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Jalil Abbas Jilani. (AFP File Photo)

Claude Arpi | Why Pak politicians need to study Kashmir history

Pakistan's politicians started crying foul over J&K's status, saying that the Indian government's decision had no legal...

4 Jan 2024 11:57 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the opening of high-level segment for Heads of States at the COP28, in Dubai, UAE, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Modi leads BJP's charge to make gains in South

Modi knows very well that his party has been hopelessly isolated in Tamil Nadu after the AIADMK walked out of the NDA

4 Jan 2024 11:50 PM IST

People gather at the site of an explosion in the city of Kerman, about 510 miles (820 kilometres) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Two bombs exploded Wednesday at a commemoration for a prominent Iranian general slain by the U.S. in a 2020 drone strike, Iranian officials said, as the Middle East remains on edge over Israels war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. AP/PT

AA Edit | Iran blasts raise global tension

The twin blasts seemed to carry the signature of domestic terrorism of the Sunni kind, suspected to be the IS taking a...

4 Jan 2024 11:44 PM IST

There is every chance that these parties may assess the initiative as being primarily aimed at securing the anti-BJP space in states in which the regional parties are a significant force. In such a situation, the battle for 2024 may be over even before it has begun in right earnest. (File Image:Twitter)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Will Opp. lose battle for 2024 before it's...

The Opposition parties got together, found in INDIA an acronym that creased brows of top BJP leaders

4 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Oil tankers parked during a protest by truck drivers against a provision in the new penal law on hit-and-run accident cases, at Sipara fuel station in Patna, on Tuesday, (File Photo :PTI )

AA Edit | Win for democracy as truckers get reprieve

Truck drivers went on a nationwide strike against a new law passed by the Central government

4 Jan 2024 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)

AA Edit | Sebi probe must be time-bound

Institutional credibility is paramount in a democracy, whether it is market regulator or the judiciary

4 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

The suspenseful build-up, supposedly orchestrated to sync with Prime Minister Narendra Modis appearance at the third national conference of chief secretaries (CS) adds an extra layer of intrigue to the impending reshuffle. (Image: Twitter: @NITIAayog)

Dilip Cherian | Centre's AGMUT Shakeup will Extend Beyond Delhi

Insiders are branding this exercise as potentially the last blockbuster move before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

4 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of planning attacks against the Jewish state and said everything possible would be done to prevent them. (Photo: File)

AA Edit | A judicial rap for Netanyahu

The Israeli army may have strategically decided to pull some troops from Gaza

3 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

The Congress must feel that it is better placed now after a democratic CWC exercise, the holding of a rally to stress its pubic support in a state that used to be a bellwether of national politics and its understanding of the role it is to play in INDIA bloc and, for that matter, in India. (Image:R. Pavan)

AA Edit | Congress needs to talk to allies over agenda, seats

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has been winning elections since 2014 despite several of its allies leaving its...

3 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

A Donate for Desh fundraising campaign or a 6,200-km Bharat Nyay Yatra crossing 14 states, most of them ruled by the BJP and the toughest battlegrounds for the emaciated Congress in these parts, is not a strategy for wooing the masses and winning a mandate. (Image: Twitter)

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress flounders, needs a strategy to get relevant

A Donate for Desh fundraising campaign or a 6,200-km Bharat Nyay Yatra crossing 14 states

3 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Arvind Panagariya is the chairman of the 16th Finance Commission. (DC File Image)

DC Edit | Panagariya will be a perfect fit

Panagariya fits this bill as he was vocal in pointing out faults in India's economic policy, including Atmanirbhar...

2 Jan 2024 12:54 AM IST

An e-rickshaw near the entry gate of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple during a cold and foggy winter morning, in Ayodhya, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

AA Edit | In 2024, Bharat will be defined by a quest for Ram, peace,...

India will look forward to January 22, 2024, with perhaps the same zeal, same optimism and a sense of history as August...

2 Jan 2024 12:51 AM IST