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Shiv Sena legislator Eknath Shinde (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

AA Edit | Maratha quota poser for Shinde

The demand for a Maratha quota started in the 1980s coinciding with the Mandal Commission debate.

1 Nov 2023 11:53 PM IST

Pakistans former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. (AFP)

Kamal Davar | Can Nawaz Sharif improve ties with India if he's back at...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may have rekindled some hope for normalcy to return to Pakistan

1 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Enforcement Directorate. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Targeting a CM: Uphold the law

The current investigation by CBI and ED into the Delhi excise liquor scam has been ongoing for a while

1 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

TMC MP Mahua Moitra speaks with the media, in Kolkata, on Tuesday. (Image: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Ethics, politics and the art of lobbying, wooing...

The tale is not the alleged cash that Mahua Moitra received; the tale is of two legislators

1 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off e-buses during Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) celebrations, in Kevadia, on Tuesday. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | The lessons India can learn from Sardar Patel & Indira

Sardar Patel's list of achievements is too long even by the extraordinary standards of his seniors and peers

1 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar takes part in a press conference in Bangkok on August 17, 2022. (Jack TAYLOR / AFP)

Aakar Patel | It's time to rethink India's role in the world; if it's...

All South Asian nations except India voted to end the violence in Gaza.

31 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Qatars Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani issued an emiri decree renewing the membership of some Shura Council members and appointing 28 new members to include women for the first time in the history of the... council, said a statement. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | Fissures in the Gulf region test for India's diplomacy

Qatar is not a small Gulf nation that can be cajoled or browbeaten.

31 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Rescue operations are underway on Monday morning, after an overshoot of trains Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger and Visakhapatnam-Ragada at Kanatakapalli in Vizianagaram district on Sunday evening. (Image by Arrangement)

AA Edit | Train mishap: End human error

A preliminary probe has concluded that the locomotive pilot, the train driver, had overrun a stop signal.

31 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

People rush to save themselves after a blast at a convention centre in Kalamassery, in Ernakulam district, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. At least one person died and over 20 were injured, according to police. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Kerala blast a blot on model state of communal harmony

It is imperative that the political parties come out in one voice against the attempts to vitiate social life in the...

31 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Not counting the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had just begun his innings, Karnataka has handed the BJP its worst electoral drubbing in Mr Modis nine years in power, when he has presided over not just the Union government but also over his partys fate, bending it to his every wish. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | PM's push for Khadi welcome

Times have changed; citizens of the Indian republic can now buy products of their choice, home-made or imported.

30 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Israeli tanks take position along the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

DC Edit | Israel versus Hamas: A challenge for civilisation

There is little doubt that Israel will expand this land war with the objective of dismantling the terror infrastructure...

30 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | Will Boris become a journalist again? Sunak might go...

Boris Johnson will be hosting his own news slot.

30 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST