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Left Democratic Front (LDF) supporters celebrate their partys lead in the Kerala local body elections in Kochi on Wednesday, December. 16, 2020. (PTI)

CPM led LDF scores significant victory in Kerala local body polls

Despite facing such an adverse political situation, the LDF managed to keep its rural base almost intact winning 514 ...

17 Dec 2020 10:41 AM IST

The Delhi Gymkhana Club. Photo: delhigymkhana.org.in

Dilip Cherian | Gymkhana divided on suspension of ex-babu

Its elections are a hotly contested affair, often leading to accusations of use of 'illegal' and 'unlawful' means...

17 Dec 2020 8:56 AM IST

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Child nutrition crisis may derail India's aspirations

The underfed hugely outnumber the overfed but alongside the crisis of child under-nutrition, we are also seeing a rise...

17 Dec 2020 7:45 AM IST

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (Photo: ANI)

Owaisi meets Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party to discuss on pre-poll...

Invigorated by Bihar Assembly poll results, where AIMIM won five seats, its chief is looking to spread wings in northern...

17 Dec 2020 7:39 AM IST

AA Edit | Naked power grab

It appears the ruling BJP was in a tearing hurry to pass the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of...

17 Dec 2020 7:23 AM IST

A farmer leader addresses other farmers during their protest against the new farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi on Wednesday, December. 16, 2020. (PTI /Ravi Choudhary)

AA Edit | Facts don't back PM's theory on farmers' stir

The farmers seem to be up against the strength of ideology rather than economic logic

17 Dec 2020 7:12 AM IST

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar speaks to farmers from Uttarakhand on the Centres farm reform laws, in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (PTI)

Stop holding parallel talks with other farmer bodies: Protesting...

On Tuesday, the leaders of agitating farmers asserted they will make the Centre repeal the three new agri laws in a...

16 Dec 2020 1:55 PM IST

A motorcyclist rides on a deserted street in Paris on December 15, 2020, as a new 8:00 pm-6:00am curfew is implemented in France to avoid a third wave of coronavirus infections. The curfew will be waived for Christmas Eve in order to allow families to travel to celebrate together but it will be kept in place for New Years Eve. (MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)

European nations tighten virus curbs as Christmas surge fears grow

The WHO has said it is in talks with Pfizer and Moderna about including their vaccines at affordable prices for poor...

16 Dec 2020 1:17 PM IST

Cover page of Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi

Mahatma's assassination delayed Hindutva supremacy by two generations:...

The book though is neither a tale of a historical plot to create Modi nor a century-old history of the Sangh Parivar

16 Dec 2020 12:33 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Language row led to a new nation 49 yrs ago

Jinnah's toxic temper, mixed with arrogance, sowed the seeds of irreversible Bengali nationalism in the world's most...

16 Dec 2020 9:05 AM IST

This combination of pictures created on November 4, 2020 shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gestures after speaking during election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, and US President Donald Trump speaks during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States Tuesday -- and a long night of waiting for results in key battlegrounds on the cards. (AFP)

AA Edit | Biden affirmation is a win for US democracy

Mr Biden, put it in a gracious speech in which he said realistically, 'Now it is time to turn the page'

16 Dec 2020 7:02 AM IST

AA Edit | Reckless' Kamal Haasan

He even pledges to make ministers out of at least 20 women when the mantle falls on him

16 Dec 2020 6:46 AM IST