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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath noted that local issues dominated and voter turnout was also low. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Dilli Ka Babu: Tough on corruption

Obviously, the current government policy is a boon for the other services who are entering positions held earlier by the...

16 Sept 2018 12:30 AM IST

How marginalised create space for themselves

How marginalised create space for themselves

Azad calls himself â€œRavanâ€, to identify with those aspects of our culture that others may see as repulsive.

16 Sept 2018 12:23 AM IST

Of Internet yug and copyright

Of Internet yug and copyright

In our age fame is a relative phenomenon.

15 Sept 2018 12:45 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Periscope: Juggling US & Russia, India needs a Plan B

India's problems are further aggravated by its â€œfocus on diplomacy without hard powerâ€.

13 Sept 2018 7:59 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 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

Tamilisai Soundararajan

Dev 360: Dissent & democracy A real debate needed

If dissent and ideological differences with those who are in power are equated with treason, what is an ordinary,...

6 Sept 2018 7:58 AM IST

Turkey has allowed policewomen to wear headscarf so long as the headscarf is the same colour as the uniform and without pattern. (Photo: /Representational)

Headscarves have evolved as a symbol of identity

Sara Iftekhar, a law student, is set to become the first contestant in the Miss England beauty pageant to wear a...

6 Sept 2018 7:25 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi said the Modi government is pretty lenient to Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, who have defrauded Indian banks. (Photo: File/PTI)

Of Notting Hill Carnival & Rahul's visit to the UK

Trust Rahul Gandhi and his team to choose to come in the silly season' when no one is around.

3 Sept 2018 12:15 AM IST

G Satheesh Reddy

DRDO gets a new chief

UP IAS Association had also raised a strong objection on government adopting such practice against their cadre in...

2 Sept 2018 12:20 AM IST