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Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad (PTI file photo)

Ghulam Nabi leaves Congress, to form own party in J&K soon

Azad implied that Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was just a figurehead and it was Mr Gandhi who was taking all the...

27 Aug 2022 7:18 AM IST

Traffic police personnel block a road during an intensified lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus disease, in Chennai, Sunday. (PTI)

AA Edit | Hindsight disfavours lockdowns

Science may have delayed reopening to 2022 when it could have been done a year earlier without causing such economic and...

27 Aug 2022 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 relook at PMLA order, Guj remissions welcome

The observations came when there are allegations from across the country about ED being used by the ruling dispensation...

27 Aug 2022 12:04 AM IST

Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss looks on before the live television debate for the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party, hosted by Channel 4 in London, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Cosying up to Liz To get a Cabinet job, or become a...

Offering my flattery to Liz Truss may at last fulfil my long-standing ambition to be a member of Britain's House of...

27 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

Chinas new Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said that with two strong leaders at the helm in both the countries, the ties are set to reach new heights. (Photo: Twitter/ VikramMisri)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Time to join forces to take on Beijing's wolf...

Ambassador Sun Weidong only signalled the acute fear psychosis of his masters in Beijing, owing to transcontinental...

27 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

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

Bilkis Bano case: SC asks for Centre, Gujarat govt response on...

The petitioners have sought the setting aside of the order granting remission to 11 convicts and their immediate...

26 Aug 2022 1:25 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

SC panel blames SSP for PM Modi security breach in Ferozepur

Justice Malhotra panel inquired into security lapses in which the PM's motorcade was stranded on a flyover while heading...

26 Aug 2022 1:22 AM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav at a function. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Dust settles in Bihar, but testing times loom ahead

Mahagathbandhan is an alliance of 7 parties with a strength of 164 in a House of 243 and the Nitish ministry passed the...

26 Aug 2022 12:12 AM IST

The first e-passport would be issued by the end of the year. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | E-passport move welcome

Digital identities are safe and can be scaled to meet common global standards so that e-passports become the norm

26 Aug 2022 12:10 AM IST

One wonders what, given the recent past and the record since 1947, the next quarter century holds in store for India. (DC Image)

Patralekha Chatterjee | A lot needs to be done for developed' India by...

Development , like beauty, is a word that triggers lively discussions and polemical exchanges

26 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

The aircraft carrier, built at a cost of around Rs 20,000 crore, successfully completed the fourth and final phase of the sea trials last month. (PTI)

India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant to be commissioned on...

The ship has over 2,300 compartments, designed for a crew of around 1700 people, including specialised cabins to...

25 Aug 2022 2:08 PM IST

Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the decisions of the GST Council are only recommendatory in nature and not binding on the Centre and the states. (Photo:PTI)

SC to review PMLA verdict which upheld ED's powers, sends notice to...

The bench said prima facie two issues, including not providing Enforcement Case Information Report, requires...

25 Aug 2022 1:20 PM IST