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The Board instructed principals to create awareness about the change of exam date. (Representational image)

Online JEE: Too soon?

It appears two lakh of the 13 lakh who took the JEE (Main) exam qualified for the advanced exam for selection to IITs.

22 Aug 2017 12:39 AM IST

US President Donald Trump

Shun the Trump way

To recognise the importance of inclusion isn't a political challenge as much as a legitimate societal and moral need.

21 Aug 2017 12:08 AM IST

A mangled coach of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express train being hauled off the tracks by a crane, at the accident site in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Train safety: When will we get serious?

Railway accidents happen across the world, but India must rank high on the list.

21 Aug 2017 12:07 AM IST

Vishal Sikka blamed Infosys founders for his resignation. (Photo:PTI)

Infosys crisis: Think about shareholders

There can be no one solution or model fitting all and each company would have to find its own model of peaceful...

20 Aug 2017 12:46 AM IST

The Indian Army had last month made its first-ever military intervention of sorts on behalf of Bhutan by physically blocking Chinese troops from constructing a road in the Bhutanese Doklam area border territory near Indian border defences. (Representational image) .

India, China: Game is on

China had signed an agreement with India in 1993 to maintain peace on the border.

20 Aug 2017 12:44 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (Photo: PTI)

Yogi Adityanath is no yogi at all

This was a dead giveaway that the CM was absolving himself and his regime of all responsibility.

19 Aug 2017 12:31 AM IST

Supporters of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa pay tribute to her inâ€‰Chennai. Jayalalithaa died inâ€‰December last year. (Photo: AFP | File)

Jaya death probe

The exclusion of Sasikala and her proxies from power is important if Tamil Nadu has to move on from a sordid period of...

19 Aug 2017 12:28 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PIB)

Is PM signalling a shift on Kashmir?

Nevertheless, the observation that Kashmir will normalise not with guns or invective but only if we embrace the people...

18 Aug 2017 12:50 AM IST

The registration of marriages must be made mandatory and government must implement the law strictly.

Love jihad' probe needed

The Supreme Court has gone further, directing the NIA to investigate the case under a retired judge's supervision.

18 Aug 2017 12:48 AM IST

A social media suicide game, Blue Whale.

Take down Blue Whale'

The new generation seems emboldened to the extent of addiction to clearly harmful phenomena.

17 Aug 2017 12:29 AM IST

Children receive treatment in the Encephalitis Ward at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital where over 60 children have died over the past one week, in Gorakhpur district. (Photo: PTI)

Disquieting signals from UP, Tripura

The Tripura CM is no rookie, irresponsible politician.

17 Aug 2017 12:21 AM IST

Assam Monsoon flood Lakhimpur: A father carrying his son through the flood water in Lakhimpur, Assam on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Fury of Nature

How we are condemned if it rains and damned if it doesn't is a life we are inured to now.

16 Aug 2017 3:11 AM IST