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The Narendra Modi government and its RSS mentors may pretend otherwise but it is well known that the J&K police, the Army and the paramilitary forces are already doing their best in the Valley. (Representational Image | PTI)

J&K: Citizens aren't the enemy; paramilitary jawans victims too

Kashmiris have presented themselves as scapegoats in the confrontation between the military and their dream of a...

22 Feb 2019 2:11 AM IST

Saints say that nature has designed man to leave his physical body at will, transcend to higher spiritual planes, and then return to the body. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Man! Know thyself

Man is composed of body, mind (intellect) and soul.

21 Feb 2019 1:38 AM IST

A house in which militants are suspected to have sheltered is in flames after a gunfight between militants and the security forces in South Kashmirs Pulwama district, some 10 km away from the spot of the recent suicide bombing. (Photo; AFP)

To succeed in J&K; Army, police alone not enough

Pakistan's Deep State is aware of the reluctance of the Indian establishment to do a full reach out and engagement.

21 Feb 2019 1:30 AM IST

Essentially, unreal is anything that undergoes changes, modifications, is impermanent and short-lived. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Real happiness is in the real', not the unreal' world

This world is considered to be unreal and the atman (the pure divine self) is considered to be real.

20 Feb 2019 2:19 AM IST

Sheikh Hasina (Photo: PTI)

Hasina's Rohingya dilemma growing, Delhi must help Dhaka resolve...

Muslim refugees many of whom have now spent more than 18 months in the camps.

20 Feb 2019 1:53 AM IST

Security forces personnel arrive for the reinforcement during a gunbattle with the militants at Pinglan area of Pulwama in south Kashmir on Monday. (Photo:PTI)

Volatile Kashmir needs careful handling

Even though it's difficult to prevent every attack, there should be some capacity to have credible intelligence inputs.

20 Feb 2019 1:47 AM IST

Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah (Photo: nizamuddinauliya.com)

Mystic Mantra: Sufi Basant Mosaic of multiculturalism in India

Upon seeing this, Nizamuddin Aulia, who loved the colour yellow, became hale and hearty.

19 Feb 2019 1:40 AM IST

Special task force of police positioned outside a school during search operation after the CRPF vehicle was attacked by militants at Pantha Chowk in Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)

Faulty politics, intel failures led to J&K tragedy

As we contemplate recent events, aside from the debilitating crass politics on display, two negatives stand out.

19 Feb 2019 1:26 AM IST

Albert Einstein (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: The mysterious realisation of advaita

Einstein says that nature is neither solely material nor entirely spiritual.

18 Feb 2019 1:35 AM IST

Bateman is an economist who gives media interviews in the buff because she thinks that Brexit will leave Britain naked.

UK in thrall over naked' protests & the return of reformed' jihadis

More than 6,000 Europeans, men and women, are supposed to have joined the Islamic State's war, many of them very young.

18 Feb 2019 1:18 AM IST

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi (Photo: AFP)

MBS' visit gives India a chance to reshape ties

Both countries are committed to establishing long-term energy ties based on investments and joint ventures.

18 Feb 2019 1:16 AM IST

Election Commission officials said close to 700 companies of central armed police forces, comprising around 75,000 men, have taken their positions. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Mixed-up confusion!

The report requires the NSC's approval after which the NSSO is supposed to make it public.

17 Feb 2019 2:37 AM IST