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In May, the Centre through a gazette notification, had declared the entire Assam as a disturbed area under AFSPA for three more months. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

AA Edit | AFSPA's removal marks a good beginning in N-E

It must now extend the process to rest of the areas in the Northeast as well as in the Union territories of Jammu and...

1 April 2022 11:40 PM IST

FILE - Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

Shobhaa De | Kissa thappad ka Once more, with lot of feeling!

The slap has touched countless chords, even in people who have nothing to do with the movie business

1 April 2022 11:30 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | On theocracy, secularism, and new truths about the...

Did Jinnah actually foresee the possibility of India's pronounced secular democracy turning into a not-so-secular,...

1 April 2022 11:26 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI)

Interest rates on small savings schemes unchanged for first quarter of...

The interest rate has not been revised since the first quarter of 2020-21

1 April 2022 1:52 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah. (PTI)

AFSPA withdrawn from large parts of Nagaland, Assam, Manipur after...

AFSPA will continue to be in force in some areas of the three insurgency-hit states

1 April 2022 1:26 AM IST

Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan. (Photo:PTI)

Defiant Pak PM Imran Khan says he will not resign

Two of Khan's allied parties also withdrew their support and joined the ranks of the Opposition

1 April 2022 1:16 AM IST

Suchitra Pilla. (By Arrangement)

One bitten by love, or twice, or thrice, continue loving

Parents have a responsibility to teach their kids lessons in love, respect and confidence, feels Suchitra Pillai

1 April 2022 12:21 AM IST

U.S. President Joe Biden. (AP)

Saeed Naqvi | From Iraq 1991 to Ukraine, America's decline evident

The anxiety about China's rise is now being replaced by something much more complex - the Sino-Russian embrace

31 March 2022 11:27 PM IST

India uses a lot of imported weaponry - traditionally mostly of Russian make, now increasingly American. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Arms bazar now arrives at Delhi's doorstep,...

It is well known that there's no full stop in defence and diplomacy in any era

31 March 2022 11:25 PM IST

Miscreants vandalise the gate at the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. (PTI Photo)

If biggest party indulges in hooliganism, it will send out wrong...

Arvind Kejriwal's statement comes a day after BJP's youth wing members allegedly vandalised property outside his...

31 March 2022 1:42 PM IST

A soldier walks the amid the destruction caused after shelling of a shopping center last March 21 in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. (AP/Rodrigo Abd)

Ukrainian president Zelenskyy says defence is at a 'turning point'

Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv and intensified attacks in other parts of...

31 March 2022 11:10 AM IST

A health worker inoculates a school student with a dose of Corbevax vaccine during a vaccination drive held for children in the age group of 12-14, as a preventive measure against Covid-19 coronavirus at a school in Bangalore on March 30, 2022. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

India logs 1,225 new COVID-19 cases, 28 fatalities

The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at...

31 March 2022 11:07 AM IST