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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at Parliament House complex during Monsoon Session, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. The Lok Sabha membership of Rahul Gandhi was restored on Monday, days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a defamation case. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Shikha Mukerjee | Testing time lies ahead for the mother of democracy'

Disqualifying Rahul Gandhi within 26 hours of the Surat court's verdict was an act as much in indecent haste as it was...

8 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

Aadhaar is too important a topic to be addressed with quick fixes. (Representational Image/ PTI File)

Aakar Patel | Making Aadhaar compulsory for births, deaths to revive...

It doesn't make sense for the government to push through with the NPR exercise in these circumstances, through whatever...

1 Aug 2023 12:30 AM IST

People participate in a peace march organised by the Manipur Students Union in Imphal, Monday, July 24, 2023, (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | What's to gain by avoiding any problem What is there to...

The Prime Minister demoted the issue and signalled to the rest of the BJP and the pliant media not to speak about it.

25 July 2023 12:54 AM IST

India-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla. (Photo: AP)

Aakar Patel | The new race in space: Can India emerge on top? What...

The winners in the race this time stand to make large amounts of money.

18 July 2023 12:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets as he addresses at SCO Summit via video conferencing, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Amritkaal' now upon us, but eco targets are far from...

Halfway into 2023, there is no further reference to this five-year plan.

11 July 2023 12:34 AM IST

National security adviser Ajit Doval will chair the meeting. (AP file image)

Aakar Patel | What's our actual national security doctrine? Can Doval...

To understand New India's national security doctrine, one has to look at what is called the Doval Doctrine .

4 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

The UCC cannot, by its very definition, be a state subject. We cant have different uniform civil codes; we cant end communal and cultural heterogeneity in favour of state-level UCCs. (Representational image: image courtesy m.dailyhunt.in)

Aakar Patel | Why the BJP is pushing hard for a Uniform Civil Code now

It's not only one community that will see its personal laws on inheritance, marriage, divorce change, but all...

27 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses BJP workers during celebrations after the partys performance in Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya Assembly polls, at the BJP HQ in New Delhi, Thursday, March 2, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Aakar Patel | Inaction is also a form of action': Does Modi follow the...

Manipur has been in flames since May 3, meaning for 45 days. The Prime Minister has done little about it.

20 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Social activist and preacher Father Stan Swamy. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Don't forget 16 of Bhima Koregaon: It's symbol of what...

Stan Swamy, suffering from Parkinson's disease, was disallowed a glass with a sipper straw in jail for weeks

13 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

An aerial view of newly-constructed Parliament building that will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28, in New Delhi, Friday, May 26, 2023(Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | New building will not solve the key problems India's...

Like the Vande Bharat trains, it is a solution to problems that do not exist

30 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

The Congress leadership will have to remain vigilant about its governments performance in Karnataka from the very beginning if it looks to approach the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with a creditable performance in the forthcoming Assembly elections. (Photo: PT)

Aakar Patel | Why the Congress won in K'taka, and the BJP held on to...

There are two things the Congress itself says were important. The five schemes they promised and the Bharat Jodo Yatra

23 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the flagging off ceremony of Vande Bharat Express, at Rani Kamlapati Station, in Bhopal, Saturday, April 1, 2023. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | What was behind Cong K'taka win: The questions that need...

An election is over in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that a ban on the Bajrang Dal was the same as an...

16 May 2023 12:44 AM IST