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J&K Governor N.N. Vohra (Photo: PTI)

Choice of governor in J&K surprising

The Centre is apparently in favour of holding panchayat polls in J&K in a couple of months.

23 Aug 2018 12:43 AM IST

Yogi Adityanath

Slow justice is no justice

The Allahabad high court was told the voice in the audio recording was indeed that of Yogi Adityanath; he was the...

22 Aug 2018 1:14 AM IST

From Imran Khan's Pakistan, a few positive signals

Former India cricketer and now Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's visit to Pakistan for Imran Khan's swearing-in.

22 Aug 2018 1:10 AM IST

Twitter has been warned by Pakistans telecom authority that the micro-blogging site could be banned in the country for not complying with its directive to block objectionable content.

Twitter troubles

The entrepreneur with a stake in the space race is also a thought leader in new technologies.

21 Aug 2018 1:45 AM IST

PM Modis comments came during the felicitation of the newly-elected Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh in the House. (Photo: PTI)

Forget figures, make people's lives better

India slipped one rank to 131 among 188 countries in the UN Human Development Index.

21 Aug 2018 1:43 AM IST

US President Donald Trump.

In Trump's America, the media fights back

By generating this cynical dislike for the media, he may be hoping his regressive ideas will be more accepted by the...

20 Aug 2018 1:04 AM IST

Navjot Singh Sidhu was seated next to the President of PoK Masood Khan at Imran Khans oath-taking ceremony as Pakistan Prime Minister. (Photo: Twitter / ANI)

A meaningless controversy

The BJP is making a mountain of a molehill in playing this up.

20 Aug 2018 1:00 AM IST

The flood situation in all 14 districts of Kerala, particularly in Pathanamthitta, remained grim on Thursday. At least 75 people have been killed so far. (Photo: PTI)

Kerala: Harsh lessons in dam management

The arguments over Mullaperiyar dam are gaining a deadly dimension.

19 Aug 2018 1:19 AM IST

The attack by a mob in Jharkhand on Swami Agnivesh, Arya Samaj scholar, battler against bonded labour and activist for tribal welfare, ironically came on the same day that the top court was calling for the most stringent action against mob justice and lynching.

Delhi fails to check violence

A more purposeful police should have had the criminals in the bag by now.

19 Aug 2018 1:16 AM IST

If Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi brought princely demeanour to leadership in the swinging 60s, Ajit Wadekar added a dash of middle-class stubbornness during the heady days of early 70s. (Photo: AFP)

Cricket loses a leader

Ajit Wadekar was a man manager as shrewd in using the brains of his senior players as in tapping the skills of gifted...

18 Aug 2018 7:48 AM IST

A lower opening in the domestic equity markets weighed on the rupee. (Photo: PTI)

Falling rupee will burn a hole in our pockets

There are hopes in some quarters that the Reserve Bank of India would intervene to stop the rupee's slide.

18 Aug 2018 6:56 AM IST

The Googles AI system uses neural network which fecthes data and examines it to predict events. (Source: Pixabay)

Get serious on data privacy

People may feel safe until someone steals their identity or hacks into their bank account.

17 Aug 2018 7:08 AM IST