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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | Rajnath advice to Army to avoid mistakes' welcome

It is not quite normal for the powers-that-be to acknowledge publicly even the possibility of troops going wrong.

28 Dec 2023 11:40 PM IST

In this October 2016 file photo, DMDK led by actor Vijayakanth with others at the alliance conference in Mamandur near Chengalpattu. DMDK founder-leader and popular yesteryear Tamil actor Vijayakanth passed away on Thursday following illness. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Adieu Vijayakanth, TN's large-hearted actor-politician

After a stirring role as a forest officer who helped hunt down the sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, Vijayakanth became ...

28 Dec 2023 11:37 PM IST

Indias general election, the worlds largest, is likely to be held sometime in the first half of 2024. (Image by Freepik - pikusuperstar)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Several questions as we look back at 2023,...

Looking ahead necessarily means factoring in the country's contradictions and working much harder on the problem areas

28 Dec 2023 11:33 PM IST

Ram Gopal Varma (Twitter)

AA Edit | Don't try to censor political films

Telugu states have cineaste voters, who love films, which could be a platform for influencing people and bending popular...

27 Dec 2023 11:30 PM IST

Sitaram Yechury

AA Edit | Religion, State should be separate: CPM reminder

The party held that its policy has been to respect religious beliefs and safeguard the right of every individual to...

27 Dec 2023 11:27 PM IST

Retired Punjab IAS officer Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh. (WHO)

Dilip Cherian | Bhutan's Order of Merit to ex-IAS showcases...

Her pivotal role in advancing transformative healthcare in Bhutan has elevated India's status as a key partner in...

27 Dec 2023 11:22 PM IST

Indias economy sprang a pleasant surprise last week by registering better than expected growth of 7.6 per cent in the July-September quarter as against the RBIs projected growth rate of 6.5 per cent. (Image:Twitter)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | What lies ahead: India to grow, inequality will...

India will continue to enjoy the benefits, and suffer the downsides, of political stability

27 Dec 2023 11:10 PM IST

Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande during a visit to review the security situation in the Poonch sector, Monday, Dec. 25, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Welcome step by Army to act over deaths in custody

Some media outlets reported that a video has purportedly been circulated alleging custodial torture.

26 Dec 2023 11:56 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a public meeting ahead of Rajasthan Assembly elections, in Sagwara, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Will BJP win Christian votes?

The Christian community is peeved with the Union government and the BJP for many reasons

26 Dec 2023 11:52 PM IST

People wearing face masks as a precautionary measure after cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 were detected in the country, at a hospital in Chikkamagaluru, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Chandrakant Lahariya | New variant of Covid-19, JN.1, is here, but no...

JN.1 is not a new virus but a sub-variant of BA.86, which itself is a subvariant of the Omicron variant of SARS CoV2.

26 Dec 2023 11:50 PM IST

Construction work in progress at Ayodhya Railway Station, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The lesson from Ayodhya: How power...

The Supreme Court judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Majid case had decided the issue in terms of a property dispute.

26 Dec 2023 11:47 PM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

Aakar Patel | IPC gets junked: Why do we try to fix' problems that...

Almost all of post-1947 Pakistan's laws have remained the same that the British had left behind and are common across...

25 Dec 2023 11:00 PM IST