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The fear is that if elections for the Assembly and Lok Sabha are held the same day, the regional parties may get further marginalised as a large number of voters might tend to vote for the same party in both the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. (Representational image)

Dilli Ka Babu: PMO preps for 2019

However, sources say that Mr Ravi is likely to be the senior-most among Mr Doval's deputies, being a 1976-batch IPS...

4 Nov 2018 2:40 AM IST

Journalist-turned-childrens author Shabnam Minwallas What Maya Saw (Harper Collins, 2017) is one among the three shortlisted under the Young Adult Books category. (Representional Image)

What sort of India do we want?

I will waste no time trying to explain to readers what sort of a writer Mr Guha is. It is pointless.

4 Nov 2018 2:28 AM IST

Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh doing Bhramari Pranayam (a breathing technique) along with others at The Great Wall of China, a day ahead of International Yoga Day, in Beijing on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: Gayatri sadhna

No kind of adversity can touch a sadhak of the Gayatri mantra, such is the force of Mother.

3 Nov 2018 2:10 AM IST

BSP Supremo Mayawati

Politics of Unity: When size matters, and when it doesn't

The sad thing about the tall statue of Sardar Saheb is that onlookers will get a close-up glimpse of his shins but not...

3 Nov 2018 1:49 AM IST

The 182-metre structure, christened the Statue of Unity, has been built facing the Narmada Dam near Vadodara in Gujarat. (Photo: www.statueofunity.in)

Shobhaa's Take: Why are we so obsessed with statues?

Suddenly, Sardar Patel's legacy is being appropriated by the ruling party, quite forgetting that the Sardar belongs to...

3 Nov 2018 1:41 AM IST

Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda

Mystic Mantra: Key to good leadership

A large majority of the workforce is not greatly motivated and are only interested in enhancing their salary and perks.

2 Nov 2018 2:55 AM IST

The EODB index is meant to measure regulations directly affecting businesses and does not directly measure more general conditions such as a nations proximity to large markets, quality of infrastructure, inflation, or crime.

Ease of doing biz: Get the right indexes right

In the real India, it still takes 156 days to get a building plan sanctioned, and 1,445 days in court to get a judicial...

2 Nov 2018 2:46 AM IST

Deccan Chronicle spoke to a couple of Uber drivers, who under condition of anonymity, attested to the fact that Uber staff had insisted on following GPS routes. I was asked by the company to adhere to the GPS and convince the customer, an Uber driver, who did not want to be named, added.

Mystic Mantra: Get your GPS right

There's another GPS I love unconditional, absolutely free, universally accessible, invisibly omnipresent and eternally...

1 Nov 2018 3:19 AM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

India-Japan ties: Can Modi, Abe go beyond personal chemistry?

Grabbing these islands would vastly extend China's maritime boundaries and shrink Japan's.

31 Oct 2018 1:50 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh (left) present bonus of a scheme to a farmer at a public meeting in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. (Photo: PTI)

A new dawn for farmers in Chhattisgarh

In this country, food has been accorded the status of Brahma and the farmer annadata (provider).

31 Oct 2018 1:42 AM IST

Looking back: Pandit Nehru vs Sardar Patel

It is well known that the Congress had little time for the Sardar's legacy till Mr Modi tried to don it.

31 Oct 2018 1:37 AM IST

Asanga Welikala

Paradise lost? Preliminary notes on a constitutional coup

The President can only appoint another Prime Minister where the serving Prime Minister has lost office in any one of...

30 Oct 2018 7:10 AM IST