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Womenâ€™s new role models?

The girlsâ€™ newfound sense of security when confronted with sudden adversity and confidence in the face of slurs on...

11 Jan 2020 1:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Did social engineering put paid to growth?

The BJP government has never accepted that the economy is in the doldrums.

11 Jan 2020 1:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

PM ducks Assam visit

The PM was warned on December 30 not to visit Assam by the All Assam Students Union.

10 Jan 2020 12:56 AM IST

An image grab from footage obtained from the state-run Iran Press news agency on Wednesday allegedly shows rockets launched from the Islamic Republic against the US military base in Ein-al Asad in Iraq the prevous night. (Photo: Irna/Twitter)

Prospects of war in the Gulf recede

Iran had to respond militarily in line with the over-wrought emotional outburst in the country.

10 Jan 2020 12:55 AM IST

Deepika Padukone

Deepika, others take a stand

The government is unlikely to be amused by our celebrities stepping out of their comfort zones.

9 Jan 2020 2:07 AM IST

What the nation feels now is not so much bloodletting as the anxiety to come up with a clear warning to all those who rape, harass, persecute or intimidate women that they might face the death penalty. (Photo: PTI)

Why the Nirbhaya case rapists must be hanged

When the rapist-murderers hang, it might seem like an atavistic trait of hanging becoming a public spectacle as in the...

9 Jan 2020 2:06 AM IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (Photo: File)

Modi-Kejri battle of goodwill

All said and counted, this election will ultimately be a battle of goodwill between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...

8 Jan 2020 2:57 AM IST

The police registered the FIR against JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh and 19 others on January 5. (Photo: PTI)

Pre-planned â€˜hitâ€™ on JNU needs a thorough probe

There was no direction to launch a physical attack on JNU necessarily.

8 Jan 2020 2:56 AM IST

On November 6, it was reported that the Congress party will hold a rally at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital on December 1 along with other parties on the issues of economic slowdown and agrarian crisis. (Photo: File)

Maha: Congress must stop sulking

Itâ€™s hard to believe Congress leaders were unaware of how power will be shared among the three parties.

7 Jan 2020 12:41 AM IST

Students stage a protest at main gate of Jawaharlal Nehru University over Sundays attack. (PTI)

Vile attack on JNU is part of a pattern

The police arenâ€™t known to show such solicitousness towards leftist students. But itâ€™s the slogans that give the...

7 Jan 2020 12:37 AM IST

Visiting sikh pilgrims attend their religious festival at Nankana Sahib near Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Nankana: Bring peace back

The Nankana event had an immediate echo on Sunday when a Sikh was killed in Peshawar.

6 Jan 2020 12:22 AM IST

A 2015 file photo of the commander of Irans Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, praying in a religious ceremony at a mosque. Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike at the Baghdad international airport on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. (AP)

Trumpâ€™s Soleimani hit: Testing time for India?

New Delhi might do well to crank its diplomacy to get on to Russiaâ€™s bandwagon on this one.

6 Jan 2020 12:21 AM IST