With respect to communal “messages,” rather than remain quiet, I have responded politely by asking for names of “Muslims” assumed to be “plundering” the country so that action is taken against them.

Don’t question my identity! Setting the record straight in dismal times

The religious priests assumed that they were there for religious purposes and not for tourism.

06 Nov 2019 5:52 AM

The UN has grown much since then, reflecting the changes in the world mostly due to decolonisation, fragmentation of the USSR, and the division of some founder member states like Yugoslavia.

It’s high time to push UN’s democratisation

The UN now has 191 members, and Switzerland was the last to join on September 10, 2002.

06 Nov 2019 1:16 AM

The question is whether, for the BJP, the communal trick will continue to trump, as before, the frustrations people face in their everyday lives, although the discontent is more widespread than previously, and its causes more easily traceable to faulty policy. (Photo: File)

It’s time for tactics, not ideological idolatry

The calculation has generally been around short and medium term objectives, and gains and losses.

05 Nov 2019 1:47 AM

An easy way to identify a googly is that you are getting negative thoughts about a spiritually evolved person or a person committed to the path of seva or service, or being told that a person who is living for just him/herself, who is immersed in intoxications is a better ally. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The journey from prithvilok to suryalok

Remember, spirituality is a pyramidical structure — there is only so much space at the top.

05 Nov 2019 1:42 AM

Best known for its 15 seconds short video sharing platform, Tik Tok has become a popular social network amongst netizens, who are eager to broadcast their personal lives and share their opinions on various issues.

Tik Tok poses new risks for Net users, regulation needed

Despite citizen concerns over digital freedom, governments worldwide are moving towards greater regulatory control over content platforms.

05 Nov 2019 1:20 AM

What is so seductive about the ‘caliphate’ for some Muslims?

Terrorism is no substitute for toil, just as fantasies cannot replace facts and figures.

04 Nov 2019 12:59 AM

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Photo: File)

India, Saudis, Gulf & Iran: Turbulence ahead

The Saudis laid on highest protocol, including their Air Force painting the sky with the colours of the Russian flag.

04 Nov 2019 12:56 AM

Mystic Mantra: Sit silently and let the grass grow by itself

Some things happen through effort, and some things happen only through effortlessness.

04 Nov 2019 12:51 AM

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