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From Left. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the new Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick and Home Secretary Amber Rudd address the press, outside New Scotland Yard on Victoria Embankment, in London. (Photo: AP)

Cabbages & Kings: If crime is rising, look at the roots...

If there is a solution it has to start with a hard look at who is doing what to whom and why.

14 April 2018 7:37 AM IST

Insecurity may have more to do with the kind of experiences you have had in your past relationships.

Dividing Lines: Power of Lists Men, women & new consent rules

Women feel that so many of them have suffered for so long that it is time men suffer.

14 April 2018 7:24 AM IST

The defence ministry plans to within weeks issue a request for information or RFI, the first stage of a procurement process, for a fighter to be built in India. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Periscope: Our defence budget is far too low, we need to compensate...

The DRDO can't be expected to emulate the latest Russian technological advances in missiles.

11 April 2018 7:40 AM IST

TD spokesperson Panchumarthi Anuradha suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should change rename his Mann ki Baat programme and call it Dhokha Baat instead.

It's tough unifying Hindus across the board

It is not easy to come to an exact number of Hindus because Sikhs and Jains (and now perhaps Lingayat) do not see...

8 April 2018 7:43 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to welcome the Commonwealth nations to utilise world-class cricketing facilities. (Photo: AFP)

Dilli Ka Babu: Existential crisis for CIC

Beyond vacancies and growing backlog of cases, which are functional issues, there is a deeper existential issue at the...

8 April 2018 7:33 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Cabbages & Kings: Fascism lies in the eyes of the beholder

I have received several mails and texts which ask me to consider whether the Narendra Modi-led BJP government can be...

7 April 2018 7:36 AM IST

One of the key tenets of religions of the East, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, is that the law of karma affects us at the level of the soul.

Mystic Mantra: Law of karma Every action has a reaction

The law of karma states that all our thoughts, words, and deeds are recorded.

5 April 2018 7:46 AM IST

Students block a road during a protest against CBSE paper leak, in Jammu on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Dev 360: Leak wake-up call Rejig exams, junk cramming

The alleged â€œleaksâ€ of examination papers, even if limited, have caused immense trauma to lakhs of students and...

5 April 2018 7:24 AM IST

AggregateIQ did not immediately respond to request for comment on the remarks by Christopher Wylie, a whistleblower formerly of British political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. (Photo: AP)

London Diary: Of Brexit, authors and CA

The Remainers are still looking around for an excuse to halt Brexit.

2 April 2018 12:44 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Dilli Ka Babu: Fixed tenure

Mr Jha has also said that a separate committee would also be set up for the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) with the...

1 April 2018 12:51 AM IST

Earlier, Nomura had said in a report last November, that demonetisation could slow Indias GDP growth to 6.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2016 against its estimate of 7.3 per cent.

Majority govts aren't always good

In a nation like India, which is very diverse, it is often better and wiser to take the cautious, middle path rather...

1 April 2018 12:47 AM IST

Cabbages & Kings: Anti-Semitism plagues UK Labour

Cabbages & Kings: Anti-Semitism plagues UK Labour

Last week, several Jewish organisations and non-Jewish commentators accused Britain's Labour Party of being seriously...

31 March 2018 7:06 AM IST