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SC takes cognisance of Lakhimpur Kheri incident, CJI-led bench to hear matter today

The incident has triggered a major political storm with opposition parties accusing the BJP government in UP of shielding the culprits

07 Oct 2021 9:53 AM

A patient struggles to breathes with the help of oxygen provided by a Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) under a tent installed along a roadside amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Ghaziabad on May 4, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Inequity & privilege in the time of a pandemic

Even in these traumatic times, those of us who can work from home, for instance, are massively better positioned than others

06 May 2021 12:00 AM

Victims of Covid-19 being cremated at Dwarka cremation ground in New Delhi, Friday, April 30, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Shobhaa De | Can blatant lies save India from Covid-19?

The people of India are the country’s real strength, while its biggest tragedy are its politicians

01 May 2021 12:00 AM

Starting as an anti-hero, he moved up the ladder step by step to touch the pinnacle of stardom with absolute grace. (PTI file photo)

AA Edit | Right honour, wrong timing

The time chosen by the BJP government to announce a momentous decision like this was monumentally flawed

03 Apr 2021 8:26 AM

Will the BJP government finally realise, as foreign parliaments debate whether democracy is degrading in India, that denial and anger is not the answer. (Photo:AFP)

K.C. Singh | To fulfil Quad promise, will India ‘self-correct’?

Self-correction is the answer. Otherwise, the Quad will merely be a limping Triad-plus

15 Mar 2021 12:00 AM

The hope is that the new CM will appease disgruntled elements in preparation for the state poll next year. For the BJP, however, changing CMs midstream has not paid earlier. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | U'khand: Will BJP strategy work?

In a state with only 70 MLAs, change of loyalty is not hard to engineer — a syndrome Uttarakhand shares with several small states

12 Mar 2021 4:56 AM

For citizens, at the receiving end of the pipe, what matters most is the efficiency and effectiveness of the last-mile expenditure management by the state governments. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | A bottom-up view of the annual Budget

Despite the hoopla around the Union government’s Budget, for citizens, allocations in their state budgets matter more

14 Feb 2021 4:35 AM

Amidst a global pandemic, India’s overall allocation for health and well-being increased by 137 per cent in the financial year 2021-22, thus boosting the capacity of the healthcare system to detect and cure new diseases. (Photo: AFP)

Tarun Chugh | A Budget of aspirations, self-reliance

One of the most crucial announcements in the Budget was with regard to infrastructure development projects, across various states and UT's

12 Feb 2021 4:17 AM

There is really no way we can prevent the rest of the world from taking interest in our domestic affairs, especially if we wish to be at the high table of the international community. (Photo:AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The siege within: India and the ‘foreign hand’

The ruling BJP sees comments from global celebrities in support of the ongoing farmers’ protests as part of a deep conspiracy against India

11 Feb 2021 4:14 AM

When the Supreme Court finally does decide to hear the farm laws matter, for many petitions that deal with equally contentious decisions taken by the current government continue hanging fire in the apex court. (PTI)

Manish Tewari | Bolstering corporates was intent of farm laws

Farm laws are intended to give Corporate India a legal licence to muscle in on these small guys who have unequal or no bargaining power

18 Jan 2021 1:33 AM

Justice Sanjiv Khanna (Photo credit : Wikipedia)

Pavan K. Varma | Why J. Khanna dissented from Central Vista ruling

Justice Sanjiv Khanna, in his dissenting judgment, used a very telling expression to describe the undemocratic opacity of the government

10 Jan 2021 7:17 AM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah delivers a speech during the ceremonial program of Assam Darshan, at Amingaon in Kamrup district, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. (PTI)

Amit Shah sounds 2021 poll bugle in Assam, says only a BJP govt can stop infiltration

He said that the government was extending a financial assistance of Rs 2.5 lakh each to 8,000

27 Dec 2020 4:10 AM

Women raise slogan during a protest against three ordinances passed by the Centre, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, at Badal village in Sri Muktsar Sahib. — PTI

Farm Bills undermine food security systems; PM, BJP distorting our manifesto: Congress

The Congress suggested changes to farm laws that would see the Agricultural Market Produce Committees (AMPC) Act abolished

20 Sep 2020 1:50 PM

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

We don’t need no revolution... but is Establishment winning?

The countrywide demonstrations against the recent acts of the BJP government are part of the fight for the soul of this country.

18 Jan 2020 3:06 AM

The prime minister went to the United States and held his 'Howdy Mody' event but America increased the number of rejections of HB1 visas for those Indians wanting to work there," she said in another tweet. (Photo: ANI twitter)

Priyanka Gandhi slams BJP government on state of economy

Those ruling are busy in themselves and the people are suffering on every front,' she said in a tweet in Hindi.

07 Nov 2019 1:55 PM

The farmers have also demanded implementation of the Swaminathan Committee's recommendations. (Photo: PTI)

'Why are they not being let in?': Priyanka question to BJP as farmers lay siege at Delhi

The farmers, protesting under the banner of Bharatiya Kisan Sangathan (BKS), had started their march from Saharanpur on September 11.

21 Sep 2019 6:58 PM

Fact is the slowdown is due to Demonetisation and poorly implemented GST - they must accept it & remedy it," the Congress said. (Photo: PTI/File)

Priyanka Gandhi slams govt over plans for '100 days celebration'

She made the remarks on Twitter, sharing a media report highlighting the problems being faced by the auto industry.

07 Sep 2019 3:18 PM

Priyanka's tweets come hours after some protestors including Bhim Army chief Chandrasekhar Azad was arrested on Wednesday night after being charged with rioting and obstructing public-servant in the discharge of public functions. (Photo: ANI)

Ravidas temple demolition: Priyanka Gandhi attacks BJP govt over arrest of protestors

BJP govt first messes with Ravidas temple which is a symbol of the cultural heritage of crores of Dalits,' Priyanka tweeted.

22 Aug 2019 10:43 AM

The government is planning privatisation of more airports, Pawan Khera, Congress spokesperson said. (Photo: File)

Centre privatising airports to benefit a particular private player: Congress

'There are around 20 to 25 airports in the country that can be privatised in the coming days,'Pawan Khera.

28 Jul 2019 7:18 PM

Tharoor tweeted, 'So the party that banned cattle auctions has successfully conducted one,' taking a jibe at the Narendra Modi government’s decision last year to curb the sale of cattle. (Photo: File)

'Cattle auction': Shashi Tharoor hits out at BJP, rebel MLAs

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy lost the trust vote in Assembly on Tuesday evening 99-105.

24 Jul 2019 1:53 PM

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