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Britains newly appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 25, 2022. - 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 | At last! Hedgie enters No. 10 How long will the party...

All public opinion polls give Labour a 30% lead over the Tories and that would mean a historic wipe out of Hedgie, his...

29 Oct 2022 12:05 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)

Shobhaa De | We want banana leaves & pappadums at Downing St

Let's hope the Sunaks serve formal dinners on banana leaves (eco-friendly, yaar) and always include pappadums

29 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah during Chintan Shivir of home ministers of all states, at Surajkund in Faridabad, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (PTI)

Shah for joint fight by states, Centre

Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Mr Shah further said that a new era has started in Jammu and Kashmir after the abolition...

28 Oct 2022 1:04 AM IST

Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge (ANI)

Anand K. Sahay | Can Kharge & Rahul's yatra energise Cong, target...

The vastly-experienced Mallikarjun Kharge, from the large, oppressed Dalit community, has convincingly won the Cong...

27 Oct 2022 11:14 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (PTI)

AA Edit | A self-goal by Kejriwal

It could have been a funny quip, a retort at the end of a more serious text of an economical critique of the policies of...

27 Oct 2022 10:47 PM IST

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi greeting newly elected party president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi. (AP)

AA Edit | As election season begins, Kharge faces trial by fire

Mr Kharge's first task will be to reintroduce the basics of democracy in the party and the first test will be to see if...

27 Oct 2022 10:32 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists gather during a roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections in Varanasi. (Photo: AFP)

Freebies to allure voters, welfarism policy intervention: BJP in...

The party has no objections to the poll panel's idea that political parties should also submit financial viability of...

27 Oct 2022 1:05 PM IST

An aerial view of a coal-fired power station in Lanzhou in northwestern Chinas Gansu province (AP file image)

Global emissions will peak in 2025, says International Energy Agency

IEA energy outlook report's scenario is based on prevailing policy settings that see a definitive peak in global demand...

27 Oct 2022 12:43 PM IST

Elon Musk looks set to meet a Friday deadline to seal his on-again, off-again deal to buy Twitter, avoiding a trial over the $44 billion contract that he admits is overpriced. (AP file photo)

'Overpaying' Musk on deadline to close Twitter deal

After he sought to terminate the sale, Twitter filed a lawsuit to hold Musk to the agreement he inked to purchase the...

27 Oct 2022 10:50 AM IST

Kharge takes charge; all of CWC, AICC general secretarys quit

Kharge takes charge; all of CWC, AICC general secretarys quit

Soon after the resignation of the CWC members, the new president constituted a steering committee till the time a new...

27 Oct 2022 6:59 AM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh delivers address on National Security as part of late Balramji Das Tandon lecture series, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Monday, August 30, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Rajnath urges Russia not to use nuke option

Shoigu briefed Singh on evolving situation in Ukraine, including his concerns about possible provocations through the...

27 Oct 2022 2:03 AM IST

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has admitted that the government is functioning with only 62 per cent of the allotted strength of IAS officers and 52 per cent of the allotted strength of IPS officers. (PTI)

AA Edit | Vijayan must rein in police

There have been complaints against the way the police have been behaving with the public ever since Mr Vijayan assumed...

27 Oct 2022 12:16 AM IST