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Those who were under the misconception that a UCC must be enforced to â€œteach Muslims a lessonâ€ were in for a rude shock. (Representational image)

Equality within communities the key, not between communities

The report also safeguards the rights of Parsi women who marry men from outside their religion.

12 Sept 2018 1:54 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: While you are asleep!

The famous scientist Thomas Edison believed that his deepest insights originated from the sweet space between conscious...

11 Sept 2018 12:26 AM IST

The decision to buy 36 Rafales was made without consulting the IAF. (Photo: Representational | AP)

Serving air marshals join the Rafale dogfight

The Rafale was chosen after a gruelling process to pick a fighter out of six contenders for the original 126 multi-role...

11 Sept 2018 12:23 AM IST

People want issue-based politics. BJP will pay for the ills, false...

Pilot says the BJP can deploy any trick but won't be able to erase five years of agony that the people have suffered.

10 Sept 2018 1:54 AM IST

Senior advocate Arvind P. Datar

Would have been hard for Centre to justify continuance of Sec. 377'

It is only a physiological variation that occurs in a very small percentage of the population, says Arvind Datar.

9 Sept 2018 8:02 AM IST

Members of the LGBTQI+ community celebrate after the archaic Section 377 is struck down on Thursday. Image: DC

Politics must reflect our rights

A century before Turing, the great English author Oscar Wilde was also convicted for the crime of being a homosexual.

9 Sept 2018 7:54 AM IST

The Maharashtra Police had arrested the five activists in connection with an event on December 31, 2017, that triggered violence at Koregaon-Bhima village.

Police press meets can threaten a defendant's right to a fair trial

Five respected civil rights activists were arrested on August 28 in connection with acts of violence in Bhima Koregaon...

9 Sept 2018 7:44 AM IST

The order, on Friday by Central Information Commissioner M. Sridhar Acharyulu, brought all ministers under Section 2(h) of the RTI Act, 2005.

Dilli Ka Babu: Govt activists at loggerheads

Many RTI activists and the government are at loggerheads over the proposed changes in the transparency law.

9 Sept 2018 7:37 AM IST

Meditation means becoming aware of all these things on the periphery of our being and looking deeply within our consciousness which is essentially a witness to this play of likes and dislikes, opinions and judgements.

Mystic Mantra: Meditation for a stress-free living

People are turning to meditation as a solution for the emotional and mental strains of life.

8 Sept 2018 7:49 AM IST

In TV there is an increasing tendency to try and reduce drama to formulae: In a series there ought to be x number of characters who appear in all episodes. Each episode should follow y number of main plots and z number of subsidiary ones etc.

Cabbages & Kings: Lies, damned pretences & statistics

The simple single fact was that there were fewer babies born in the years 1999 and 2000 and so there were fewer...

8 Sept 2018 7:45 AM IST

Two women walk past a poster of slain journalist Gauri Lankesh during the Freedom of Expression Meet, organised on the occasion of the first death anniversary of Gauri in Bengaluru on Wednesday. (Photo:PTI)

Shobhaa's Take: The illiberal streak' in our society is growing

Here in India, citizens are turning away tiredly from the daily outrage over who is an urban Naxal and who a Maoist .

8 Sept 2018 7:27 AM IST

Energy healing helps in clearing, re-energising, empowering, balancing and calming your energy field.

Mystic Mantra: The potential of kundalini

The word kundalini generally refers to that dimension of energy, which is yet to realise its potential.

7 Sept 2018 1:35 AM IST