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The bad vibes in India-Pakistan relations has lasted too long. It has not strengthened either sides case. It may have hurt both in imperceptible ways.

A goodwill approach to Pak can't hurt us

Normalisation of ties with a militarised state will not be practicable.

7 Jan 2018 7:04 AM IST

In the first draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) published earlier this week, only 1.9 crore people out of the 3.29 crore who had submitted documents for verification made the cut. (Representational image)

Citizens' list: Be equitable

Assam is the only state in the country that produced a list of citizens based on the 1951 census.

6 Jan 2018 3:21 AM IST

A key Congressional committee has passed a legislation that proposes to increase the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders from $6,00,000 to $90,000 and imposes a number of restrictions on the work visa that is popular among Indian IT professionals.

H-1B crisis: It's also opportunity for India

It's time India strove to create an atmosphere in which skilled Indians can contribute by staying at home.

6 Jan 2018 3:11 AM IST

A former aeronautical engineer and his team cheated around 100 gullible youth by falsely promising them jobs in the Railways and NTPC if they paid him, and cleared up Rs 70 lakh in the process.

At last, a positive signal

Manufacturing got a push from strong demand as more people got jobs in this period.

5 Jan 2018 2:57 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Rajya Sabha. (Photo: PTI/File)

Poll bonds' benefits are not quite clear

The new scheme sounds more propaganda than anything else.

5 Jan 2018 2:51 AM IST

Doctors called off their 12-hour strike after the government agreed to send the controversial National Medical Commission Bill to a standing committee.

Reject Medical Bill swiftly

The medical fraternity was justified in voicing fears over the Bill that seeks to replace the Medical Council with a...

4 Jan 2018 3:37 AM IST

The clashes that have engulfed important centres in Maharashtra, including Mumbai, testify to a sense of outraged dalit consciousness in the face of perceived historical oppression within the countrys stultifying caste framework, and also a claim to the valour of the oppressed.

Dalit rage in Maha: Don't let it escalate

The mischief-makers made their pitch in the belief that they would easily get away in a BJP-run state.

4 Jan 2018 3:34 AM IST

Viswanathan Anand

Anand's win: Icing on cake

Anand hasn't even qualified for the more traditional and grinding format of Candidates to be held this year.

3 Jan 2018 12:10 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Don't gloat too much as Trump roasts Pak

Indians have seen in Mr Trump's words and action a vindication of their thinking that Pakistan is a state sponsor of...

3 Jan 2018 12:08 AM IST

Shri Rajput Karni Sena, which had competed in the qualifiers with middling results (first protesting Jodhaa Akbar and then Veer), got their big break with Sanjay Leela Bhansalis Padmavati.

More than an i' lost

Padmavat may, however, be truer to the concept of a story based more on fictional accounts than on authenticated...

2 Jan 2018 1:23 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar. (Photo: PTI)

Centre must engage with J&K civilians

The point to note is that JeM attackers were all Kashmiris.

2 Jan 2018 1:14 AM IST

Rajinikanth has been ambivalent on his political entry since 1996, when he openly put his weight behind the DMK. (Photo: ANI)

Rajini throws his hat in ring

Rajinikanth's announcement came in dramatic fashion at a meeting of his fans on the promised date of December 31.

1 Jan 2018 1:30 AM IST