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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party president M. K. Stalin (top R) gestures to supporters during a rally after filing his nomination ahead of the Tamil Nadu state legislative assembly elections, in Chennai on March 15, 2021. (Arun SANKAR / AFP)

AA Edit | Competitive, compulsive: TN's poll freebie' culture

The 2021 freebie promise has been the most extensive on record with AIADMK offering a washing machine for each of about...

17 March 2021 8:47 AM IST

Our first stop, was a unique Thai temple designed like a European church, Wat Nivet Thampravat, with stained glass windows, candle stands, stucco work, even metal soldier-figures. (Photo by arrangement)

Lekha Shankar | Ayutthaya: An old city, new insights

A day-trip to Ayutthaya is a first on most tourists' trip to Thailand, especially to Indians who are attracted by the...

17 March 2021 8:44 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Fresh push for lateral entry of babus likely

PM Modi has introduced the mechanism of recruiting fresh talent in the bureaucracy from the private sector during his...

17 March 2021 7:42 AM IST

Through the passing of this landmark bill, Scotlands Parliament has sent a strong and clear message to victims, perpetrators, communities and to the wider society that offences motivated by prejudice will be treated seriously and will not be tolerated, declared Scotlands justice minister Humza Yousaf. (Image credit : Twitter/@ScotParl)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India needs hate crimes law on lines of...

Actually, modern Scotland is a liberal, secular and civilised nation which has not known any blasphemy prosecution for...

17 March 2021 7:34 AM IST

A vial of AstraZeneca vaccine is pictured in a pharmacy in Boulogne Billancourt, outside Paris, Monday, March 15, 2021. Germany, France and Italy on Monday became the latest countries to suspend use of AstraZenecas COVID-19 vaccine over reports of dangerous blood clots in some recipients. (AP)

A dozen countries suspend AstraZeneca shots over fears of blood clots

WHO has said countries should continue to use the vaccine while also set to hold an expert meeting today on the issue

16 March 2021 12:55 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Right) with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina. (PTI)

India, Bangladesh likely to sign three MoUs during PM Modi's visit

Modi is visitng Dhaka to attend the celebrations of the golden jubilee of the country's independence and the birth...

16 March 2021 12:38 PM IST

Banks employees take part in a protest during a two-day nationwide bank strike in Amritsar on March 15, 2021. (Narinder NANU / AFP)

Nationwide bank strike continues to impact PSB services on Day 2

Government transactions related to treasury as well as business transactions will also be impacted

16 March 2021 11:40 AM IST

Johnsons government said it would tilt its focus towards the Indo-Pacific region as part of its Integrated Review of government policy for the coming years. (JESSICA TAYLOR / various sources / AFP)

Boris Johnson to visit India at end of April as part of policy 'tilt'

Johnson had planned an Indian trip in January but was forced to cancel amid a surge of COVID-19 infections at home

16 March 2021 11:01 AM IST

During the encounter in Batla House at Jamia Nagar in south Delhi on September 19, 2008, two suspected terrorists, identified as Atif Amin and Mohammed Sajid, were killed while Inspector Sharma of Special Cell received gun shot. YouTube

Death for man who shot police inspector in Batla House encounter

Rs 10 lakh of Rs 11 lakh fine imposed should be released to the inspector's family

16 March 2021 8:37 AM IST

Afghanistan is said to be the graveyard of empires, but it is also proving to be the breeding ground of ironies. Trophies are sought to be handed out to the most violent. (Photo: AP)

Anand K. Sahay | As Afghan mess grows, India must be cautious

In these circumstances, India must learn to do its own sums even as it seeks to be collegial

16 March 2021 4:54 AM IST

It was only under Lal Krishna Advani, and then especially under Narendra Modi, that the BJP became the mass-based electoral force it has become, from the cadre-based party that was the Jan Sangh. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | BJP has never spelt out what parivartan' it hopes to...

The Jan Sangh said that it would repeal preventive detention laws which it said were absolutely in contradiction to...

16 March 2021 4:14 AM IST

Members of Bank Unions hold a protest during their two-day nationwide strike against the privatisation of Public Sector Banks and alleged retrograde banking reforms, in Patiala, Monday, March 15, 2021. (PTI)

Nationwide strike impacts banking services of PSU banks

Branches of private sector lenders like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank are open as they are not part of the strike

15 March 2021 12:42 PM IST