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Mahatma Gandhi was an inspirational leader. (Photo: Pixabay)

Of Gandhi & War of the Wardrobes'

Indeed, London was where the Mahatma studied law, learnt his politics and experimented with vegetarianism as a young...

5 Feb 2018 12:48 AM IST

Farmers do not get compensation for crop loss and farm insurance as their land falls under an irrigation belt, though no water has flowed into the canals for decades

Sunday story: In the Mahadayi basin, the farmer rises... & a new...

The late Mahendra Singh Tikait, leading the charge, is creating ripples in Karnataka too.

4 Feb 2018 2:46 AM IST

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC headquarters at CST.

Dilli Ka Babu: Housing blues

Sources say that Mr Kaushik had requested the Centre that he be allowed to go to Sebi on deputation, but this was...

4 Feb 2018 12:36 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Let's applaud Modi for the health scheme

The average Indian citizen is far more likely to be affected by disease and poverty than a Chinese invasion.

4 Feb 2018 12:33 AM IST

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Dilli Ka Babu: Modi talks social media to cops

Sources say that the focus of Modi's address was the importance of social media in the context of cyber security.

28 Jan 2018 2:41 AM IST

New study finds US President Donald Trumps diet can raise the risk of bowel cancer. (Photo: AP)

Why is dissent confined to litfests?

An example of this is a photograph showing a violent event in one part of the world and representing it as being from...

28 Jan 2018 2:34 AM IST

The Virtual ID will be a temporary and revocable 16 digit random number mapped to a persons Aadhaar number and the Aadhaar-issuing body will start accepting it from March 1, 2018. (Phtoto: PTI/Representational)

Periscope: Make Aadhaar simple for vulnerable sections

Aadhaar is needed but it must be user-friendly and inclusive.

27 Jan 2018 3:32 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May

Cabbages & Kings: Powerplay and clubs of sleaze

Several of the men at the Dorchester sex-fest are attempting to legally gag the women who they fear might expose their...

27 Jan 2018 3:23 AM IST

The winter session of RS began on a stormy note on Friday with the opposition demanding an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his conspiracy with Pakistan remarks against his predecessor Manmohan Singh, creating uproar and repeatedly disrupting proceedings. (Photo: PTI/File)

Talking Turkey: What's Modi's plan for India after 2019?

The country will enter a new phase after the 2019 polls, and it will be an entirely new ballgame.

26 Jan 2018 12:39 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the at World Economic Forum plenary in Davos on Tuesday.

Dev 360: Vikas is there, but not sabka saath'

A chilling reminder comes from the WEF's latest Inclusive Development Index, which puts India at 62nd place among...

25 Jan 2018 7:22 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Three crises in a search of a narrative

Three crises haunted 2017 and we lack even a discourse, a language for dialogue.

24 Jan 2018 12:45 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Insanitation is national crisis, not littering

In the introductory note Mr Modi uses the words clean, cleanliness, litter and littering 21 times.

21 Jan 2018 1:26 AM IST