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Milan Kunderas last work was A Kidnapped West: The Tragedy of Central Europe, published this year. (Image: DC)

AA EDIT | Farewell Milan Kundera

An author, once quoted by a journalist, is no longer master of his word

14 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Trinamool Congress supporters take part in a procession celebrating the partys win in the recent panchayat polls near Balurghat in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal, Thursday, (Image: PTI)

AA EDIT | Despite poll violence, Didi reigns supreme in Bengal

The success of the party points to the undiminished popularity of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the welfare schemes

14 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman gestures during a news conference after the 46th GST Council meeting, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec 31, 2021. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

AA Edit | Lower GST, higher compliance

A feather in the cap was the GST Council offering startups and private players the same leeway offered to government...

13 July 2023 12:13 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

AA Edit | Govt must halt arbitrary extensions for officers

The Supreme Court had in 2021 itself pointed out the inappropriateness of granting extensions to top officials.

13 July 2023 12:09 AM IST

AA Edit | Twitter vs Threads: Both win

Launched less than a week ago, Threads has become one of the fastest growing tech app ever.

12 July 2023 1:48 AM IST

Government of Indias Representative and Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks and Nagaland Governor, RN Ravi on Friday held a detailed consultation meeting with the primary stakeholders of the Naga society in Kohima and said that the central government is determined to conclude the Naga peace process. (Photo: ANI)

AA Edit | In Tamil Nadu & elsewhere, governors can't block governments

In his letter to President Droupadi Murmu, Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin has listed a series of acts of governor...

12 July 2023 1:33 AM IST

Locals cross a bridge over the swollen Beas river during heavy rainfall, in Kullu district, Monday, July 10, 2023. (PTI)

Modi assures full help to rain-battered states

PM assured Chief Ministers of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand of full assistance from the Centre

11 July 2023 12:12 AM IST

Swollen Beas river during incessant monsoon rainfall, in Kullu district, Monday, July 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | India looks helpless in face of monsoon fury

India has gone too far down the road to placing stress recklessly on the environment, particularly in hilly terrain.

11 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

BJP President J.P. Nadda. (DC)

AA Edit | BJP's South war cry ambitious

Another big problem the BJP is facing, and internally fighting, is the issue of money.

11 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

Police personnel baton charge after a clash between rival political groups during panchyat elections, at Nagaria village in Malda district of West Bengal, Saturday, July 8, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Check political violence in Bengal, it's out of control

The political parties of West Bengal have been collectively failing people by making violence an essential part of every...

10 July 2023 1:06 AM IST

Rahul Baba baiters want to know more about his weird beard -- a question only Rahul and his barber can respond to. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Define free speech as a right

Calumny has been a rather badly abused form of speech not only in Indian politics.

10 July 2023 12:53 AM IST