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AA Edit | Bihar ex-MP remission unwise

It's not new that governments take political decisions to free criminals convicted for heinous crimes

1 May 2023 12:20 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)

AA Edit | PM's Mann Ki Baat sets one-of-a-kind milestone

Mann Ki Baat must be one of the world's most prolific, versatile and engaging political conversations

1 May 2023 12:15 AM IST

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Kishwar Desai | Sinn Finn to grace coronation party! Boris still...

Even the Republican Catholic Sinn Fein Party is participating with their leader Michelle O'Neill in the Northern Ireland...

1 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Crowd of BJP supporters during Union Home Minister Amit Shahs election campaign rally, in Bhojipura, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Return of class in India's caste-obsessed politics

Almost all political reporting in the run-up to an election is focused on caste

1 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge with BRS MP K. Keshava Rao, DMK MP TR Baalu, AAP MP Sanjay Singh, RJD MP Manoj Jha and fellow opposition MPs during a joint press conference following their Tiranga March, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | Opp. needs a pivot, but Congress a spent force

Nitish Kumar and Sharad Pawar are right when they say that no Opposition front is possible without the Congress

30 April 2023 12:15 AM IST

It would be better for Congress to set its own agenda and try and convince the people about it instead of giving ammunition to the BJP to accomplish its mission against the Opposition. (Photo: PTI/File)

Anita Katyal | Congress in Karnataka overconfident; why is Malik...

While its campaign is essentially being led by Mallikarjun Kharge, all senior leaders, want to be fielded for...

30 April 2023 12:10 AM IST

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Shashi Warrier | Time to get under way a World Confusion Day

Faith is as much a part of our universe as physics , I said. It's built into human nature, and thence into nature.

30 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

AA Edit | SC warns police, courts on bail

The order has two parts; one meant for the agencies and the other for the courts

29 April 2023 12:20 AM IST

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in a meeting with Secretary General, SCO, Zhang Ming, on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers Meeting in New Delhi, Friday, April 28, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Tough talk by Rajnath, but little action on the ground

It's clear he wished to appear brisk and businesslike, as he eschewed formal courtesies

29 April 2023 12:15 AM IST

Under an air bubble pact between two countries, special international flights can be operated by their airlines between their territories. (AFP Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why are so many Indians going abroad to find...

India has the largest overseas diaspora -- over 32 million who are non-resident Indians or people with overseas...

29 April 2023 12:10 AM IST

Britains newly appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks to pose outside the to 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 25, 2022, after delivering his first speech as prime minister. - Rishi Sunak was Tuesday appointed as Britains third prime minister this year, after outgoing leader Liz Truss submitted her resignation to King Charles III. (Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | What's fun' can be offensive too UK may have a double...

The observation was inspired this week, gentle reader, by the recent incidents of supposed anti-religious bias

29 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

The Supreme Court has chosen to make public its reiterated recommendations with regard to certain judges whose appointments the government has been sitting on for over five years now. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Some clarity on governors' role

The Supreme Court has put all doubts to rest in its interpretation of Article 200 and underscored the paramountcy of...

28 April 2023 12:15 AM IST