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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Assam Governer Jagdish Mukhi and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during the closing ceremony of the year-long celebrations of the 400th birth anniversary of Lachit Barphukan, in New Delhi. (PTI)

India is rectifying past mistakes: PM Modi

India's history is not just about slavery but also about India emerging victorious, its warriors and the valour of...

26 Nov 2022 6:58 AM IST

Mr Gehlots claims that Sachin Pilot tried to undermine his government at the behest of the BJP and that money changed hands in the process are of a very serious nature. (DC Image)

AA Edit | Kharge must halt Rajasthan drift

The latest allegations, coming from none other than CM Ashok Gehlot, raise legal, moral and ethical issues that need to...

26 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has decided to appoint the countrys former spy chief Gen. Syed Asim as the head of the countrys army, the information minister said Thursday, Nov. 24 . (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Pakistan's new Army chief might face troubled times

If the Army under Gen. Munir does the unthinkable and goes neutral, it may be speculated that it is inviting internal...

26 Nov 2022 12:10 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)

Shobhaa De | From Chai Pe Charcha to Daadhi Pe Charcha

The politics of beard-keeping demands a book

26 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Meghan Markle (Photo: Instagram)

Farrukh Dhondy | When fantasy pretends to be history Does truth...

Gentle reader, there has always been a conflict between truth and blind nationalist interpretation of events

26 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Congress party presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor addresses a press conference at the UPCC office in Lucknow, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar)

AA Edit | Is Tharoor a problem for Cong?

Mr Tharoor possesses qualities that are sellable among the aspirational middle class Keralites, too

25 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Four people, including a forest guard, were killed in violence at the Assam-Meghalaya border after the police intercepted a truck transporting illegal timber. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Centre must help resolve border flareups in N-E

The Centre is likely to be concerned that the next round of talks, due later this month, is not derailed on account of...

25 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Firewalling Indian personal data is out of place with this strategy and plays to a jingoistic Chinese playbook, sans its economic and business heft. (Representatioanl Image)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Personal data is only half protected' by new data...

It includes a bland provision for transfer of data outside India to countries notified by the govt on terms and...

25 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (AFP)

BJP committed to bring UCC once democratic discussions are over: Shah

Shah said Uniform Civil Code is the BJP's promise to the people of this country from the Jan Sangh days

24 Nov 2022 1:29 PM IST

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim waves to his supporters as he arrives at a nomination center for the general election in Tambun, Malaysia. Malaysias king named Anwar as the countrys prime minister. (AP Photo/John Shen Lee)

Reformist leader Anwar named prime minister of Malaysia

Anwar's Alliance of Hope led Saturday's election with 82 seats, short of the 112 needed for a majority

24 Nov 2022 12:49 PM IST

Nirav Modi extradition trial to resume in UK court on September 7. (PTI Photo)

Nirav Modi seeks permission to appeal extradition to India in UK top...

It is unknown if and when extradition may take place as Nirav Modi still has legal challenges open to him

24 Nov 2022 12:32 PM IST

Former bureaucrat Arun Goel while assuming charge as the Election Commissioner at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

EC Arun Goel's appointment file was cleared with 'lightning speed': SC

Centre through Attorney General R Venkataramani asked the court to 'hold its mouth' and requested it to look into the...

24 Nov 2022 11:35 AM IST